Smart will start offering content from MCA Music at very affordable rate and convenient terms through “Smart Music”, its new online music portal which constantly becomes the largest digital store of its kind in the country.
A first in the world, the deal between the two companies will make the more than 3 million tracks in MCA Music’s global catalog exclusively available to the over 70 million subscriber of Smart and other mobile brands under the PLDT group, Talk ‘N text and Sun Cellular.
Smart Music will offer music downloads for as low as Php15 per track-the lowest peso rate in the digital music market today. New releases will be sold at Php20 each track-roughly half the comparable rates of the online music stores.
Moreover, subscribers can pay for their downloads by charging there against their prepaid load or their postpaid bill. This eliminates the need to have a credit card, which is a major barrier to many Filipinos who want to purchase legitimate music online.
Beyond the music content distribution, the partnership also allows for extensive music marketing and branding tie-ups between Smart and MCA Music. For instance, Smart has the license to use Top 40 and catalog songs in MCA Music’s full library in its promotional activities. For the duration of the partnership, Smart will also be a major presentor of the Philippine concerts of some MCA Music’s international and local artists.
In September for example, MCA music will bring one of its prime artists Rihanna for a concert here in the Philippines, and Smart will be a major presentor, bringing to the Filipinos not just the show, but the whole music experience through our group’s converged services. MCA Music boasts of a music catalog that spans multiple genres across several eras. The record company carries in its label some of the world’s popular music superstars like taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, U2, Black Eyed Peas, Eminem, and more. MCA Music also carries the license to music’s collection like the Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Motown catalogs.
Locally, the MCA Music roster is being headlined by artists like Ely Buendia and his bands Pupil and the Octaves, Sitti, Nyoy Volante, Urbandub, ChicoSci and more.
Smart Music can be accessed via smartphones, tablet or laptop through www.smart.com.ph/music.
With Smart, Talk ‘N Text, Sun Cellular, and broadband services Smart Bro and Sun Broadband along with other multimedia services from PLDT and in partnership with Mediaquest (TV5/Cignal), the PLDT group envisions to build the most extensive mobile content distribution in the country.
