Mobile Music On $17.5B Track Despite Ringtone Decline
The global mobile music market is expected to rise to more than $17.5 billion by 2012, driven by subscription music services and full-track downloads, according to a new report by. Continue reading
Vivendi Launches Zaoza. A Preview To Total Music?
Universal Music’s Vivendi has launched a subscription-based mobile content service called Zaoza that charges $4.50 a month for unlimited downloads including music, ringtones, games and videos. The service works with. Continue reading
Top Ringtones Of 2007
From AT&T 1. Shop Boyz – "Party Like a Rockstar" 2. Mims – "This Is Why I’m Hot" 3. Soulja Boy – "Crank That (Soulja. Continue reading
Apple Fails In Attempt To Stop Ringtone “Pirates”
A game of cat and mouse is developing between Apple and some iPhone users. Apple has just released a software upgrade that prevents users from turning tracks they purchase into. Continue reading
Apple Gets Aggressive: New iPods, Lower Prices, WiFi, Starbucks & More
Some music industry related highlights via Gizmodo of today’s Apple product announcement: New ringtone store for the iPhone New models and lower pricing: iPod Shuffle ($79), iPod Nano ($149, $199),. Continue reading
Japan’s Download Market Softens. Is This A Trend?
UPDATED: The total number of paid downloads in Japan fell about 2% for the first time last quarter according to PC World. 6.3 million single tracks were downloaded via the. Continue reading
Pocket Group Ads CD Baby And INgrooves For Mobile
CD Baby and INgrooves have been added to the UK’s Pocket Group catalog of music for mobile distribution. The agreements brings PG’s total number of licensable tracks to 1.5 million.. Continue reading
Social Networking Via Mobile Shows Slow But Measurable Growth
Only 3.5% of US consumers accessed a social networking site via their mobile phone in a recent M:Metric survey. Of course that’s 7.5 million potential fans. Western European numbers were. Continue reading
Mobile Downloads Could Drive Sales Growth
Hypebot has repeatedly wondered why so few major music services have explored over the air downloads. (Kudos to eMusic for recent moves with AT&T) It seems obvious that making music. Continue reading
eMusic’s Goes Mobile With AT&T – Details & Commentary
Rather than partner with a single middleman or create their own store, AT&T has been partnering with a variety of companies to provide music downloads and services to its subscribers. . Continue reading
