Microsoft launch Xbox video download service
Microsoft UK has launched a video-on-demand service for Xbox 360 offering movies and around 100 music videos, paid for with Microsoft points.…
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Microsoft launch new Zune players
Microsoft have launched three new Zune players, two flash based and one with an 80GB hard drive, alongside revised sharing features and a Marketplace upgrade with Zune Social.…
MTV ends Urge download service and partners with Rhapsody
MTV Urge is shut down and MTV US is partnering with Real's Rhapsody, which will relaunch as Rhapsody America with a mobile extension via Verizon Wireless.…
Zune might enable users to sell tracks to friends
Reports suggest Microsoft may expand the Zune player so owners can share limited previews of tracks with friends and earn a cut of any resulting sale.…
Microsoft to launch new cross platform music promotion
Microsoft is launching Ignition, a cross-platform promotion for emerging artists across MSN, Xbox Live and the Zune Marketplace, starting with Maximo Park.…
Zune passes a million sales
Microsoft has sold over a million Zune players, a month ahead of its original schedule, though a European launch may not come until next year.…
Warner sign up to MySpace downloads, but with DRM
Warner Music will sell downloads via MySpace's Snocap-powered platform, but its music will carry Microsoft's DRM, so it will not play on iPod or Zune.…
Ford and Microsoft form strategic alliance on in-car music system
Microsoft and Ford have announced Sync, an in-car system that transfers digital music and data from home PCs into Ford vehicles, iTunes compatible.…
Interoperability remains the digital music debate of 2006
A review of 2006 digital music highlights interoperability, with French legislation prompting debate about Apple's iPod and iTunes model and DRM restrictions.…
Microsoft reveal Zune sales projections
Microsoft marketing director Jason Reindorp says he expects to sell over a million Zune players by June next year, admitting the device will not quickly beat Apple.…
Zune sales seem slow
Microsoft's Zune player is reportedly ranked 18th in Amazon's MP3 player sales chart, having never risen above 7th, though Microsoft says sales match its expectations.…
Could the Beatles launch online via iTunes?
Fortune reports that the Beatles catalogue may first launch online through iTunes, possibly with a Beatles-branded iPod, though nothing has been confirmed.…