Physical media is dead. It is being replaced with “apps” From music playlists to catalogs to retail stores to television — it wouldn’t surprise me if in near future everything is an app. It is a scary future for some, and yet full of opportunities. Read more »
New entrants are pushing alternative business models in the music industry. Though this evolution will take time, the overall industry should return to growth within the five-year forecast horizon, as digital music spending, driven by subscriptions, will average double-digit yearly growth to total $4.1 billion in 2015. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Last.fm is returning to its roots as a music data and discovery service, launching a new product that lets users tap into a database of independent artists and musicians with a click. Read more »
The Deezer music subscription service has put a June 2012 deadline on its already-announced plan to roll out in over 200 countries – a globa… Read more at paidContent »
French music streaming service Deezer has been pushing hard to take on rivals like Spotify — and now wants to expand to 200 countries by next year. But do its claims match up to reality? Read more »
Brightcove VP Rags Gupta explains why music start-ups should test the waters across the pond before coming to the U.S.: “According to conventional wisdom, consumer start-ups should move to San Francisco for access to capital, talent, and ideas. But if you’re launching an online music company, consider London or Berlin.” Read more »
Connectivity changes everything. That’s the credo driving just about every corner of our day-to-day lives. As human beings, we are now connected to one another through not just our social networks but also our cars, the books we read, the albums we download and even our own health and wellness habits (to name just a few areas). With that in mind, GigaOM Pro has singled out certain areas in the technology industry where we see this shift to constant connectivity taking place most drastically. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and Orange have long been rivals in mobile phone markets in Europe, but as growth slows down in the region, the two are… Read more at paidContent »
Another mobile operator is taking a crack at the streaming music market: France Telecom’s Orange is partnering with Deezer — France’s answe… Read more at paidContent »
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) could overtake Nokia (NYSE: NOK) in smartphone shipments by the end… Read more at paidContent »
