Meteor launches new Digital Music Store in Ireland

Meteor is delighted to announce the arrival of the Meteor Music Store in Ireland (www.meteor.ie/music) offering access to over 1.4 million tracks, from major international artists to home grown Irish talent and giving music fans the chance to download their favourite songs – anytime, anywhere.

Meteor customers will be able to access the Meteor Music Store on their PC by logging onto www.meteor.ie/music or by simply following the directions from the Meteor Homepage on their handsets.

Meteor is synonymous with music in Ireland, celebrating the best of both Irish and International music annually at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards. As the Awards approaches its tenth year, it is fitting that the mobile operator launches its own online music store allowing music fans 24/7 access to download tracks.

All of the major record labels are represented on the Meteor Music Store (Universal Music, Warner Music, EMI, and Sony BMG). In addition, many of the smaller and independent record labels are also included to show Meteor’s commitment to both local and alternative talent. Some of the smaller distributions labels include PIAS Recordings, Absolute, Beggars Banquet, Defected, Kompakt, RMG, Wall of Sound and XL Recordings – all representing nearly 2,000 independent record labels in total).

Music fans can download individual tracks from their PC and the store is also available on a wide range of handsets. Individual tracks will cost €1.50, you can download them straight to your phone, your PC, or both all for the same price, and songs downloaded to your PC can be copied, shared, and played on any MP3 player.

Commenting on the launch of Meteor’s Music Store, Elaine Robinson, Director of Advanced Product Development at Meteor said: “We are very excited to launch Meteor’s new Music Store. We believe the new store will offer greater flexibility for our customers to purchase and enjoy music, giving them fast, and easy, mobile access to music on both their phone and PC with customers only charged once for the purchase. We believe the Meteor Music Store website will show our customers our commitment to music and by providing the most relevant content available to access through their PC or handset. We currently have 1.4 million tracks available and have plans to continuously update with the latest tracks to ensure we are providing our customers with the best quality music through the Meteor Music Store.”

 To celebrate the launch of the Meteor Music Store, Meteor has teamed up with Universal Music to offer Meteor customers the chance to win a signed Gibson guitar from Ireland’s multi-platinum selling favourites, The Blizzards. Gill Dooley, Head of Digital for Universal Music Ireland says, “The Blizzards have enjoyed a great relationship with Meteor over the years, and wanted to offer something special to celebrate the launch of the Music Store. It’s an exciting new offering for the Irish music buying public.” Further information on this exclusive competition can be found on the Meteor Music Store on your PC at www.meteor.ie/music or on your Meteor Mobile.