April 8, 2006
Radio firm offers phone downloads
UK radio group Chrysalis is to test a scheme where songs played on the stations can be downloaded to mobile phones, announces BBC News.
The 100 participants in the two-month trial can choose to buy any song they hear, with MP3 copies being sent to their phone and their home computer.
UBC's chief executive Simon Cole said: "If you press 'Buy' when you're listening to James Blunt on Heart, the file is immediately added to your library in the phone. "The server also pushes a 128-kilobyte version of the song to your home account so it's also on your computer waiting to be put on your iPod. We think people will be willing to pay a premium for that level of service."
If launched commercially (probably in December), the service would be likely to have a subscription, plus an unspecified fee per download.
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