Spotify just announced an app store, which could significantly change the music industry and potentially provide an amazing platform for TV companies to connect music on TV with fans. The first new apps, which can be previewed for US users here (and will roll out to consumers in December), will be free. The launch includes, “Billboard, Fuse, The Guardian, Last.fm, Moodagent, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Songkick, Soundrop, TuneWiki and We Are Hunted, with Top10 and ShareMyPlaylists apps coming soon.”
While there are no TV companies with apps yet, the potential to develop a bridge between music we love on TV and our playlists might finally be here. Since Spotify launched on Facebook in September, they added more than 7 million new Spotify users with more than 500 million playlists, a number which has doubled since July.
Right now the easiest way to access music you hear on TV is by Shazaming it, Googling lyrics you hope to remember, or trying to navigate a network’s website. With a TV network Spotify app, playlists could be build into based on each episode of a show to become a brand new kind of second screen extension that isn’t about removing your eyes from linear TV, rather your ears. This could also provide a great platform for a network to further promote the music from an on-screen spot telling you to go to iTunes.
