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BBC Music launches mobile app
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 24 February 2016
BBC Music has launched a new mobile app, pulling together music and other content from across the broadcaster’s TV, radio and online divisions. So akin to the BBC Music website. But in an app. And with some integration with the big streaming music platforms.
Building on the BBC Playlister service – and doing roughly what was laid out in last year’s ‘British. Bold. Creative’ report on the Beeb’s future – the app has a number of functions.
It offers curated playlists, as well as the ability to track down any song played on BBC radio in the last week and listen to a clip of it. It also puts all of the broadcaster’s live performances and interviews in one place. Plus, it offers a personalised feed based on your musical preferences, and the ability to listen to tracks in it in full via Spotify, Deezer and YouTube.
“The BBC Music app lets you get straight to the music you love, from In Concert and Live Lounge sessions to Jools Holland, with the tap of a button”, says BBC Music Director Bob Shennan. “This is just the start for us, and we want to hear from users over time to make the BBC Music app the best that it can be, so they can enjoy music from across the BBC – whenever and wherever they are”.
The app will be available for iOS and Android devices today.
