Retailers push the MP3 format with new logo
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — ... MP3 music downloads at seven big UK online stores are to be marked with this MP3 compatible sign, part of an initiative led by the Entertainment Retailers Association to make consumers aware of the advantages of the format and the fact that it can be used across multiple brands of music players and across PCs and Macs. 7digital, Digitalstores, Tescodigital, Tunetribe, Play.com, HMV and ...

RUMOUR: iTunes to add DRM-free Sony music
Tech Digest — ... and features bands and artists like the Ting Tings, AC/DC and Dido. If rumours are correct, then music from those bands and many others will soon be available on the iTunes store DRM-free. Currently, EMI are the only major label to offer MP3 files on iTunes Plus - Apple's name for their DRM-free, slightly higher quality, offering that costs 25% more per track than DRMed files. If Sony's music is added, it will be a plus for Apple, but they still lag far far behind services like 7digital, who are 100% DRM-free, and remain my a la carte MP3 download provider of choice. While ...

Amazon's UK MP3 store: Reaction
Web User | News — ... another tiger will soon enter the room for DRM-free music downloads, and that's going to boost music sales and create even more diversity in the industry," he said. Whether a full on price war will break out remains to be seen, but the general consensus seems to be that this is good news for music fans. What do you think of the new Amazon MP3 Store for the UK? Have your say in the Web User forums . http://mp3.amazon.co.uk http://distorted-loop.com www.7digital.com www.play.com Save up to 16 a year this Christmas when you ...

Apple expected to drop DRM in iTunes store
Web User | News — ... currently offers DRM-free music from EMI, the label only accounts for a fraction of its sales. The new deal will expand iTunes' DRM-free library to include songs from the three other major labels: Sony BMG, Universal, and Warner Music. iTunes customers have long been calling for Apple to drop restrictions on the songs it sells through iTunes, especially in light of Amazon's entry to the UK market late last year. www.apple.com/itunes http://mp3.amazon.co.uk www.7digital.com www.play.com www.macworldexpo.com [image] Back to ...

Apple Reveals New iTunes Pricing Structure
Mashable! — ... Another footnote to add to the DRM-free iTunes store: as Ben Drury, CEO of 7Digital points out to us in an email, “Downloads from iTunes are still in the AAC file format regardless of whether they are DRM-free … the AAC file format is only compatible with iPods/iPhones and a limited number of other devices. So consumers who buy downloads from iTunes are still restricted to where they can play that music regardless of whether it’s DRM free or not.” ...

Apple frees iTunes Store music of DRM
Download Squad — ... and other DRM-free vendors such as 7Digital have been gaining in the last few months, the iTunes store remains the largest (and most popular) online music store. ...

7digital and Songbird team up for MP3 download service
Macworld — ... for the latest Mac news from across the Atlantic. 7digital , a site offering MP3 tracks, music videos, films, and audiobooks, has teamed up with ...

Songbird Adds 7Digital Music Store Integration, Gains Ground on iTunes [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... , recently got a nice new addition that brings its functionality even closer to that of iTunes, the Apple monopoly-holder it seeks to unseat. That addition is the ability to buy music from directly within the program, just like you can do with the iTunes store. You’ll be buying from 7digital, an online music distributor based in the U.K. ...

7Digital signs with AOL for Winamp downloads
T3.com News — ... to their music downloads, which increases the cost of some of their tracks to 99p, while Amazon recently celebrated a milestone by slashing prices of their music downloads to as little as 29p.   The fight for MP3 supremacy is definitely hotting up and with 7Digital’s aggressive tactics clear to see, Apple had better watch their backs. 7Digital is after iTunes’ crown and it looks like this is just the start. Link: 7Digital  

7Digital signs with AOL for Winamp downloads
T3.com All — ... suggest a change. Apple has just introduced a variable price structure to their music downloads, which increases the cost of some of their tracks to 99p, while Amazon recently celebrated a milestone by slashing prices of their music downloads to as little as 29p. The fight for MP3 supremacy is definitely hotting up and with 7Digital s aggressive tactics clear to see, Apple had better watch their backs. 7Digital is after iTunes crown and it looks like this is just the start. Link : 7Digital Related links: [image]

BlackBerry to get music download service
TG Daily - All News — London, UK - Research in Motion (RIM) is aiming to fix one of the most glaring omissions in its fight to take on Apple and Nokia, by adding a wireless music download service. It comes through a partnership with UK-based download website 7Digital , and will launch in the UK, US, Canada, France, Italy, Germany and Spain in September. According to marketing manager Peter Davias, the application will be free. There won't be an unlimited service, like Comes With Music. Tracks will cost the same as via the company's website - 99 cents for a track or $9.99 for an album in the US, or ...

