Big news for music lovers! 
We are proud to unveil CBC Music and the CBC Music App. This is a free new digital music service designed to connect Canadians to the music they love.
With a choice of 40 different web radio stations, 14 distinct genre-based communities, and music from nearly 1,000 major and independent music companies, CBC Music provides listeners with access to the very best Canadian and International music. Take it for a test drive at cbcmusic.ca.
The new CBC Music App allows listeners to stream CBC Music to their iPad, iPhone or iPod touch, including 40 web radio stations, as well as CBC Radio 2 and CBC Radio 3. It is also available for free from the App Store.
-Sarah Lue, Blog host
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@Bernardo: Thanks for the kind comments. Sorry you encountered some trouble with leaving your previous comment. Glad this one worked though!
Wow that was unusual. I just wrote an incredibly long comment but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t appear. Grrrr… well I’m
not writing all that over again. Anyway, just wanted to say fantastic blog!
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The absence of a CBC music app for blackberry devices shows a very distinct lack of support for a great Canadian Company by the CBC.
Why would they not do this as a priority… unbelievable.
Guin
Thank you to everyone for all of the questions and comments. I followed up with several colleagues although I’m still waiting on some answers, I do have a few to share with you… Please continue posting your questions and comments. I’ll do my best to get you the answers! -Sarah
@Oscar: You can register as a musician, band or songwriter here: http://music.cbc.ca/#/signup.aspx
You will be able to manage your CBC Music artist page with unlimited songs and videos. Link your other profiles, share your calendar and also check your stats. With time, more and more artists will be adding their pages so you’ll see more variety.
@Pat: Glad to hear that you like the service! To keep track of your favorite songs you can either add them to a playlist or add it to your list of favorites by clicking the thumbs up icon.
@Bill: CBC and the Audio-Video Licensing Agency (AVLA)have a music licensing deal. AVLA is a rights collective that processes rights payments to the music labels (all Major labels and just under 1000 Independent labels and artists) in Canada.
Thanks for your comment Philip. I will share your comment with the CBC Music team.
As a side note, I heard from Kim Fox that the BlackBerry and Android versions are in development.
@Oscar: Will do! I will share what I hear back with you.
Thanks everyone for taking the time to post your question and comments!
Sarah, please ask the folks at CBC Music how artists can get their music into the 40 different webstations.
On Radio 3′s website it’s simple and clear what to do. With CBC Music the only music so far looks to be coming from a private company that’s headed by the same guy who runs the discredited CRIA (Canada’s counterpart to the RIAA).
Thanks!
It is sad how CBC is promoting Apple and their iphone Apps. I am a proud Canadian and thus own a Blackberry. Perhaps CBC should have given Blackberry a boost by giving them first crack at an app. Or at the least an open source app that works on all phones. CBC is public supported with my taxes. They should support Canadian industry and jobs. Shame on CBC.
I love the CBCMusic app! Is there any way to keep a list of artists/songs one has listened to? I would love this option so I can seek out and purchase music that I have listened to and like.
Thank you a lot for sharing this with all of us you actually recognise what you are talking about! Bookmarked. Please also seek advice from my site =). We can have a link change agreement among us
Great question Bill. I’m sure many people are wondering the same. I will follow up with the folks over at CBC Music and ask if they tell us more about this in an upcoming blog post.
Thanks to everyone for taking the time to read and comment on this post.
If this is free, who pays the artists for their music?
CBC Music (@CBCMusic) confirmed yesterday on Twitter that the BlackBerry and Android versions are in the works. I’m also a BlackBerry user so I share your impatience!! Can’t wait to try this out. Apparently, there are a whole bunch of updates that they’re working on releasing. I’ll share your comments with the team and hopefully they can add it to the list! Please keep the comments coming!
@Anneke: Thanks for pointing out the broken link.
really? no android version?
I get the sneaking suspicion that there are only iPhone devs there :p
Is an android app in the making? Would love to listen to more CBC on my phone
I want this! But it’s not available in the US iTunes Store. Can it be made available outside Canada?
Why only iTunes? Why not something open source and available to everyone, not just those who blindly buy apple?
In phones Apple only has 43% market share compared to Android’s 48%. That’s a big chunk of the market to dismiss.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/06/npd-iphones-recover-market-share-in-q4-2011-but-android-draws/
Is there any chance of an app for the majority of the world?
Thanks,
Bb
Thank you!!!!! I’ll be enjoying all this a great deal. I have listened via cbc.ca to various radio and music shows since forever….nice to have a place dedicated to making it better for me.
The links on this page don’t seem to work.
Thanks for discriminating and as a Canadian I’m supposed to support you? Oh yeah sent from my BLACKBERRY!