UPDATE: 21/05/2020 – jazzed launched successfully in February and is now offering its jazzed+ service for an introductory offer of £0.99/month for 3 months. After your 3 month introductory offer your subscription will continue at £5.99/month.
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Jazzed is a specialist Jazz streamer set to launch in UK on the 12th February with a Free and jazzed+ paid for service. According to the streamer jazzed is ‘more than a music streaming service. it’s a virtual space. somewhere you can listen, watch and read about the Jazz you love.’
You can use jazzed for free with ads and have access to 10 curated audio channels, loads of video and magazine articles. The paid for upgrade, jazzed+, gives you ad free listening, 40+ hand-curated audio channels, 3 jazzed tv channels and exclusive video content for £5.99/month or £59.99 for an annual subscription. The channels range from Blues to Blue Note and Bepop right through to Hip hop beats.
jazzed is only currently available in the UK and the other countries are promised ‘soon’. The streamer has provided an email link to register your interest in a different country.
jazzed+ is streamed in 160kbps AAC+ and most videos are provided in full HD with an audio bitrate of 128kbps. An iOS app will be available on launch and there is also a web app available here. There is also support for Bluetooth and Apple Airplay as well as a dedicated Sonos app which can be added in the usual way by adding a ‘music service’ in your Sonos Controller app. Offline saving and search functions are not available at launch.
The streamer has also announced that it will be launching a CD Quality service to be called jazzed premium. The lossless 16-bit FLAC service will provide 5 million on-demand audio tracks, advanced search features and an offline listening capability. The cost will be £14.99 per month or an annual subscription can be had for £149.99.
jazzed is headed up by Jonathan Arendt, former CEO of Jazz FM. Arendt said, “Jazz has been massively underserved by the mainstream. It is now possible to create a service that really satisfies the needs of users.”
For further information go to jazzed’s web site here.
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