In the latest figures released, both the british BPI and the internation IFPI have reported big drops over the past year in how many cds are being sold at retail, in shops like HMV in the UK, and...
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If the music biz thinks its declining business will get easier, it's dead wrong. To the contrary, it's a harbinger for the rest of the digital entertainment sector. That's the conclusion...
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While they say will do not evil, be wary of Google. Microsoft does a better job in protecting you. Slightly. So says Privacy International in A Race To The Bottom: Privacy Ranking Of Internet...
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Research from The Diffusion Group (TDG) shows continued but restrained growth for podcasting as the service moves from early adopters to the mass market. TDG says that customers are poorly educated...
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by Marc on June 21, 2007
Adult entertainment DVD sales and rentals dropped for the first time to $3.6 billion in 2006 from $4.2 billion in 2005, according to industry trade magazine AVN. From the sales drop to the rise in...
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A ComScore survey of actual podcasting users revealed some interesting results. Compared to typical Internet users, the audience is strongly skewed to men (63% vs. 51%) and young adults 18-24 (29% vs...
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The Pew Internet & American Life Project surveyed Americans to see how wired they were. Half of adults are only occasional users, with 8% being avid users. They found that some techies actually...
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Consumers are strongly reacting negatively to DRM. But here will always be situations where it's better accepted, such as for business and hard-to-share content. I wrote about this in "The...
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The iPhone has received a huge amount of publicity. But it's a good news, bad news story, according to a study by Norwalk, Connecticut-based Markitecture The good news is the iPhone has high...
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Research from BigChampange and PC Pitstop shows that Limewire has captured a huge lead as the top P2P software now that former giants like eDonkey and Kazaa have either been put out of business or...
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by Marc on March 07, 2007
Writer Bob Cringely looks at Apple TV media extender and wonders why it needs a 40 GB hard drive. Obviously the drive will be used for video storage, similar to Tivo. But it's not clear why or...
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by Marc on October 11, 2006
According to The Diffusion Group, Apple's iPod will be difficult to dislodge from its current market dominance. In a survey of 400 iPod-owning US households, 22% said they bought an iPod on name...
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by Marc on September 28, 2006
A Jupiter Research survey shows that the real penetration of authorized music downloads is abysmal. Only 20 of the tracks on an iPod or MP3 player, or 5% of the total, are purchased from iTunes or a...
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by Marc on September 27, 2006
Generator Research released "Ad-supported Music Services: Making a Business Out of Free Music". The report looks at SpiralFrog and Qtrax business models, which include free and legal music...
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by Marc on September 03, 2006
Consulting group The Diffusion Group (TDG) said Apple iTunes is definitely heading to the living room. The company did extensive research on consumer receptivity to an iTunes-branded service offering...
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by Marc on August 04, 2006
The Diffusion Group conducted a study on consumer price sensitivity fir movies on iPods. They found a sweet spot at $10 where 23% of U.S. broadband users said they'd be interested in buying a...
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by Marc on June 22, 2006
IDC predicts the mobile market will hit $1 billion in the US by 2010 in "U.S. Wireless Music 2006-2010 Forecast and Analysis." I think they're far too optimistic and aren't...
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by Marc on June 13, 2006
The demand for high bandwidth will only increase, especially with IPTV on the horizon. How will it be served? > Content distribution networks, such as Akamai, use edge servers that are less...
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by Marc on April 24, 2006
Chris Anderson at The Long Tail gives another reason for the drop in music industry sales, and it's not P2P. It's The End of the Hit. New genres like disco and grunge continually revitalize...
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by Marc on April 20, 2006
Pitchfork writer J T. Ramsay interviews entertainment lawyer Steve Gordon on the future of the recording business and the state of its transition to a digital world. Gordon shares excellent insights...
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Russian music service AllOfMP3.com is back in the news. AllOfMP3.com released an iTunes-like client called, not coincidentally, allTunes. AllOfMP3.com already offers software called AllOfMP3 Explorer....
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