Ingrid Lunden
Nov 3, 2011 5:19 PM
According to figures from IE Market Research, there are currently 832 million paid users of digital music worldwide, with that number expected to rise to 1.6 billion by 2014. Today, announcements from streamed entertainment provider Aspiro and the music download service 7digital point—respectively announcing a new white-label distribution deal and…
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Ingrid Lunden
Sep 7, 2011 6:06 AM
Mobile TV has for years been one of the great white hopes for mobile operators looking for new lines of revenue from their data networks—a sentiment that they have held on to despite some high-profile services having failed to meet expectations. Now Everything Everywhere—the JV of Orange and T-Mobile in…
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Ingrid Lunden
Sep 6, 2011 5:17 PM
Another mobile operator is taking a crack at the streaming music market: France Telecom’s Orange is partnering with Deezer—France’s answer to Spotify—to launch an exclusive mobile music service that will effectively be offered “free” to those who sign up for Orange’s premium, two-year service plans.
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Ingrid Lunden
Jul 6, 2011 6:36 AM
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
Mobile roaming: A big set of proposals were put forward today recommending huge cost reductions on the price of roaming, covering voice, text and data services across Europe. (via European Commission)
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Robert Andrews
Apr 20, 2011 8:50 AM
UK telco and TV platform Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) could ape its rival BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) by investing in a public WiFi network, so that its subscribers can consume their TV bouquet on the go.
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Ingrid Lunden
Apr 11, 2011 5:04 AM
We still don’t have the official, bigger picture of what Google (NSDQ: GOOG) intends to do in its music strategy, and whether it will have what it takes to make an effective inroad into the legitimate digital music market dominated by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), but now we have what appears…
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Robert Andrews
Apr 4, 2011 10:50 AM
Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) is extending its existing relationship with mobile data company Motricity, as it aims to make mobile entertainment a proper part of its quad-play mix (release).
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Robert Andrews
Feb 17, 2011 8:17 AM
UK cable telco Virgin Media’s average customer take climbed to a record £47.51 ($76.61) per month in Q4 - but that could boom when it launches TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) and if it finally gets its quad-play strategy ticking.
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Ingrid Lunden
Dec 10, 2010 5:46 AM
Virgin Media has yet to go commercial on an all-you-can-eat music service it announced way back in June 2009, but it is still forging ahead with a separate strategy to sell music via mobile. Monday will see the launch of a new free app, which the quad-play provider created with…
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Robert Andrews
Jul 29, 2010 4:26 AM
Within a couple of hours of BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) announcing it’s nicked Virgin Media’s UK VOD rights to HBO shows, the cable operator rushed out confirmation of its upcoming web and mobile VOD offering.
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