£5-a-month Napster Unlimited service goes live in the UK
Napster has announced the launch of a new version of its Napster Unlimited service in the UK, offering unlimited streaming music plus five MP3s to keep every month, for a monthly subscription fee of £5.
The service provides streaming access to Napster’s eight-million strong catalogue, and the company claims it will offer many tracks that rivals don’t. The service can be accessed from any computer, PC or Mac, and will include playlists, ad-free radio stations and recommendations. Mobile is also tied in – users can preview and download MP3s from the mobile website, with backup MP3 files sent to their PCs too.
The launch isn’t a complete surprise, as Napster launched a $5 version in the US in May this year. However, its launch in the UK comes against a backdrop of competition from Spotify’s new offline mode, Nokia’s Comes With Music, and the soon-to-launch unlimited services from ISPs BSkyB and Virgin Media.
Napster will be promoting the new service in Carphone Warehouse stores around the UK, offering customers a one-month free trial. Both Napster and Carphone Warehouse are subsidaries of US retail chain Best Buy, so this is one of the first examples of them working together in this way.
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