“Best Of Blue Tones” Aims At Adult Ring Tune Market
Ringtones and ring tunes have become strong new revenue streams for labels and publishers. But until now most of the action has been with the under 30 set. Now Blue. Continue reading
KILLER APP.: New Service Links Radio To Downloads Via Cell SMS
In what could prove to be a killer app. for broadcasters, iTunes is in talks with P1 SMS, a text-messaging system that allows listeners to instantly purchase songs they hear. Continue reading
Global Record Industry Drives A $100 Billion Market
International record industry trade group IFPI reports that global retail sales of recorded music totaled $33 billion in 2005. But the record industry is also the driver of a much. Continue reading
Analysts Predict Surge In OTA Downloads & $2 As Sustainable Price
Analysts at IDC are predicting that over the air (aka cell and wi-fi) downloads will surpass traditional downloads by 2010. Their survey shows the OTA market reaching $1 billion dollars. Continue reading
Sony Ericsson W850 Cell Should Please Music & Radio Lovers
The new Sony Ericsson W850 cell features a 2 megapixel camera as well as an upgraded version of the Walkman music player for tunes downloaded over 3G mobile phone networks. Continue reading
Cells Heat Up As Effective Music Promo & Distribution Tools
The Washington Post has taken an in depth look at how the cell phone is rapidly becoming a powerful music promotion and distribution tool. The article profiles a wide variety. Continue reading
Apple & Softbank Develop iPod Cell Hybrid
Japanese telecom Softbank is working with Apple to develop mobile phones with built-in iPod music players according to reports. The cells would download songs from Apple’s iTunes Music Store. The. Continue reading
The Hot LG 550 MusicPhone
Just in case you’re not convinced that there a convergence of cell phones and portable music players going on check out this photo of the LG 550 musicphone complete with. Continue reading
Google, MTV’s Urge, Amazon and Mobile Companies Line Up To Challenge iTunes
Watch out iTunes, Napster, Yahoo!, and Rhapsody. Here comes the competition! The tech and music worlds are increasingly convinced that Google is getting into the music download business This comes. Continue reading
Apple Ready To Produce iPhone Cell/Music Hybrid?
A cell phone that stores and plays music is the great dream of techies everywhere and the device that may create the final tipping point towards mass market acceptance of. Continue reading
Sprint Says 1 Million Songs Downloaded To Cells Since Late October Launch
Sprint Nextel says that customers of its Music Store have downloaded 1 million songs since it opened in late October. While the numbers may pale in comparison to iTunes, this. Continue reading
