XM Satellite Unveils Online Music Service
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XM Satellite Radio Holding Inc. on Wednesday said it would launch a commercial-free, Internet music service in early October. With XM Radio Online, subscribers will be able to listen to the
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- In an attempt to unseat Apple Computer from its spot on top of the online music market, Microsoft officially launched its MSN Music service Tuesday.
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European customers can now download an unlimited amount of music to their phones thanks to a new service called MusicStation. The service debuted in Sweden on Thursday, and will launch in markets across the rest of Europe, Asia, and Africa over the next several months.
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Imeem Inc., a music-based social  networking site, on Wednesday launched a digital music service  supported by advertising and will share the revenue with the  musicians and record companies.
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Samsung's new digital music player has an FM radio receiver that supports the radio data broadcasting system used on many European radio stations.
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Top U.S. satellite radio service XM  Satellite Radio Holdings Inc on Wednesday said it has signed a  deal to air games from Major League Baseball for the next 11  years in a deal worth $650 million.
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As part of its much-touted new MSN Music offering, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is testing a Web-based radio service that mimics nearly 1,000 local radio stations, allowing users to hear a version of their favorite radio station with far fewer interruptions.
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UK-based mobile music company Omnifone has launched MusicStation, a next-generation mobile phone music service that will be deployed in partnership with music labels such as Universal Music and 23 initial global mobile operators.
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People have been listening to music on their computers for a long time now - but not quite like this. Microsoft is test-marketing a new Web-based radio service that sounds almost like a local radio station - except without all the interruptions.
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Omnifone, a British mobile music company, will unveil a new music service Monday aimed at cell phone users who crave music while on the go, in the first of what is expected to be many challenges against Apple ...Comment
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XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc said on Monday it has settled a lawsuit filed by Universal Music Group against XM Satellite's portable "Inno" devices that can record and store music.
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Slacker is a distinctive new Web music service and portable music player that lets users personalize their satellite radio.
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XM Satellite Radio said Tuesday it will sell a portable satellite radio with a built-in antenna that can record up to five hours of programming.
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Whether it's the albums you buy, the radio stations you choose or the songs you put in your portable player, music has always been a matter of personal taste. Now, a startup led by a team of veterans in the digital music arena seeks to offer what it considers a new level of "personal radio" by combining elements of Internet radio, portable music and satellite distribution, while letting users choose the tunes, genres or artists they want.
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Music lovers can sample songs over the Internet without turning on a personal computer in a first-of-a-kind offering that could help popularize the concept of streaming music.
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(InfoWorld) - A U.K. startup hopes to compete withÂ Apple's new iPhone by offering a flat-rate music service that can run on most of today's mobile phones. Omnifone Ltd. launched on Thursday its MusicStation service that allows mobile phone users to download as many music tracks as they want for â¬2.99 (US$3.97) per week. The company previewed MusicStation in February at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona. The Swedish mobile phone subsidiary of Norwegian telco Telenor ASA is the first to offer the MusicStation service. More than 30 operators in Europe, Asia and South Africa have signed up to offer the service. To use MusicStation, users must have handsets preinstalled with the application. "MusicStation runs on any Java and music-enabled device," said Omnifone spokesman Tim Hadley. "We're talking about 75 percent of the phones currently available on the market." The company plans to have more than 100 million MusicStation-enabled handsets within the next 12 months. Omnifone has developed software that allows its application to be ported to the many different types of Java used on mobile phones, according to Hadley. One of the main benefits of MusicStation is quick and easy navigating and downloading -- unlike many of the carrier music portals, based on WAP (Wireless Access Protocol) technology, which can be time-consuming and difficult to browse, according to the spokesman. "The application is very comparable to an MP3 player user experience," he said. Downloads to mobile phones over 3G (third-generation) mobile phone networks can take between 30 seconds and one minute, all of which can happen in the background. The service also runs on GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) networks. Omnifone has signed licensing deal with several large music companies, including EMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group and Warner Music International. "We're starting with over 1 million tracks," Hadley said. DRM (digital rights management) technology protects all of the music. The mobile MusicStation service includes several features, such as messaging and the ability to share playlists and tracks. Over the next few months, the company plans to offer a MusicStation desktop application. For an additional â¬1 per month, customers can have all of the tracks downloaded to their mobile phones automatically download to their PCs when they log on to the portal service, according to Hadley. Operators, music companies and Omnifone will split revenue generated by MusicStation. Apple announced this week that iPhone users will need an account for its iTunes Store music service before activating the device. The iPhone debuts in the U.S. on June 29. Â
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Omnifone, a British mobile music company, is unveiling a new music service Monday aimed at cell phone users who crave music while on the go, in the first of what is expected to be many challenges against Apple Inc.'s upcoming iPhone and its ubiquitous iTunes Store.