iTunes Radio is not a failure; however unlike Pandora it's only available on devices with access to itunes. This significantly reduced it's potential.
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Apple Playing 'Catch Up' With Beats Acquisition as Music Labels Push for Subscription Services
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iTunes Radio is not a failure; however unlike Pandora it's only available on devices with access to itunes. This significantly reduced it's potential.
Nor did I claim that. This deal is about media revenue, the headphone revenue merely makes it less of a risk.
I find that hard to believe, they would probably not buy this to get revenue at all.
It is less of a risk for the Apple brand to be associated with Beats headphones?
Like Toshiba buying OCZ?
Like LSI buying SandForce ?
Like Nokia going Microsoft ?
I would like to see what kind if headphones will come out now Appple owns Beats. The next generation Beats products will be the same stuff but after that who knows what kind of high end products will come out?
Till that time, my aiaiai studio Young Guru will be everything I need.
Till that time, my aiaiai studio Young Guru will be everything I need.
I stand corrected.
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It is possible that the move will fail; however doing nothing guarantees failure.
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I can't imagine why you would say that. Apple had been in the media revenue buisness for quite a while, why would they stop.
Doesn't "assume" anything.
Apple isn't going to make something from scratch JUST so they can say "Hey! we made this from scratch!"
They didn't do it with iTunes
They didn't do it with iPhoto
They didn't do it with Aperture
They didn't do it with Shake
Uhh They didn't do it with OS X
And what kind of infrastructure do you think they already have in place with iTunes, you're assuming that this presents some kind of technical obstacle that would warrant the buy.
Developing your own service is not doing nothing. And music revenue, specially with subscription services, is accessory. Integrity of the brand is more important.
LOLOLOL You are kidding right? The most streamed track on Spotify is Avicii's Wake Me Up which was streamed over 200 million times. Spotify pays .006 cents per stream. That means that track only made $1.5 million while being listened to over a quarter of a BILLION times. Of course then everyone gets their cut of that 1.5 million from producers so verifiers and publishers. And that's the most streamed song of all time. The royalty rate with Spotify is horrible. Streaming services will change the music business for the worse.
It's interesting that Apple upended the music industry with the iPod, and the entire industry scrambled to keep up. Now the industry has bypassed Apple, a company that usually can see the future of media and jump-start it before anyone else. I do wonder not if Apple will catch up, but if they'll once again innovate.
Just browsed through the http://www.beatsmusic.com web site. (something I've never done before). Looks interesting. Might give free trial a spin for helluvit.
Definitely looks like something Apple could hammer into a unique and growing differentiated service.
Definitely looks like something Apple could hammer into a unique and growing differentiated service.
You couldn't be more wrong. If you're talking about indie artists, most don't have the money to go out on tour because nobody wants to buy their albums.
If you're talking about major label artists, again wrong. The biggest chunk of their change comes from licensing and product endorsements.
Geeze, again with the "assume".
I don't KNOW about "obstacles"
What "obstacles" warranted the purchases in my list?
(iTunes ? Why did Apple buy Lala?)
I would hardly call it a failure yet. Its the third most used streaming service only a percentage point from second place. iTunes with 800 million members all with credit card stored makes it have a lot of potential. But Pandora has the lions share of users that dwarf that.
But it still has a way to go for its streaming service. I think its still trying to find a way to make make more revenue for itself other then give more useful services for its iTunes users who buy their hardware.
Exactly why it's an assumption.
They are all complete, and new applications. iTunes is already a music service, it can already stream.
There are hundreds of millions of iPhones out there, as well as a whole lot more iPod Touches, all with access to iTunes. And apparently they're not buying it.
That said, I use iTunes radio occasionally - but normally I listen to my music.
Well obviously a company like Apple would want to pay the lowest possible rates. Not saying any of this is good for the artists. Pretty sure it's terrible for them but what else is new.
Weak proposition when you can listen to full albums on demand with Spotify, Deezer, and similar services.
I only listen to full albums on them. If there's any unavailable track in an album, I skip the whole thing.
And I never stream. I always listen offline.