The satellite TV giant, who have extended into offering Broadband and telephone services as part of their package, will take on Apple's iTunes with a launch later this year, according to Brand Republic.
The monthly subscription model should at least provide a well-known alternative to Apple's iTunes service, which currently dominates the download market.
Universal boast the likes of Amy Winehouse, Girls Aloud, Razorlight, McFly, Kaiser Chiefs and Kanye West on their roster, which gives me a tenuous excuse to embed a Girls Aloud video below.
Incidentally, there is a version of this song, 'I Can't Speak French' which Girls Aloud recorded in French. Surely, logically, the last song of all songs in the world which should be re-recorded in French is a song called 'I Can't Speak French'. Just pointing it out.
Do you think they used Google Translate to turn their song into French?
ReplyDeleteI think this could be a great opportunity for a viral. There would surely be some unfortunate misinterpretations that people wouldn't be able to resist forwarding!
I know Jo Whiley on Radio 1 used to do a competition where she translated the tile of a song using an online translation tool (possibly pre-dating Google Translate) and then translated it back into English. The point was that it was barely recognisable from the original song title.
ReplyDeleteWhat I do know from the Girls Aloud song is that the French for 'funky music' is apparently 'funky music'.