Real's subs: a rhapsody in green.(ONLINE MUSIC)

Multichannel News, May, 2005 by Donohue, Steve

NEW YORK -- RealNetworks Inc. is looking to pick up a bigger share of the online music business by rolling out varied subscription choices. The company, whose Rhapsody online jukebox is distributed by Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable, Cablevision Systems Corp. and other MSOs, launched its Rhapsody 25 service last week.

It will allow any Internet user to play up to 25 songs each month on their computer from Rhapsody's library of 1 million songs for free. RealNetworks also launched Rhapsody To Go, which for $14.99 per moth will enable subscribers to download an unlimited amount of songs from its library to portable music players. The service is initially compatible only with the iRiver H10 and Creative Zen Micro media player; it won't work on...

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