CBC - Digital Music

[troutman]

http://www.montrealgazette.com/enter...494/story.html

Two years in the making - including one full year spent negotiating an online licensing agreement with almost 1,000 major and independent record companies - the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation launched CBC Music on Monday with a party at its headquarters in downtown Toronto.

"It's the first time such a deal has been negotiated in Canada and it will enable CBC to be a true home for digital music," said Chris Boyce, executive director of radio and audio of CBC English Services. "While the terms of the deal are confidential, it's safe to say we'll have the widest range available of music to download and listen to online."

The initiative is the 75-year-old public broadcaster's latest foray into the music world, but this new project is unique because it's based entirely online. Consisting of a family of 40 Internet radio stations and 14 genre-based online communities, the free music portals will allow listeners to download music, stream podcasts, watch concerts and access CBC's immense archive. The websites will also feature contributions and content from such popular music shows as George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight and Q.

http://music.cbc.ca/

[DownInFlames]

I downloaded the iPhone app expecting it would just stream the CBC's current music channels. I'm pleasantly surprised that there's so much more.

NPR just released a new version of their streaming music app too. They're going to have a live Shins concert streaming March 7th.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/15/27...pad-app-launch

[fredr123]

I got the app for my iPhone on Monday and only played around with it for a few minutes. I was disappointed that it didn't have artist and track info readily (or at least to a numbskull like me, obviously) available and no links to band websites or other places to buy the music. I would like the ability to hear a cool track on CBC radio and be able to learn more about the artist and possibly even support them by buying their stuff.

[troutman]

My playlist:

http://music.cbc.ca/#/profile/troutm...n1966-Playlist

[Jimmy Stang]

If you use TuneIn Radio on an iPhone, you can access most (all?) of the streams on there. I prefer to have my radio in one place, and it displays artist and track info.

I like what CBC has done here. I have always been a big fan of CBC Radio 3, but having some more genres and some international music is a nice change as well. More music = good.