Deezer is a French company, running agreements with all 4 major labels to stream ad-supported music to their 9 million registered users in 35 countries. During the three years since its launch, iLike was voted the most innovative website of 2007 by readers of 01Net, before Facebook and Dailymotion. Deezer also won the 2008 Red Herring Europe for corporate Web’s most innovative, among various other prizes. Proof of their success is really in the number of people listening to music through their service, which continues to grow. In addition to their music service streaming, iLike also offers:
- Access to radio channels: Hip Hop, Rock, Electro, Jazz, Live, French Scene, disco, etc.
- Surf Smart Online radio
- Information on artists, albums, tracks, introducing new music to subscribers
- Sharing playlists, chat and musical tastes with friends in the community “Deezernautes”
- Watch videos
Napster was the first cat among the pigeons with his digital peer to peer service, but they have come a long way since their inception rebel, and now offers both subscription service with unlimited streaming and a number of free downloads DRM per month, available online and on smartphones in Europe and USA.
Thumbplay is the leading provider of mobile content in the United States operating both Web-based and mobile services, including licensed music, video and games. They have deals with all majors, and several independent labels and artists, and now you can get access to their services through RouteNote. Hundreds of millions of cellular phones in the United States are waiting to download your music.