Musicmatch Inc. today introduced its Radio MX service for Macintosh users. Radio MX is a subscription-based service that works with Musicmatch Jukebox for the Mac 3.0. Musicmatch also claimed that Radio MX is the first and only such subscription-based service for Mac users.
Radio MX is a music-on-demand service that streams audio through the Musicmatch Jukebox software. The company describes the stream as “CD-quality,” and without ads. The service costs US$4.95 per month and works both with Musicmatch Jukebox “Basic” and Musicmatch Jukebox Plus for the Mac, version 3.0.
Specific features offered in Radio MX include:
Radio MX was launched for the PC in May 2001. Since then they’ve gotten more than 90,000 subscribers.
Musicmatch also noted the release of a new version of Musicmatch Jukebox Plus for Mac — it can be downloaded from the Web site. Musicmatch Jukebox Plus costs $19.99 to register.