British music sales up
BPI figures for the second quarter show record sales rising, with singles sales at their highest for six years and British acts making up over half of the top albums.…
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Yahoo! Music says North West England is UK's most successful music region
Research by Yahoo! Music claims the North West of England has produced more UK number ones since 2000 than any other region, relative to population.…
MP3 player ownership in US doubles since 2003
Market research firm Ipsos reports that one in five Americans over 12 now owns an MP3 player, with ownership doubling since 2003.…
Slow ticket sales raise fears live sector has overpriced itself
Reports cite slow ticket sales for the Barbra Streisand US tour, with high prices blamed, raising concerns that premium artists' live pricing is pushing away fans.…
Baddiel and Skinner top HMV football song poll
HMV.co.uk customers have voted '3 Lions' by Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds as their favourite England football anthem, ahead of New Order's 'World In Motion'.…
PwC reckon entertainments industry will continue to boom
PricewaterhouseCoopers forecasts the global entertainment and media industry will reach $1.8 trillion by 2010, with recorded music sales growing 5.2% over five years.…
UK report says IP crime on the rise
A government report says international intellectual property crime is rising, but new UK measures are making it harder for pirates, with 500,000 intelligence reports filed in nine months.…
Freeview set to overtake satellite as biggest digital TV provider
The IPA predicts Freeview will overtake satellite as the biggest digital TV provider by the end of the year, though a third of UK homes still have no digital TV.…
IDC predicts mobile music will overtake PC downloads by 2010
Research firm IDC predicts mobile music will overtake PC-based services by 2010, while Informa Telecoms & Media expects a $13 billion global mobile music market.…
NME surveys readers on ticket touting
NME is surveying its readers on ticket touting as part of its Kick Out The Touts campaign, feeding into a government review of reselling.…
Tough talking helps boost AllofMP3 and The Pirate Bay
Alexa data shows traffic to AllofMP3.com and The Pirate Bay has risen after IFPI, BPI and Swedish authorities moved against them, with the Pirate Bay back online on Dutch servers.…
Dixie Chicks' Accidents & Accusations tour sales reportedly struggling
Billboard reports that many Dixie Chicks tour dates have sold only a third of tickets, with some dates reportedly at risk, though Toronto has sold out.…