February 21, 2012 • 2:00 pm 0
Mobile is the value-add that attracts the highest premium in streaming services. According to sources at the US streaming service Rdio, the majority of its subscribers take the top-premium mobile-access plan. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: mobile music, Music subscriptions, Uncategorized, download, mobile music, Music subscriptions, rdio, Spotify
June 15, 2011 • 10:28 am 0
It is no surprise to hear that the US is the largest music market in the world. Despite sales crumbling in the last couple of years, the US still accounts for around 30% of global spending on recorded-music. What is a little surprising is the fact that the US is only the 10th largest market in the world in terms of per capita spending on music. Despite trailing the US by more than US$2 billion last year in the retail value of recorded-music sales, Japan was the world leader for per capita music spending. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: mobile music, Music industry, music, Music industry
May 4, 2011 • 10:48 am 0
Most mobile music services use pay-per-track and subscription-based pricing models, but some operators have started offering music services bundled with their mobile subscriptions. Full tracks are sometimes thrown in as a “free” extra to motivate people to take out a mobile subscription or data plan or to top up their prepaid credit. An example of the latter is Orange’s Monkey prepaid plan in the UK, in which users get free music for topping up as little as £5 (US$7.75).
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Filed under: mobile music, Music industry, Music subscriptions, mobile music, Music industry, Music subscriptions
