Microsoft Demonstrates Ads on the Zune
Free, ad-supported music is all the rage these days. It used to be that only terrestrial radio let you listen for free in return for being exposed to ads, but now everything from on-demand websites to over-the-air cellphone downloads can be accessed for free if you’re willing to put up with a few ads. Soon, the same concept could be coming to the Microsoft Zune.
At Microsoft’s advertiser conference on Tuesday, the president of the company’s entertainment and devices division Robbie Bach (pictured) demoed a system that would allow artists or labels to create a Zune profile page
In order to get free songs, a user could befriend the artist on the Zune network for access to their playlist, according to CNET. The artist’s profile page and songs that would be downloadable from it would contain an advertising image that would appear whenever the user played the song on their PC or Zune. Read More…
[via Wired]
