Offering 500,000 music tracks for download priced GBP1.09 each, the announcement of the deal comes just before Apple launches its iTunes music download service in Europe. The Napster/NTL deal allows NTL to bundle Napster's peer-to-peer trading service for GBP9.95 per month from July 2004.

Napster is offering a limited period of low cost downloading for all users and a one month free trial if signed up with NTL to attract potential customers, reports VNU Net.