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CBC is diving into the sector of online music with the purpose of providing listeners access to their favourite tunes and a method to discover new artists and connect with fellow music fans.

The free digital service CBC Music, which launches on Monday, offers access to many online radio stations, a huge array of music and blog posts by CBC characters thru a domain and through mobile software applications.

The new initiative permits the general public broadcaster "to connect with listeners in something we've done well music but in new ways," recounted Chris Boyce, executive director of radio and audio for CBC English services.

"Not only are we providing music, we are helping folks find the music and understand the music... There's plenty of rich content that helps folk understand the music as well as listen to it."

The CBC launch comes after non-public radio network Astral's recent unveiling of its own on-demand digital music service, which continues its roll out through the spring.

A slice of Canadians already listen to regular local radio stations via the web. However , at the moment "it's actually a miniscule number [using] any kind of online music streaming service or web radio service in Canada," according to Jeff Vidler, senior VP of study firm Vision Critical Communications.

"It's truly underdeveloped in Canada, relative to other territories. If you look at the U.S. Or Britain, it's much higher apropos use of web radio services or online music-streaming services," he told CBC Stories.

Serious hitters in the field include Spotify, the European-born online music-streaming service, and Pandora, the U.S. Net radio service. Though both have giant followings, neither company has ventured into Canada so far most likely because of tough rights talks, Vidler says .

"The Pandoras and the Spotifys haven't troubled to come to the Canadian market, to go thru those negotiations," he announced. "To some level, they are a little twitchy about the copyright regime here."

Still, that reticence has now opened the way for Canadian-born initiatives. CBC's new service, as an example, is possible in part thanks to a recently revealed deal covering online music-streaming with Canada's Audio-Video Licensing Agency.

"If you look at the music biz, it's been basically turned on its head in the decade. Technology has profoundly modified how folk consume music content. For us, this is about acclimatizing to how the listening experience has changed," Boyce claimed.

"Part of what we are trying to do is reflect Canada to CanadiansThis is a chance to reflect a more impressive range of music than you're able to do on a single terrestrial radio channel."
Boon for specialty music fans

Along with appealing to those stuck in front of computers all day, web radio and online music-streaming services are also a draw for music-lovers whose fave genre isn't present on the radio dial.

"This is the way, when it comes to specialty music," said Berge Koulajian, a 40-year-old progressive house fan.

The Toronto man previously subscribed to satellite radio because his favorite music isn't on the playlist of normal stations.

After discovering the thousands of internet radio stations he could access through his smartphone whether he's just strolling round or utilising the Bluetooth connection that's available in many new automobiles, as an example Koulajian has cancelled his satellite service.

"I've got hundreds of channels of radio anything I will think of two clicks away, for free."

How quick and wide-ranging the uptake will be for these Canadian digital music services nevertheless , will rely upon factors like selling, artists in the catalogue, how well they satisfy consumer demand and technical problems like the ease of the interface.

"The one thing that Stevie Jobs told us about and gave us a lesson [on] through iTunes is that such a lot of it is about the interface," Vidler said.

"If it's an straightforward interface and something folks can do and will do they'll go to it. But if it's ham-fisted or blundering, they just won't bother."

While terrestrial radio may not have anything to fret about for now, Vidler added, broadcasters branching out into new digital music services have excellent opportunities in front of them.

"It does permit the CBC to fulfill its mandate in terms of reaching as many Canadians as possible," he claimed as reported tagza.
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