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News Sony BMG Music Entertainment has struck a deal with content aggregator Global Music International to distribute the company's music videos, full track songs and ringtones to mobile subscribers in China. [05 Apr 2007]
Sony and Universal Music cut cost of digital music
News Universal Music and Sony have cut the price of digital music downloads and said they plan to add features which will allow customers to burn CDs and transfer downloads to portable devices. Sony which already offers digital downloads through its... [13 Jun 2002]
AOL moves into movie downloads
News The company said on Thursday it has cut deals with several movie studios - Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film, Universal Studios and Warner Bros Entertainment - to make full-length movie downloads and related content available... [25 Aug 2006]
Leader: The iTunes fight-back starts here
Leader In an overcrowded downloads market, Sony is struggling to mark itself out from its competitors, especially the all-conquering iTunes. With the news last week that music downloads will be getting their very own pop chart came the sign that music... [05 Jul 2004]
Did Jobs woo Sony boss over iTunes anti-Gates love-in?
News Apple, it seems, was ready to open up its iTunes music store so the downloads would also be compatible with Sony's digital music players. In the mobile space, it also licensed its technology to phone maker Motorola to enable some handsets to play... [07 Sep 2004]
Sony DRM settlement passes final legal hurdle
News Those customers can file a claim and receive certain benefits, such as a non-protected replacement CD, free downloads of music from that CD and additional cash payments. It yanked the affected discs off the shelves, suspended production of CDs... [23 May 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.09.04
Round-Up The paper alleges that during a 'friendly game' of golf organised by the Japanese firm in Hawaii, Apple CEO Steve Jobs told Sony counterpart Nobuyuki Idei he was prepared to open up the iTunes music store so the downloads would be compatible with... [10 Sep 2004]
Analysis: Sony and Apple growing ever more alike
Comment Sony's foray into music downloads this week unleashes the most potent rival yet to Apple's iTunes Music Store, setting the stage for a high-stakes battle between two technology titans known for stylish innovation. [06 May 2004]
Sony unveils late download shop
News The Sony Connect shop opened its doors today in France, Germany and the UK offering single song downloads for 79p in the UK and €0.99 across the channel - the same price as Apple's iTunes. Sony has launched its own music download shop today... [05 Jul 2004]
Sony launches iTunes-style service
News Like most rivals, Sony is offering downloads for 99 cents and albums largely for $9.99, with access provided through a piece of software that can be downloaded through the site. Sony on Tuesday launched its online music store, throwing its hat into... [05 May 2004]
Sony recalls millions of copy-protected CDs
News Sony later replaced that web-based uninstall tool with one that downloads a program with its own instructions, as opposed to one that accepts instructions from websites. Record label Sony BMG Music Entertainment said on Tuesday that it will recall... [16 Nov 2005]
MP3.com pays Sony $20m in copyright compensation
News It also gives MP3.com the right to distribute music by any Sony artist in the future, but it will now have to pay royalties whenever a user downloads a song, or uploads music onto the site. MP3.com has agreed to pay Sony Music Entertainment $20m in... [22 Aug 2000]
Yahoo! signs Napsteresque deal with Sony and Vivendi
News The service is due to go live in the summer, with streaming available first, and downloads later. The agreement will bring artists from Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment to the world's most popular web portal through the media... [06 Apr 2001]
Sony unit to trial content with a 'consume by' date
News However, allowing downloads of movie files opens the door to illegal copying. A subsidiary of the electronics maker Sony is to sell downloadable movie files that self-destruct after a given time. According to Japanese newspaper Nikkei Business... [30 May 2003]
Vodafone mobile phones get Sony music and video
News The news comes on the heels of an IDC report that says games, ring tones and video and music downloads will drive the growth of mobile data traffic in Europe. Vodafone and Sony Music Entertainment have announced an agreement to bring multimedia to... [24 May 2004]
