Tag: 7Digital
Spotify offers one click music buying from 7Digital
Spotify has improved the way its users buy music online. Up until now, users have had to use the "Buy From" feature to download individual tracks from its digital download partner 7Digital.
This meant completing a number of steps before being directed to an external website. But now Spotify users can choose to buy from a library of 8 million tracks without having to leave Spotify.
Rather than having to right-click on a track/album to discover if the music is available to buy they can now see exactly what music is available, with 'buy' buttons now visible either underneath the album cover or next to a particular track.
HMV snaps up 50% of online music retailer 7Digital
In some ways this should be no surprise as over the past couple of years 7Digital has been establishing itself as a solid alternative to the likes of iTunes and Amazon, especially by offering tracks as MP3s without any DRM. It has also struck innovative deals with companies like Last FM, Spotify and Songbird.
7Digital brings MP3 downloads to BlackBerry App World
RIM continues on its mission to get down and funky with the consumers by offering some music for people to listen to on their QWERTYful phones. The tunes come courtesy of UK company 7Digital and their catalogue of 6 million tracks which will be available from 79p each on over-the-air download straight to your mobile.
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
Spotify and 7Digital buddy up
Digital music upstart-of-the-moment Spotify has added yet another revenue stream to its growing collection – users are now able to right-click tracks to buy them via 7Digital.
Currently, the click just takes you to the relevant 7Digital page for the album. In the future, however, the companies hope to allow one-click downloads in Spotify itself, as well as functionality to buy entire playlists.
This move should further silence the doubters who claim that Spotify has no business model. On the contrary, this is now a third solid way of monetising their business, after ads and premium subscriptions. I do doubt a little how much people will use the functionality, though.
Play.com joins 7digital in the DRM-free corner
Play.com has just become the second digital music retailer to join the DRM-free parade. The site, which previously sold CDs, DVDs and games, has added MP3s from Sony Music, Warner, and Universal. They join DRM-free tracks from EMI and a bunch of indie labels that were already on the site…
The lowdown on Comes with Music – not unlimited, comes with DRM
The finer details of Nokia’s “Comes with Music” service have just been revealed to us here at Tech Digest. “Comes With Music” is the latest in a long line of digital music services which have been billed as the saviour of the music industry…
BT Digital Music Awards – nominations announced
It’s that time of the year again – the BT Digital Music Awards. These are awards which are given to bands, artists, labels, shops, and other digital music services which really use the web to its greatest advantage. Although there’s quite a lot of “which band has the prettiest website” rubbish in the awards, there’s also categories like “Best Digital Service”, “Best Music Shop” and “Best Music Hardware”….
7digital sign up Sony and go 100% DRM-free in their digital music store
This morning, in a loft in Shoreditch, 7Digital announced that their digital music catalogue is to become 100% free of DRM. The last holdout among the major labels – SonyBMG – has bowed to consumer demand and agreed to sell its catalogue of 250,000 tracks in MP3 format, as opposed to the restricted WMA format. Even better, all SonyBMG tracks that customers have previously bought will be upgraded to MP3s at no cost. All MP3s are at 320kbps quality…
7digital sales through the roof as more deals look to come in
DRM-free music download service 7digital is experiencing something of a boom with their profits up 300% so far in 2008 – the lucky buggers.
Since signing their last major record label in the shape of Warner Music, back in March, they’ve become the UK’s second biggest online music store…
MidemNet 2008: Brit digital music firms 7digital and We7 get funding
UK digital music store 7digital has announced that it’s raised £4.25 million from VC firms, as part of its efforts to continue developing its service and expand to new countries, such as the US.
