New ad-free streaming radio service enters South Africa
Rdio, based in San Francisco and founded by one of the men who started Skype, offers in excess of 35 million songs as part of its catalogue. Yesterday, 14 May 2015, it introduced two new services - a free ad-supported free streaming Internet radio service and Rdio Select, a low priced subscription offer- offering users more ways to listen to their favourite music on Rdio.
Rdio Select builds a new offering into the South African market and boasts one of the best catalogues of South African music available via an international streaming music service. Its features include:
• On Demand: Download 25 songs and replace them up to once per day• Ad-free Stations: Listen to its expansive range of feature-rich streaming radio stations including curated and personalised stations without the interruption of ads
• Unlimited Forward Song Skips: Skip through songs in its streaming radio stations as often as you like
• High-quality sound: Enjoy music at a pristine 320 kbps
• Playlists: it will create and continuously update multiple 10-song playlists that will be genre and mood-focused, including playlists curated by artists and influencers, so that Select listeners can easily update their 25 downloads with new tracks.
This whole catalogue can now be accessed for R25 per month on mobile, or free via desktop.
Rdio places great stock by helping people to discover new artists, promoting acts each month and using complex algorithms to create bespoke radio stations based on listener tastes. For more information, go to www.rdio.com.