7Digital brings MP3 downloads to BlackBerry App World
Tech Digest — ... Albums will cost you £7.99 but the frightening words spoken are that "most" of the tracks will be DRM free. Most? Most? When did 7Digital get into the DRM game and why? The access will be as a downloadable app from the BlackBerry App World after which you'll be able to browse 7Dig's library provided you live in the UK, US, Canada, France, Italy, Germany or Spain. For a closer inspection of App World, take a look at our app store comparison BlackBerry App World | 7Digital ...

Download ten free MP3s at 7Digital with T3 magazine
T3.com All — ... the latest T3 magazine as way of a present to our much-loved readers. Tracks at 7digital.com are available in DRM-free MP3 format which means you have full reign to transfer your track selections to any music device you have in your possession. So remember when that alarm in your head goes off to remind you that the latest issue of T3 is shop-bound, amongst the latest gadget news, reviews and exclusives, there s a download gift waiting for you too. Subscribe to T3 here Link: 7digital Nokia N97 Vote in the T3 Gadget Awards 2009 Cast your vote in our 'gadget ...

Download ten free MP3s at 7Digital with T3 magazine
T3.com News — ... are available in DRM-free MP3 format which means you have full reign to transfer your track selections to any music device you have in your possession.   So remember when that alarm in your head goes off to remind you that the latest issue of T3 is shop-bound, amongst the latest gadget news, reviews and exclusives, there’s a download gift waiting for you too.   Subscribe to T3 here   Link: 7digital     Vote in the T3 Gadget ...

BlackBerry prepara su iTunes
Celularis — ... , donde afirman que la empresa londinense dedicada a la ventas digitales 7Digital está trabajando en un servicio para que los usuarios de BlackBerry puedan comprar canciones y discos directamente desde sus dispositivos. ...

Get 10 free MP3s from 7digital.com with your next copy of MacFormat!
MacFormat RSS feed — 7digital.com, the home of MP3 downloads, today announced a nationwide download promotion with MacFormat. If you purchase either issue 211 (August) of MacFormat (on sale 22/07/09), or MacFormat Presents... The Complete Guide to the iPod (on sale now) from WHSmith, you will be entitled to ten free MP3 downloads from 7digital.com. You will be able to select tracks from 7digital.com’s six million strong catalogue. The downloads will be in the DRM-free MP3 format, meaning they can be transferred and played across any music device, including iPods and ...

7Digital partners with Imerge to provide integrated MP3 download service
T3.com All — ... other devices as you see fit. 7Digital currently has over 6 million tracks on its virtual shelves and while it s certainly no match for the mighty iTunes, it has been diversifying its business to win more customers. The current partnership with Spotify takes directly to its store, it has teamed up with RIM to launch the first BlackBerry music store and now it hopes its API will enable it get even more consumer electronics companies on board. Link : Imerge , 7Digital Related links: [image]

7Digital partners with Imerge to provide integrated MP3 download service
T3.com News — ... over 6 million tracks on its virtual shelves and while it’s certainly no match for the mighty iTunes, it has been diversifying its business to win more customers. The current partnership with Spotify takes directly to its store, it has teamed up with RIM to launch the first BlackBerry music store and now it hopes its API will enable it get even more consumer electronics companies on board.   Link: Imerge, 7Digital

HMV Group acquires 50 per cent stake in 7Digital
T3.com News — ... know-how will also help bring a fuller and better service to Watersones.com. HMV Group Chief Executive Simon Fox says of the landmark deal: “This is an exciting new step for HMV which transforms our position in the fast-growing digital market.” 7Digital’s ‘Locker’ service will also make it over to HMV, allowing users to download any previously purchased tracks to new computers for nowt. Link: 7Digital, HMV Group Sort your bitrates from your codecs ...

HMV Group acquires 50 per cent stake in 7Digital
T3.com All — ... helping Spotify and Last.fm users to download their favourite streams. 7Digital s e-book know-how will also help bring a fuller and better service to Watersones.com. HMV Group Chief Executive Simon Fox says of the landmark deal: This is an exciting new step for HMV which transforms our position in the fast-growing digital market. 7Digital s Locker service will also make it over to HMV, allowing users to download any previously purchased tracks to new computers for nowt. Link: 7Digital , ...

