Federal Trade Commission is also investigating Apple streaming service agreements

The Federal Trade Commission is also investigating the efforts of Apple, who was already in the sights of the European Commission, with regard to the streaming music service that Apple is about to launch. The launch of Apple, which must be a new version of Beats Music, is suspected by making proposals to the record labels in order to end free streaming services.

With the entry of the FTC, it is the third government agency investigating Apple's stock, after also being targeted by the US Department of Justice.

The FTC investigation is still in early stages, and is questioning how Apple's efforts will change means that the record companies negotiate with other rival services from Apple, such as through advertising restriction and pushing more songs on paid subscriptions for higher priced service, according to information from one source, posted on Bloomberg.

A few days ago, a report said Apple would be using its influence in the music industry to make the record stop to license music for signatures freemium offered by Spotify and other services. The Cupertino company would also have offered to pay the YouTube license to Universal Music Group, the label stop to allow Google's site to execute your music.

The FTC is talking to several record labels about Apple's practices as well as the other two government departments are also doing. However, music industry executives said, according to Bloomberg, Apple has not made such requests.

Representatives of three of the largest music companies, Universal, Sony and Warner, refused to comment, as the spokesman for Cupertino.

The Apple streaming service is planned for supposedly be released in June during WWDC, since the company finalize some agreements. It was said that he will be quite integrated with iTunes for Mac and store songs on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, while their applications are also available for Android.

However, investigations may hinder considerably the Apple's plans which, according to sources familiar to the subject, approached some artists, including Florence and the Machine, for an agreement that would grant limited exclusive rights to use their music, which would help boost the service.