HMV are not releasing many details on their plans but they have been working with Cake to develop content for the new platform and with employees from all departments of HMV to develop functionality.

The site will be released next year and as yet the business model is unclear. The move comes just two months after the group opened their first two next generation stores, in Dudley and Tunbridge Wells.

An HMV spokesman says, "The new stores create a social ...