Microsoft Jumping on the Spotify Bandwagon

Posted by Arutha

July 15, 2009

microsoft2 With the popularity of streaming media these days, it was only a matter of time before Microsoft took up this market as well.

With the release of Spotify, the place to stream all your favourite music without worrying about the law banging on your door, it seems Microsoft have found its foot in the door.

This is a huge boost for the streaming media front as Peter Davis, Marketing Manager at music download service 7digital (Spotify’s commercial MP3-partner) commented:

“We’re excited to hear the news Microsoft are looking at a music streaming model. It’s great that technology giants like Microsoft clearly recognise the importance of digital music for consumers. We’ll have to wait to see whether they go for the crucial MP3 universal music format which works on all devices.”

“Also who will they partner with if they want to offer the music to purchase?” added Davis. “We recently announced 7digital.com is providing high quality MP3 downloads for all international versions of Spotify.”

But with this news breaking it seems that Microsoft have been planning this for some time, with Peter Bele who is Executive Producer of MSN has hinted that Microsoft will have the new service ready by the end of the month! But details are still hazy on how Microsoft plans to offer this new service, whether it be via XBOX, MSN etc but will it be a contender for Spotify?

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