Dec 9, 2010 8:23 AM
The ringtones market ain’t what it used to be, but there’s life in it yet: Mobile Streams, a mobile content outfit part-owned by Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) that sold ringtones under the Ringtones.com brand, has now sold that domain to an undisclosed buyer for $750,000.
Posted In: Apps, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Liberty Media, Countries, Europe, UK, Latin America, mobile streams, ringtones
Oct 15, 2009 8:11 PM
Ringtones are not public performances—and thus, wireless carriers do not have to pay the content owners every time one of them gets played—according to a ruling from US District Judge Denise Cote (via Ars Technica). The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) sued AT&T and other carriers earlier…
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Legal, Mobile, ringtones
Sep 28, 2009 3:46 PM
Ringtone sales cratered last year—and by the looks of the latest stats from Nielsen RingScan, 2009 will bring more of the same. Sales are already down 23 percent, per Billboard. Meanwhile, handset makers and wireless providers offer full-track downloads through various content platforms, but mobile music sales are still minimal.…
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPhone, ringtones
Dec 16, 2007 6:21 PM
Global ringtone sales have peaked (well, they had to some time) but within that there are bigger winners and losers than everyone simply stopping growing across the board. In general, Jupiter Research puts the ringtone share of the overall mobile content market in Europe at 29 percent, down from 33…
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Research & Metrics, ringtones
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