After the huge success of the BBC iPlayer, it seems Playlister will attempt to achieve a similar success with a streaming music service.
The Daily Telegraph reports that Playlister could partner with iTunes or Spotify to harness their huge music libraries of streaming music.
Furthermore, the streaming music service looks likely to integrate with existing archived BBC radio content.
The Telegraph reports a BBC spokesman pointing to the importance of BBC radio: “The BBC is regularly in conversation with digital music providers about how we strengthen radio’s position as the number one place for discovering music in the UK”.
The Playlister initiative is set for launch later this year or in early 2013.
BBC iPlayer left beta and went live on 25th December 2007, since when it has gone from strength to strength, hitting 1.94 billion requests for programmes in 2011.
BBC iPlayer is now on more than 550 devices including smart TVs as well as tablets and phones, and now allows you to download your favourite shows to watch later.