Archive for 'Music' Category
Dada Adds DRM-free Sony BMG MP3s
17 May 2008Mobile entertainment service Dada Entertainment is adding DRM-free MP3s to its online storefront complementing its existing offerings like ringtones, mobile wallpapers and games.
A joint venture of Sony BMG and Dada USA, Dada Entertainment hopes to add tracks from other record labels soon.
Dada subscribers pay $9.99 a month to get 15 tokens, each of which can […]
Modu to Offer Mobile Phone ‘Jackets’ with UMG Music
28 March 2008Israel-based mobile phone maker modu and Universal Music Group have entered into an agreement to develop a range of mobile devices (modu jackets, they are called) that will feature some of UMG’s best-known artists.
Modu, which launched in February, offers a slim mobile phone that can be enclosed in a variety of “modu jackets” and “modu […]
Napster, Ericsson Launch Mobile Music Service for O2 UK
24 March 2008Napster and Ericsson last week launched the Napster Mobile music service with UK wireless-leader O2, even though O2 is the exclusive Apple iPhone distributor in the UK.
The service was co-developed by Napster and Ericsson and allows customers to search, browse, preview, purchase and play full-length tracks from Napster’s catalog of more than five million songs.
Napster […]
Mobile Entertainment to Pull in $47.5 Billion by 2010
14 March 2008The combination of greater 3G adoption and a marked increase in made-for-mobile content will drive mobile entertainment revenues to $47.5 billion by 2010, says a new report from Juniper Research.
The report also cautions that entertainment service adoption will slow down unless improvements are made in areas such as user interface, network coverage and excessive cost […]
Puretracks Releases DRM-Free Music Store for BlackBerry
14 March 2008Toronto-based digital music provider Puretracks has developed a new DRM-free mobile music store and service for BlackBerry smartphones.
The Puretracks Mobile Edition music store for BlackBerry, built in conjunction with handset development partner Magnet Mobile Media, will work with all BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry Curve and BlackBerry 8800 series smartphones.
The mobile digital music service is developed […]
SK Telecom Moves Deeper into Asian Music Industry
7 March 2008- Buys Joint Control of Taihe Rye & Gets Super Girl Li Yuchun
- Makes It Harder for US Labels
- Impact on Apple Unclear
How important is music to the health and well being of mobile phone operators?
Well, South Korea’s largest mobile phone service SK Telecom this week purchased a 42.2% share of the Chinese music company […]
Report: Ringback Tones to Bring in Major Revenue by 2010
5 March 2008The number of worldwide wireless subscribers and customers will grow by a little more than a billion over the next four years, generating $800 billion in global wireless service revenue by 2011, says a report by IDC.
IDC expects mobile entertainment will account for 5.1% of this total revenue and 23% of all mobile data revenue. […]
Yahoo to Launch Go 3.0 in Europe, Unveils Mobile Content Management Service
5 March 2008 Yahoo said this week that its Go 3.0 service will soon be available for a number of European countries. Yahoo Go 3.0 is a mobile application that gives mobile phone users access to a number of interactive applications.
Within the next two months, European users in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK will be […]
Midomi Mobile Allows Users to Find Songs by Singing or Humming
5 March 2008Search and sound recognition software developer Melodis has launched midomi mobile, its music search application for mobile devices.
This service is a step up from other programs that allow users to find and identify a song by playing it in the receiver of a mobile device. Midomi mobile actually allows users to search for music by […]
Sony BMG - A Goliath’s View of the Digital Music Business in 2008
29 February 2008As president of the Global Digital Business for Sony BMG, Thomas Hesse stands at Ground Zero of the music industry as it suffers through profound convulsions caused by dramatic shifts in consumer behavior.
Hesse, who not only sets the digital agenda for Sony BMG but is also responsible for CD sales in the US, was at […]