VCs Exit As Music Retailer Buys Half Of 7Digital For $12.6 Million
TechCrunch — Laggard UK music retailer HMV is buying a 50 percent stake in the UK-based online music retailer 7Digital for $12.6 Million (£7.7 million). The move looks set to give HMV a ‘great leap forward’ in digital, since 7Digital has been fleet of foot in pushing non-DRM MP3s, open formats, its white label API and signed deals with tech rock stars like Spotify and many major record labels. The purchase creates a neat exit for 7Digital’s VC backers Balderton Capital and Sutton Place Managers. CEO Ben Drury told me that the VCs got a “positive return on ...

HMV Buying Half Of Digital Music Retailer 7Digital For $12.6 Million
paidContent — ... Entertainment retailer HMV (LSE: HMV) is buying a 50 percent stake in the increasingly well-thought-of UK online music retailer 7Digital for £7.7 million ($12.6 million), in a move that will finally kickstart its digital ambitions. ...

Digital Music Retailer 7digital Launching In U.S., Debuts BlackBerry App
paidContent — ... The new app will boost BlackBerry’s own ambitions to target music fans and will be available on the Bold, Curve 8900 and Tour handsets in five countries, including the UK and U.S.  7digital’s app, available from 7digital.com/bb/ and BlackBerry App World, lets users play tracks already stored on their handset, offers 64Kbp tracks over 3G, 320Kbps version over WiFi and streams snippets as well as offering full-track downloads and syncing with 7digial’s web locker. ...

Digital Music Retailer 7digital Launching In U.S., Debuts BlackBerry App
mocoNews — ... The new app will boost BlackBerry’s own ambitions to target music fans and will be available on the Bold, Curve 8900 and Tour handsets in five countries, including the UK and U.S.  7digital’s app, available from 7digital.com/bb/ and BlackBerry App World, lets users play tracks already stored on their handset, offers 64Kbp tracks over 3G, 320Kbps version over WiFi and streams snippets as well as offering full-track downloads and syncing with 7digial’s web locker. ...

7digital's BlackBerry music store app out now
T3.com All — ... phone's connected via a mobile network, then upgrades that to full quality when your phone's in range of a faster wi-fi connection. 7digital, of course, already offers 100% DRM-free downloads, encoded at 320kbps - a higher audio standard than Apple offers. 7digital - which is half owned by high street retail titan HMV - has also launched a US version of its web store , should you fancy having a look and getting angry at how much cheaper everything is over there. Link: 7digital (via The Reg ) Related links: [image] ...

7digital's BlackBerry music store app out now
T3.com News — ... your phone's in range of a faster wi-fi connection. 7digital, of course, already offers 100% DRM-free downloads, encoded at 320kbps - a higher audio standard than Apple offers.   7digital - which is half owned by high street retail titan HMV - has also launched a US version of its web store, should you fancy having a look and getting angry at how much cheaper everything is over there.   Link: 7digital (via The Reg)

Can 7digital Dent the Download Market? [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... by Apple, faces myriad challenges: heavyweight competitors with powerful brand names, downward pressure on price and a marketplace for music that’s shrinking overall. But British retailer 7digital is undeterred, and as such is launching in the U.S. with a goal of grabbing “ ...

7digital Brings DRM-Free Music Store To The BlackBerry
RIMarkable — ... European online media provider, 7digital, has partnered with RIM to bring over 7 million DRM-Free tracks to the BlackBerry, and today, with the launch of 7digital’s U.S. based service which offers single tracks for $0.77 and most albums for $7.77, has released the 7digital Music Store BlackBerry app  for the Curve 8900, Bold, and Tour. ...

pdaBlast! — European online media company 7digital has partnered with RIM to bring over 7 million DRM-Free tracks to the BlackBerry. They have now launched a service in the US that offers single tracks for only $0.77 and most albums for $7.77. The company has released the 7digital Music Store BlackBerry App for the BlackBerry Curve 8900, Bold, and Tour. "The DRM-free service allows BlackBerry users to download lower bit-rate tracks on the move which are then updated to high-quality 320kbps MP3 automatically, in the background, when a faster Wi-fi connection becomes available." The 7digital BlackBerry app includes built-in ...

El caso de Sony contra todos: tiendas de música, vídeos y e-books
Gizmología — ... En un principio podríamos decir que una tienda de música de Sony no tendría mucho futuro, teniendo en cuenta que existen iTunes Store y Amazon para comprar música sin DRM o el estupendo servicio de Spotify para escuchar música en streaming o incluso su socio 7Digital, que usa Spotify para que puedas comprar música, ¿hay más espacio para otra tienda de música? ...