Music

Napster and Ericsson Launch Mobile Music Service With Entel PCS in Chile

admin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:21:11 +0000

First in Latin America

LOS ANGELES, CA, Feb 04, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- Napster (NASDAQ: NAPS) and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced the launch of the Napster Mobile music service with leading Chilean operator Entel PCS to provide the Napster Mobile music service in Latin America for the first time.

Napster Mobile is based on Ericsson's service delivery platform and will enable Entel PCS's subscribers to search, browse, preview and purchase content on their wireless handsets via i-shop, the Entel PCS Mobile Portal. The service features Napster's catalog of more than four million songs and mastertones, and offers a dual-delivery option for simultaneous downloads to subscribers' mobile phones and PCs. Hence, the service allows direct downloads to mobile phones, a unique feature, bypassing the PC-download stage to provide greater user convenience.

"We are excited to add Latin America to our global footprint, which also includes the North American, Japanese and European markets," said Brad Duea, President of Napster. "Through our partnership with Ericsson, we look forward to offering a superior mobile music experience to Entel PCS customers." » read more »

Sony Ericsson expands PlayNow arena with 5 million new tracks.

admin — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:51:30 +0000

Cannes, France – 27th January – Sony Ericsson today unveiled the next stage in the evolution of PlayNow™ arena, its popular over-the-air (OTA) download service. At the MIDEM conference in Cannes, Sony Ericsson announced deals with 10 major record labels, adding over 5 million new tracks to its extensive catalogue. Sony Ericsson also unveiled the design and URL for PlayNow™ arena and launched PlayNow™ Uncut, (formerly M-Buzz™) a music promotional space for new, unsigned and developing artists.

Record label partnerships

Today Sony Ericsson announced partnerships with 10 of the largest international and regional music labels including: Sony BMG, Warner Music Group, EMI, The Orchard, IODA, The PocketGroup, Hungama, X5 Music, Bonnier Amigo and VidZone, adding over 5 million new tracks to PlayNow™ arena. Sony Ericsson is currently negotiating further deals with a host of regional labels to further broaden the variety of music available and bring a wealth of localised content direct to the consumer. » read more »

Orange Teams With Radio FG To Enhance Its Music Services

admin — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:06:29 +0000

Paris, January 24, 2008 -- Orange has teamed up with Radio FG to offer its mobile and Internet customers exclusive editorial and musical content. Thanks to this partnership Orange customers can now listen to Radio FG live on their mobile via hertzian broadcast or Internet on their Liveradio.

They can also access Radio FG podcasts every week on orange.fr in the music section or on their mobile. Each month, music fans will also find new playlists specially designed for them by editorial teams at Radio FG. They will be able to download them from the Internet or their mobile.

Finally, Radio FG and Orange will provide music creators and fans with a space entirely devoted to music thanks to the Orange community sites, Soundtribes and Pikeo. » read more »

Led Zeppelin Rocks Over-the-Air on Verizon Wireless

admin — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:54:04 +0000

10/15/07 -- Verizon Wireless and Led Zeppelin today announced they have partnered to provide mobile customers with an entirely new way to access the legendary rock band’s music. Verizon Wireless will be the first mobile music service provider for ring tones, ringback tones, alert tones, and wallpapers, as well as full-song over-the-air downloads, offering customers infinite ways to personalize their phones and express themselves. Full-song downloads will be available on November 13, 2007. The band’s catalog includes such landmark songs as “Rock and Roll,” “Kashmir,” “Communication Breakdown,” and “Stairway to Heaven.”

“Led Zeppelin is the greatest rock band ever and their music transcends generations,” said David Dorn, senior vice president of e-commerce for Rhino Entertainment. “We are excited to be working with a forward thinking partner like Verizon Wireless to offer the group’s legendary catalog of recordings across the entire spectrum of mobile products to longtime fans, as well as new, young fans discovering the band for the first time.” » read more »

AT&T, LG Electronics MobileComm Bring trax to Music and Multimedia Fans

admin — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:21:57 +0000

- New 3G Multimedia Device a Music and Video Masterpiece

San Antonio, Texas, August 13, 2007 -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and LG Electronics MobileComm USA. Inc. (LG mobile phones) have announced the new trax™ by LG — a sleek, multipurpose clamshell-shaped device that offers a vast array of cutting-edge mobile features. Exclusively available from AT&T, trax showcases an ultrathin design, blazing-fast 3G HSDPA data speeds and the convenience of stereo Bluetooth ® functionality. With the addition of AT&T Mobile Music, trax enables users to keep the beat of their active lifestyle while listening to music on the go.

The trax by LG features AT&T Mobile Music, which gives users access to subscription music services such as Napster and eMusic, in addition to Music ID song-recognition software, music videos and The Buzz music news portal. The handset is MobiTV and XM Radio Mobile-capable, so users can enjoy streaming live TV and digital radio all in one device. The trax by LG also enables users to create and manage custom playlists. » read more »

IPC Ignite Extends NME Brand with Launch of Unique Mobile Service

admin — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:27:12 +0000

August 07, 2007 -- IPC Ignite today announces the launch of NME Mobile – the ultimate off portal mobile service for music fans from the most iconic music magazine in the world, NME.

Ignite has worked with mobile services agency Saffron Digital to develop the site, which meets the needs of consumers and advertisers, providing off-portal access to the very best of NME.

Available on any wap-enabled mobile phone, users can access the site by simply texting the word NME to 63456.

On the site, music fans will have access to live news updates, micro-sites on the music festivals, iconic rock photography including exclusive wallpapers, music blogs, realtones and over 1 million tracks available as full–track music to download to handsets and PCs.

NME is already the weekly authority for music, whilst its website NME.com is the perfect way for readers to keep up to speed in between issues, giving them access to the latest music news, reviews, videos, photos and much more. And now NME Mobile is the vehicle for music fans to access NME content from anywhere using their handset – making it the fastest music news service on the go. » read more »

Verizon Wireless Releases The Top Ten Bee Gee Songs Of All Time

admin — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:37:16 +0000

Verizon Wireless has released a list of the top ten V CAST Music songs from the Bee Gees that customers have downloaded since the service launched in early 2006. With V CAST Music mobile music service from Verizon Wireless, customers can download their favorite Bee Gees songs over-the-air, directly to their V CAST Music-enabled phones. Verizon Wireless offers more than 1.8 million songs for sale, right over-the-air, through V CAST Music – from both well-known and independent artists. V CAST Music runs on Verizon Wireless’ award-winning broadband network, and customers can also purchase and download songs to Windows® XP PCs, plus sideload – or transfer – their existing compatible digital music collections for free to their V CAST Music-enabled handsets or memory cards.

Customers who want to go on a “Holiday” with classic Bee Gees hits or “Love Somebody” and feel no more “Lonely Days” can have it all with the Bee Gees songs on V CAST Music from Verizon Wireless. The top ten downloaded Bee Gees songs include:

1. “I Started A Joke”
2. “To Love Somebody”
3. “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart”
4. “Words”
5. “Massachusetts” » read more »