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October 13, 2011 in News Roundup
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Sony launches Qriocity music service
January 13, 2011 in Blog, News Roundup
We intended to comment on the seemingly pointless Qriocity streaming service recently launched by Sony in the UK but, well, the Guardian has been kind enough to already do so in their technology blog.
While NMM always tries to remain impartial and write unbiased reviews, we can’t help but agree with the writer. Of course we are always happy to be proved wrong but the Qriocity (pronounced ‘curiosity’ we assume) service appears to be moving the industry backwards, not forwards.
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North East band pioneers live streaming on iPad
December 17, 2010 in News Roundup
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Everything Everything, a hot new band with its origins in the North East, became the first group to try out live HD streaming of a gig via an iPad app.
Fans were able to download the free app to watch their London Union Chapel concert on Wednesday in full.
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The arrival of the Pope – digitally
September 16, 2010 in News Roundup
The Pope has landed in the UK for the first time in 28 years. Those who can’t see their idol in real life will be happy that, thanks to modern technology, they don’t have to miss a thing.
Catholic Communications Network (CCN) has set up a special website dedicated entirely to the Papal visit. The site features live streaming of the visit, following the Pope’s every move.
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Carphone Warehouse set to challenge Spotify
August 12, 2010 in News Roundup
Carphone Warehouse’s new music streaming service ‘Music Anywhere’ puts your song libraries in the cloud.
The new service allows users to access their entire collections whenever, wherever, regardless of the capacity of their MP3 player.
Using Catch Media’s Play Anywhere platform, the service scans users’ collections and matches it up with its own database. A digital copy of a track that can’t be found in the database is automatically created and added to the user’s online account.
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World Cup goes digital
June 11, 2010 in News Roundup
Football fans can keep track of all the happenings in South Africa wherever they are thanks to various apps and websites.
ITV has rolled out a free, ad-funded app to watch World Cup matches live on an iPhone. The app will feature all the games to be broadcast on ITV1, as well as further matches to be broadcast on ITV4. The ITV website will also feature live coverage of the tournament.
Fifa.com will be the main source of information for many football fans. Ready to take on the flood of visitors, the site can be personalised by registering and logging in. Fifa has also adapted a Twitter-like approach with a live stream of information and links.
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Advertisers buy into music streaming
May 10, 2010 in News Roundup
Music streaming services are becoming increasingly attractive to advertisers as their audiences grow rapidly in size, New Media Age reports.
Ad-funded music streaming service We7 announced reaching a tipping point in March – for the first time monthly streaming costs were fully covered by ad revenue.
According to the CEO of We7 Steve Purdham, the service has grown from 10,000 users in 2008 to 3 million in only two years.
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Spotify launches application for Nokia phones
November 24, 2009 in News Roundup
Swedish streaming software Spotify announced on Monday the launch of a music application for the Symbian platform, used by the world’s biggest mobile phone maker Nokia and other smartphones.
Only customers who subscribe to Symbian’s paying premium service will be able to download the software application onto their smartphones, the company said in a statement.
