Samsung to launch online music service
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. plans to introduce its own online music service to compete against Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iTunes-iPod franchise and Microsoft Corp.'s upcoming Zune music products.
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Best Buy Co. Inc. aims to take digital   music to a wider audience by introducing a music player and   subscription service with partners SanDisk Corp. SNDK.O and   RealNetworks Inc. RNWK.O.
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Virgin Digital, the online arm of the Virgin Group, will launch an online music service Monday aimed at replicating on the Net the success of its offline chain of retail music stores.
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Motorola will acquire online music store Soundbuzz in a bid to expand its mobile music offerings in Asia, the company said Monday.&quot;Soundbuzz will become part of the Motorola entertainment family,&quot; said Ian Chapman-Banks, vice president of marketing at Motorola Asia-Pacific&#39;s mobile devices unit, at a press conference in Singapore.Terms of the deal, which is expected to close during the current quarter, were not disclosed.Motorola hopes the acquisition of privately held Soundbuzz will make it the top online music seller in Asia, Chapman-Banks said, citing Soundbuzz&#39;s existing relationships with recording companies as well as mobile operators in India, Australia, Singapore, and other countries in Asia.The Soundbuzz acquisition will complement&#160;Motorola&#39;s own mobile music service, called MotoMusic, which is available in China, Chapman-Banks said.For its part, Soundbuzz is counting on Motorola&#39;s backing to expand its reach in Asia. &quot;Through the resources we&#39;re going to have access to, it&#39;s going to help us expand our offerings,&quot; said Sudhanshu Sarronwala, Soundbuzz&#39;s CEO, without disclosing details of the company&#39;s plans.Soundbuzz offers mobile downloads based on OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) DRM (digital rights management) technology. An online music store for PCs operated by the company offers music downloads based on DRM technology developed by Microsoft.The use of OMA DRM for mobile downloads, such as ringtones and ringback tones, means Soundbuzz&#39;s mobile download service will continue to support handsets made by a variety of companies, not just Motorola, Sarronwala said.Both the PC music store and the mobile-download service will continue to operate as usual following the Motorola acquisition, Sarronwala said.
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Napster on Thursday said it&#39;s testing a monthly subscription service that would let customers download an unlimited number of songs and play them on portable music devices
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By MARK PRIGG  A SERVICE for downloading songs on to mobile phones that experts say could rival that of Apple's iTunes Music Store was launched today.
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Microsoft is expected to enter the online song store market this week, which should put the software giant head-to-head with Apple Computer in the music business at last.
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Best Buy Co. Inc. on Thursday said it   will introduce a new music service with digital music player   maker SanDisk Corp. SNDK.O and music software company   RealNetworks Inc. RNWK.O to create the latest competing   service to Apple's iPod and iTunes combination.
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Samsung became the latest manufacturer of MP3 players to open its own online music store today, following in the footsteps of Apple and Microsoft and further fragmenting the online music market. In Listening Post.
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Paid music and movie download service launches today.
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SEOUL: South Korea&#39;s Samsung Electronics claimed breakthroughs in key technologies that promise greater data storage and faster processing for computers and mobile devices such as MP3 audio players.
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Microsoft will jump into the music-downloading market this week, with the rollout of a new MSN online-music service that will compete with Apple&#39;s iTunes and RealNetworks&#39; Rhapsody.
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AT&amp;T Wireless launched this week an online music service that provides instant gratification to subscribers who hear a tune they can&#39;t wait to download.
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Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson said  on Tuesday that it would launch a new service on its phones  that would allow full music downloading, initially focusing on  new and up-and-coming artists.
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UK supermarket chain Tesco  launches an online music service it hopes will rival Apple's market-leading iTunes.
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Microsoft Corp. will begin its music download service in Japan with an initial offering of 50,000 songs, a spokeswoman for the U.S. software giant's online service unit said Wednesday.
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TESCO, the UKâs biggest supermarket chain, is launching an online music service that it hopes will rival Appleâs market-leading iTunes.