Execs Seek Music’s Next Killer App.
Music industry execs have been trying to read the tea leaves for the next killer music app for some time. Legal P2P? Subsriptions? Ringtones? Downloads and streaming to cell phones? . Continue reading
Wireless Internet Radios To Be Introduced In US
As if broadcast radio isn’t already loosing ground to new media, satellite services, and now podcasting, watch for Internet broadcasting to explode as wireless high speed streaming to cell phones. Continue reading
More Than 1.5 Million Text Messages For Live 8 Tickets
(CelebrityAccess MediaWire) The text-message-ticketing system employed for the upcoming Live 8 show in London attracted over 1.5 million entries within hours, vying for the 150,000 available passes in the raffle.. Continue reading
SoBe Beverages Extends Brand With Music & Mobile Content
According to Digital Music News "SoBe Beverage Company recently unveiled a new mobile play, extending its brand through ringtones and action sports content. Following its lizard theme, the new SoBe. Continue reading
Cell Phone Ringtone Beats Coldplay To Top UK Music Charts
According to the Associated Press: "A cell phone ring tone appeared set to top the British singles chart Sunday, outselling the new single by the band Coldplay by nearly four. Continue reading
Two New Surveys Offer Surprising Insights Into Digital Music
Two new surveys provide interesting insights into digital music usage. "While most within the terrestrial radio space view portable mp3 players as a threat, a new study challenges that conclusion,". Continue reading
Concert Going Goes Interactive Via Cell And Boomerang Mobile Media
At almost any concert one can see dozens of cell phones held up like the cigarette lighters of yesteryear. Some are sending the show via an open phone line while. Continue reading
DIGITAL MUSIC NEWS WEEK IN REVIEW
While the beta version of the Yahoo Music Unlimited store started to sink in, attention turned this week towards a possible price war. Both Napster and RealNetworks stood firm against. Continue reading
Broadcast Radio Threatened By New Technologies
Mark Ramsey in the Mercury’s Radio Marketing Nexus writes about how new technologies are challenging broadcast radio, "The phenomenon of podcasting will allow listeners to get both music and non-music. Continue reading
