Cookie policy
Follow this topicFollow this topic Knowledge » Bargains and discounts

Deezer music streaming service offers free 12-month subscription

Simon Ward
by Lovemoney Staff Simon Ward on 31 January 2013  |  Comments 3 comments

Sign up now for a year's worth of unlimited music streaming.

Deezer music streaming service offers free 12-month subscription

Music streaming website Deezer is now offering free one-year subscriptions to its service.

Deezer, which is based in France, is looking to compete with the likes of Spotify, which has tens of millions of subscribers worldwide.

Deezer is offering unlimited streaming for a year via its Discovery plan, although when the 12 months is up you’ll only be able to listen to two free hours a month. In common with Spotify, adverts play at regular intervals between tracks. Deezer has over 20 million tracks available.

New users of Spotify’s free service in the UK can currently get six months’ free streaming. That then drops to two and a half hours a week, although unused time is carried over.

Deezer is hoping that many of the people who are drawn to its free service will upgrade to its premium, paid-for plans, which start at £4.99 a month for unlimited, ad-free streaming on a PC or Mac.

Getting people to pay for their music has been a tough crack for Spotify though. Figures released in December showed only a quarter of customers were on a paid plan.

You can sign up for Deezer Discovery here.

More on cut-price entertainment

How to cut the cost of your cinema tickets

Watch free movies legally online

Cut the cost of theatre tickets

Cheap nights out

Enjoyed this? Show it some love

Twitter
General

Comments (3)

  • anonyy
    Love rating 16
    anonyy said

    i just looked on spotify it says that it offers free content for 30 DAYS only to new users not 6 months.

    Report on 03 February 2013  |  Love thisLove  0 loves
  • sodit
    Love rating 127
    sodit said

    Why would anyone want to listen to music via streaming?

    When I listen to a piece of music, I rather like it to be continuous, not broken up by intervals of silence.

    Report on 03 February 2013  |  Love thisLove  0 loves
  • Simon Ward
    Love rating 5
    Simon Ward said

    anonyy,

    It's definitely six months, see http://support.spotify.com/uk/learn-more/faq/#/article/How-much-music-can-be-played-using-Spotify-Free

    Spotify doesn't advertise the free service prominently, but then their job is to get people onto the paid-for service.

    You can sign up for a free 30-day trial of Spotify Premium.

    Best wishes

    Simon

    Report on 04 February 2013  |  Love thisLove  0 loves

Post a comment

Sign in or register to post a reply.

Related content

Our top deals

Credit card
company 		Balance transfers rate and period Representative
APR 		Apply
now

Barclaycard 27Mth Platinum Visa

0% for 27 months (3.5% fee) Representative 18.9% APR (variable) Apply
Representative example: assumed borrowing of £1,200, representative 18.9% APR (variable). Purchase rate 18.9% PA (variable). BT fee is reduced from 3.9% to 3.5% (T&Cs apply).

NatWest Platinum MasterCard

0% for 26 months (2.65% fee) Representative 18.9% APR (variable) Apply
Representative example: assumed borrowing of £1,200, representative 18.9% APR (variable). Purchase rate 18.95% PA (variable).

Royal Bank of Scotland Platinum MasterCard

0% for 26 months (2.65% fee) Representative 18.9% APR (variable) Apply
Representative example: assumed borrowing of £1,200, representative 18.9% APR (variable). Purchase rate 18.95% PA (variable).
W3C  Thank you for using CGWEBLIV3