Music Tech

File-sharing traffic gobbled 44 percent of total internet traffic in May, according to an estimate surfacing Tuesday. The North American figure comes from Sandvine, a networking equipment and technology prov... Read More...

More details emerged Wednesday on PushButtonMusic, a pre-loaded portable music concept scheduled for summer release. The idea, developed by Broadcast Data Systems (BDS) founders Hal Oppenheimer and Robert Uh... Read More...

Rent a car, get some independent MP3s. That is a proposition being presented by eMusic and Avis, an unusual pairing.  According to information shared Tuesday, Avis renters will be given access to a handful o... Read More...

Microsoft has now floated an unsolicited, $44.6 billion buyout offer to Yahoo, according to details confirmed Friday. "Today, the market is increasingly dominated by one player who is consolidating its domin... Read More...

Despite an important presence in CDs, Target has been less aggressive on the digital side. That is now changing, thanks to a number of competitive and licensing shifts. Just recently, Target started offer... Read More...

Internet radio is primarily an advertising-supported format, despite attempts to craft premium, paid channels. Now, free online radio is starting to spin more substantial revenues. Just recently, Dublin-b... Read More...

Sony BMG took a major step away from digital content protection on Thursday by licensing MP3s to Amazon. The move, largely expected, closes a highly-successful licensing round for Amazon, a company that init... Read More...

Macrovision has now acquired All Media Guide Holdings, Inc., or AMG, for $82 million. The digital media copy-protection provider announced its purchase on Monday as part of a larger earnings announcement.  A... Read More...

Time Warner Cable is now pushing a digital music offering, and tapping MusicNet on the backend. The cable giant is unveiling Road Runner Music today, a subscription and download store, and offering compatibi... Read More...

Rhapsody America sparked its consumer campaign at the VMAs on Monday, the beginning of a broader splash ahead. But format specifics are mostly in flux at the destination, thanks to a gradual DRM-free dip by ... Read More...

The internet - and the entertainment stuffed therein - is rapidly losing its wires. But the wireless systems of today are expected to evolve into a far broader access infrastructure, one that could fundament... Read More...

BitTorrent Inc., the flagship organization for the broader file-sharing technology, is now planning a self-publishing platform on bittorrent.com. The plan, shared exclusively with Digital Music News by BitTo... Read More...