{"id":17180,"date":"2011-11-16T17:52:49","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T07:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=17180"},"modified":"2011-11-16T17:52:49","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T07:52:49","slug":"microsoft-brings-the-beat-back-with-zune-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=17180","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft brings the beat back with Zune Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><em>16 November 2011 \u2013 <\/em>Microsoft has today announced the launch of Zune Music Pass<em><sup>1<\/sup><\/em> and Zune Marketplace giving Australians access to 13 million tracks across their Xbox<em><sup>2<\/sup><\/em>, Windows Phone and PC.<\/p>\n<p>Zune Music Pass is an \u2018all-you-can-eat\u2019 subscription service where people have unlimited access to explore the entire catalogue of Zune music tracks and also music video streaming on Windows-PC and on Xbox LIVE later this year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also launching today is Zune Music Marketplace<em><sup>4 <\/sup><\/em>which will allow music fans to purchase and download their favourite songs and albums to own, without a Zune Pass subscription, accessible across their Windows Phone and PC.<em><sup>5<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are giving Australians the option to choose how they want to organise their music collections. They can stream unlimited songs across their favourite devices with the Zune Music Pass or buy tracks to own and collect with the Music Marketplace, so whichever their preference we have an option for them,\u201d said David McLean, Director Consumer Channels Group, Microsoft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Zune Music Pass subscription will be AUD $11.99 per month or AUD $119.90 per year and allow people to access Zune\u2019s entire music library across multiple devices. Zune Music Marketplace will allow people to use their credit card or Microsoft Points to purchase individual tracks or albums.<em><sup>5<\/sup><\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAustralians have such a strong passion for music and it is an important part of the entertainment mix \u2013 we are thrilled to bring this service to Australia and give people alternatives in how they wish to play their favourite songs,\u201d said David.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Australians have had access to Zune Movies for nearly two years and will be able to access Zune Music from today via Zune.net, their Xbox or Zune on their phones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16 November 2011 \u2013 Microsoft has today announced the launch of Zune Music Pass1 and Zune Marketplace giving Australians access to 13 million tracks across their Xbox2, Windows Phone and PC. Zune Music Pass is an \u2018all-you-can-eat\u2019 subscription service where people have unlimited access to explore the entire catalogue of Zune music tracks and also<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=17180\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17180"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17184,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17180\/revisions\/17184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}