Sony Corporation has announced the launch of “Music Unlimited powered by Qriocityâ„¢,” a new, cloud-based, digital music service, which gives music lovers access at anytime to millions of songs from major labels including Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment Inc., Warner Music Group and EMI Music, as well as leading independent labels and major publishers worldwide.
The “Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity” catalogue will initially offer about six million songs and will continue to expand over time.
Users can play music anytime onto a wide variety of Internet connected Sony devices, including Sony’s 2010 models of network-enabled BRAVIA® TVs, Blu-ray Discâ„¢ player, Blu-ray Disc Home Theater system, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, as well as VAIO and other personal computers.
It will also become available on a wide range of Sony’s portable devices, including Android-based mobile devices.
“Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity” is initially available in the U.K. and Ireland, with service availability in other markets to be announced during 2011.
This is the latest extension of services ‘powered by Qriocity.’ Sony debuted “Video On Demand powered by Qriocityâ„¢,” a premium video streaming service in the U.S. in April 2010 and expanded the service to the U.K. in November 2010.
Customers can instantly rent from a growing library of hundreds of Hollywood blockbuster movies, across Sony’s 2010 models of network-enabled Bravia TV, Blu-ray Disc player and Blu-ray Disc Home Theater system.
“As we start to expand Qriocity globally, these services ‘powered by Qriocity’ offer a single ID log-in and wallet solution, and empower users to easily consume content, including music and video across a growing number of integrated devices,” said Kazuo Hirai, President of Networked Products & Services Group, Sony Corporation.
Sony has developed “Music Unlimited ” in partnership with Omnifone, a leading provider of cloud-based unlimited music services.
Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity” Features
With monthly subscription plans – Basic (£3.99 in the U.K. and 3.99 Euros in Ireland) and Premium (£9.99 in the U.K. and 9.99 Euros in Ireland) “Music Unlimited ” offers the breadth of content and easy music discovery, which are features cited as most important by music enthusiasts.
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