Soundbuzz June 27, 2007
Posted by Pallav Sharda in : Technology , trackbackSOUNDBUZZ is a prominent online music retailer for Asian market that does more than just music download. Since their inception around 2000, they have grown into a mobile+online content provider offering back-end technology, digital rights clearances, and acquisition of licenses from music publishers and recording companies. They serve music tracks, videos, ringtones for markets in India, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and 12 other countries.
Self-reported data states more than 200,000 online music track downloads, and 3 million mobile content downloads. The site interface does a decent job of cramming a lot of stuff in there. I checked some prices out- Indian songs are in the range of Rs.12 each, foreign songs are about Rs.19.99. English albums are Rs.200 (~$5) and Indian albums range from Rs.99-120. Just so you know, the content is windows DRM protected, and can be bundled with Creative’s mp3 players.
Interestingly enough, mobiles are increasingly being used to enjoy mp3 tracks in India. I guess the DRM-free wave hasn’t reached India yet, but till then, Soundbuzz sure has the upper hand in the Asian online/mobile music retail business.
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