When it comes to online music, you’re spoilt for choice — or are you? What are the upsides and downsides of the current Australian music market models?
Local suitors have reportedly been told that Netflix wants to launch in Oz in the next 12 to 18 months. I wouldn’t be surprised. They’re expanding into Latin America this year, and here we are rolling out an NBN. But what would it mean for the likes of Bigpond Movies or Fetch TV?
Sony’s video on demand service was turned on in Australia Tuesday morning, letting users of connected Bravia TVs, Sony home theatre systems and Blu-ray players stream movies for $5. And to bizarrely prove the point that devices like its new Blu-ray 3D player with Wi-Fi will let even old TVs connect to the internet, Sony went retro.
It’s not just the PSP which will benefit from an update bringing along the Music Unlimited streaming service – the NGP and Xperia Play will also see the Qriocity-powered service at a later date. The cloud-based streaming service is already available on the PS3 and Bravia TVs, and it has six million songs to date. [Eurogamer via TrustedReviews]
It was last year at IFA that Sony announced its cloud-based Qriocity service to the world. The first part of that service, Music unlimited, landed last month, and Sony have promised a video on demand movie service to follow in the near future. But in a slide at today’s Australia launch for their upcoming range of Bravia TVs, Sony indicated that Qriocity could offer much more, including personal storage space and support for 3rd party applications.
As well as launching in the US overnight, Sony’s Music Unlimited service will today go live in Australia.
Sony revealed its big new push into the music world last night, in the form of Music Unlimited—a new way for everyone to manage their audio collections and listen to music, entirely via the cloud.
