Tag Archives: music downloads

I Love Music, but I Hate CDs

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

I guess that by now, all music labels have already realized that music downloads and subscriptions are the only way forward to distribute music. CDs are dead, and rightly so. Maybe because we just finished unpacking the shipment from KL … Continue reading →

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Online Movies 2019

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

In 2019, while Music downloads are mostly free, people is ready to pay for Movie downloads. The Music industry has changed in the past ten years and artists make their work known by distributing it for free. Their revenues come … Continue reading →

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Mobile Music keep growing in Japan

Posted on April 20, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Thanks to KDDI Lismo music service, 90% of the digital music sales in Japan comes from mobile, according to Wireless Watch Japan. The Record Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) has reported 2007 figures, with total sales increasing for third year … Continue reading →

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Is mobile music service a handset vendor’s business?

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Apple with iTunes is selling music directly to the iPhone. Nokia has their own music portal Ovi for music and games. And we see Motorola acquiring companies to reinforce the music service it was offering in China, Taiwan and Hong … Continue reading →

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How will Music Industry survive Internet?

Posted on December 25, 2007 by Jose Miguel Cansado

The Music Industry can not keep fighting to preserve their status quo. Internet, mp3 and iPods have changed the way we ingest music. DVD/CDs are doomed to disappear. The music and film industry will need to adapt to survive. A … Continue reading →

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iPhone: Friend or Foe? Can Mobile Operators avoid turning into pipes?

Posted on December 15, 2007 by Jose Miguel Cansado

There are two major conflicting trends in Telecommunications : 1) Internet driven: the intelligence and applications move to the end-devices (Smartphones, laptops, Servers…) 2) Telcos driven: Operators need to retain control of the Services delivered through their networks On example … Continue reading →

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