We are beginning a transition from YTDJ to Ryt.hm (rhytm without the h); once this transition is complete, it will mark the official non-beta launch of the service! At this point, we have obtained licensing with SOCAN and (almost obtained with) CSI for their respective online interactive streaming tariffs. We have begun attempts to contact the major Canadian music labels (SONY BMG, Universal Music, EMI/Virgin, and Warner; with the help of AVLA) to obtain the master licensing privileges.
Along with the final transition with licensing will be a remade GUI, with HTML5 support and a canvas-based player (more details on that later). I’ll post back when we’ve heard back from some of the labels. Hopefully we’ll have better luck obtaining the licensing than some of the other interactive streaming services out there!