Thanks, guess my hearing is OK. found this.
Real Networks singing to Apple's iTune
30/05/2003
Editor: David Minto
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Almost exactly a month after acquiring the Rhapsody music service, Real Networks has announced it is to launch an online digital music store, designed to ride on the wave created by Apple’s iTunes service.
Real Networks customers are able to gain unlimited access to Rhapsody’s 330,000 tracks for E8.5 (USD10) a month, but can also ‘buy’ tracks to download and burn to CDs for 79 US cents – 20 cents cheaper than with Apple, though iTunes has no subscription charge.
Pointing to the share of the personal computer market under the control of Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, Real Networks Chairman Rob Glaser said: "We've got a product for 95 per cent of the market; he's got a product for 5 per cent of the market."
Apple, however, has said it will be launching the iTunes music service for Windows-based PCs by the end of the year.
David Minto David is the Editor of TVMeetsTheWeb. He recently graduated with a degree in English from Cambridge University where he was Arts Editor at Varsity, the student newspaper.
