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Digital music revenue share by platform
The French band ‘uniform motion’ may not yet be on your playlist, but they are well worth listening to. And not just the music, for they have a thing or two to say about the economics of the record industry without a record label. In short, it’s not an easy place to make money to … Continue reading
Spotify the Nokia
Spotify’s premium music service, which includes its offline playlists, is coming to the Symbian operating system (owned by Nokia). The new version mainly supports Nokia phones, including popular models like the 5800 XpressMusic and E72, but also supports Samsung’s Omnia HD and Sony Ericsson’s new Satio. The premium service, £9.99 a month, is already available … Continue reading
Comes with Spotify
Another week, another Spotify business model, this time a bundled subscription to Spotify’s premium service on HTC’s Hero Android Smartphone which is available on the UK’s 3 network. For a £35 a month tariff, plus a £99 fee (similar to iPhone pricing), users get two years of Spotify’s premium service included in the deal. They … Continue reading
Spotify iPhone app’s mixed reviews
The Spotify iPhone app has finally been approved by Apple, providing streaming, and more limited offline, access to Spotify’s music catalogue for premium users of the service (£9.99). It’s been interesting to see the mixed reviews to what is an impressive service, if you’re willing to accept the price that is. Despite making it clear … Continue reading
Spotify iPhone app days away
The long awaited Spotify iPhone application has been submitted to Apple for approval and already several details have emerged: – Ability to take your playlists with you – Download songs or playlists to listen offline – Search for new tracks – Of course being an iPhone app, you can’t run it in the background while … Continue reading
Spotify trials Free audiobook
Spotify’s music streaming service is trialling its first audiobook, appropriately enough Chris Anderson’s much hyped ‘Free: the future of a radical price’. This is available to users in the UK only. Spotify remain coy over whether this will become a business for them, but hint that a successful trial may lead to further additions to … Continue reading
Spotify downloads subscription on mobile
Further to the news that Spotify will be offering downloads through 7Digital, details of a new all-you-can-listen subscription download model are emerging. According to Revolution magazine, Spotify will be offering users unlimited downloads for £9.99 a month, the price it currently charges for the ad-free version of the service. In a threat to the dominant … Continue reading
Spotify mobile applications likely to be paid
Spotify’s new UK MD, Paul Brown, was interviewed just a day into the job by Paid Content UK. Whether a brave or foolish thing to do on your first day, he did have some interesting things to say about the service. While careful not to reveal numbers, he strongly hinted that the much rumoured Spotify … Continue reading
Download music on Spotify
This blog has been keeping a close eye on Spotify’s attempts to go mobile, but the desktop client is also progressing with news that Spotify have signed a deal with 7Digital to sell MP3 downloads. The Spotify service is already monetised through advertising, a premium ad-free service for £9.99 a month and limited affiliate deals … Continue reading
Spotify iPhone application
One of the most popular articles on Technocloud recently was a look into Spotify’s multi-media ambitions in a post called Spotify mobile where I noted a job advert on their site advertising for a Nokia S60 platform software engineer. Those ambitions are slowly being realised if a video of a potential Spotify iPhone app is … Continue reading
