Articles tagged with: Universal Music Group
Vodafone Adds Warner Music to DRM-Free Music Downloads
Vodafone has added the last of the big-four music labels to its DRM-free music download service. The new deal with Warner music is in addition to existing agreements with Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Music that were announced earlier this year. more
Related Tags: vodafone, drm, warner-music, sony-music-entertainment, emi-music, UK
SingTel Launches Unlimited Mobile Music Service
Singapore based mobile network operator, SingTel has alunched a free mobile music download service for its contract customers. The service, branded SingTel AMPed, has been developed in partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG) and offers music videos and pre-release albums in addition to conventional music downloads. more
Related Tags: singtel, mobile-music, facebook, universal-music, free-mobile, Singapore
Qualcomm Invests in Modular Mobile Phone Concept
Israeli based handset developer, modu has reportedly secured a US$7 million investment from Qualcomm's venture capital division. Local newspaper, Calcalist reported the investment last week. more
Related Tags: world-record, qualcomm, rsa, universal-music, flash, Israel
Warner Music Signs Up to Nokia's "Free" Music Platform
Nokia has finally secured music content from Warner Music Group for its "Comes With Music" platform. Warner joins Universal Music Group and Sony BMG in offering a full years worth of free music downloads on selected Nokia handsets. more
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Video to Drive Premium Mobile Content Market to Double by 2011
Driven by rising demand for video, the market for premium mobile content is expected to exceed $44 billion in 2011, more than double the nearly $20 billion in 2007, iSuppli is predicting. The mobile video market continues to develop, but remains highly fragmented with uncertain business models, technology standards, and consumer usage models. Content rights need to be resolved. Geographic differences are significant both in terms of content consumption and the regulatory environment. more
Related Tags: mobile-messaging, isuppli, docomo, electronic-arts, glu-mobile, mobile-music, mobile-video, ringtones, universal-music
Content Drives Data Revenue as Voice Business Wanes
Faced with a falling Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) for their voice services, mobile communications providers are offering premium multimedia content in order to compensate for their reduced voice revenue per subscriber, according to the market-research firm iSuppli. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, isuppli, mobile-games, glu-mobile, mobile-music, mobile-video, universal-music
Universal Music Launches Mobile Mobile Portal
Groove Mobile has announced a partnership with Universal Music UK to build and operate an "off-portal" mobile music store. Through this partnership, UK mobile phone users on any UK wireless carrier will have instant access to full track downloads from Universal Music UK's extensive catalogue via SMS short codes from their mobile phones. more
Related Tags: mobile-music, universal-music
Vivendi Sales Edge Up During The Third Quarter
LODNON (Dow Jones) -- French media and telecommunications group Vivendi on Tuesday reported a tepid 0.3% rise in third-quarter sales, as revenue declines at its SFR mobile operator and Universal Music Group offset a strong rise in video-game revenue. more
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Vodafone In Universal Music Strategic Deal
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Vodafone Group said Monday that it has signed a strategic alliance with Universal Music Group (UMG to deliver content and entertainment innovation to Vodafone live! customers. more
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Japan Watchdog Warns Companies For Unfair Moves In Ringtone Market
TOKYO (AP)--Japan's antimonopoly regulator on Thursday ordered five major Japanese record label and software companies to stop an illegal attempt to dominate the domestic market in mobile phone ringtones. more
Related Tags: toshiba, ringtone, universal-music, sony-music, sony-music-entertainment
