Yeah I just confirmed this myself. So it looks like Apple Music is tied to your Apple ID country, and Beats 1 is geo-restricted.
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List of Countries Where Apple Music and Beats 1 Radio Are Now Available
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You can insert the Beats 1 Radio stream into any Internet Radio app, VLC Player, Android or something:
http://itsliveradio.apple.com/streams/hub01/session01/256k/prog.m3u8
No need to use iTunes or Apple gear.
http://itsliveradio.apple.com/streams/hub01/session01/256k/prog.m3u8
No need to use iTunes or Apple gear.
Nice find! Apple is still checking the IP address, though (the stream wouldn't load until I turned on VPN).
OK, that's not so good. I thought the stream itself might not be geo-fenced. It still works great on my Yamaha stereo receiver though which does Webstreaming.
It's really annoying and it went away the minute I started my membership.
They should hide the radio or disable the tap on them if you are not able to play them
Apple Music available in India! Also it is very cheap at Rs.130/month for single account, which equates to $2/month.
Are the Music libraries for all countries the same? Or does USA have a wider collection of songs available?
Are the Music libraries for all countries the same? Or does USA have a wider collection of songs available?
I'm in Hungary and I can listen to Apple Music apparently, as I'm on the UK store. If you're in an unsupported country, all you have to do is change your store's country and voila!
Edit: Actually I have no idea how/if this works - stuff seems to be there but when I click on it not much happens. Anyway, you can get around most iTunes limitations by simply swapping your country. They don't actually check your IP address or anything before allowing you to change the store. Whether the content is available is another question...
Edit: Actually I have no idea how/if this works - stuff seems to be there but when I click on it not much happens. Anyway, you can get around most iTunes limitations by simply swapping your country. They don't actually check your IP address or anything before allowing you to change the store. Whether the content is available is another question...
They just played Gimme Shelter and Paint it Black, back-to-back. So a bit ironic that you complained of no Rolling Stones. Perhaps people should wait for more than 2 songs before proclaiming what "type" of music Beats 1 plays. They haven't even been on a full 24 hours.
Hmmm, I'm not sure I follow the comments about targeting the teenage music audience.
St Vincent's first Mix Tape (for an 11 year old who wrote in) has included Depeche Mode's Blue Monday, Deee-Lite's Groove is the Heart and Devo's Whip It.
From what I have listened to so far, it seems to bear a lot more resemblance to the BBC's 6music. Granted, Zane Lowe might be overlapping Radio 1 more in the Venn Diagram artists, but overall I think it's a good mix of music I know and (most importantly) the music I don't know is making start to look up the artists on iTunes.
St Vincent's first Mix Tape (for an 11 year old who wrote in) has included Depeche Mode's Blue Monday, Deee-Lite's Groove is the Heart and Devo's Whip It.
From what I have listened to so far, it seems to bear a lot more resemblance to the BBC's 6music. Granted, Zane Lowe might be overlapping Radio 1 more in the Venn Diagram artists, but overall I think it's a good mix of music I know and (most importantly) the music I don't know is making start to look up the artists on iTunes.
I have a US account but I work in Taiwan, so I get 90% of the Apple Music deal EXCEPT Beats 1. I wonder if I stick with it if I'll get a 10% discount? Probably not. Oh well, mei banfa
I have a US iTunes account and I can download albums from Apple Music, and stream all songs and "stations" except Beats 1. Beats 1 uses an IP gateway, the other stuff is based on account location.
Apple Music Radio1 is more classic and jazz music, Beats 1 Radio is more African American oriented gangsta rapper music.
There plenty of other "stations" from alternative to indie to classic hip-hop to smooth jazz to Christian.
No "DJ" on those stations though but plenty of music to choose from. I'm looking at all the stations now. Listening to Classic Alternative now.
no u don't ...
My take is Apple Music is always larger in U.S.
just like all other streaming content right ?so with that all u need is a US itunes account ... since Apple like to think Apple fans do the right thing (.....ya right )And good thing is unlike Match, you no longer need to signup with a CC on file... if u have store credit, they'll do nicely.
Thank you Apple ...
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The mainstream media doesn't even know Puerto Rico is part of the United States, remember how they told everyone that Sonia Sotomayor was the "daughter of immigrants". Although, there appears to be a benefit because an Apple Music subscription is only $5.99 in Puerto Rico.
I was really looking forward to Beats 1, I was expecting more a mix of classic rock and top 40, but being in my 40's myself, most of what they are playing is just unlistenable to me. I detest rap, and I have no idea what the hell this other stuff is they are playing, but I am clearly not the target demo. Beats 1 is a disappointment to me.
I just went to apple.com and switched the "country" to Puerto Rico, although I now notice that this directs you to Apple's generic Latin America website.
It is interesting to me to see the different pricing between countries. Some countries being cheaper, like India is expected. But, for instance within the Eurozone, in Germany it cost €9.99 but directly East in Poland it is only €4.99. I assume Apple is just matching competitors pricing.
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This radio will now spread the U.S. rap trash among world teens. They should've make a more variable music choice for the "world radio". If it's really world radio then it should include current European, Asian etc hits. That one would be truly great and uniting station.