I don't think it's a fad. Those who lived without it think, 'Why do we need it?' But I remember when T-shirts were white. People want to make a statement. And ring tones offer that. I think we'll see growth. You hear complaints from record labels about problems in the digital age, but this is a real net positive. |
I guess they feel they don't want to be a leader. They want to be a follower. Eventually, it could hurt Fox if they don't make moves soon to join the bandwagon. |
I think whoever came up with this idea understands the online music industry about as well as a cow understands algebra, |
If Rhapsody and Microsoft and the manufacturers can get Rhapsody to Go and Napster to Go to work reliably and smoothly, we could see that subscriptions gain market share. |
If the Beatles did come on board, I'd imagine you'd see a lot of publicity. It would have the effect of pressing down the accelerator a bit in the online music business. |
If the labels really want to fight piracy, it defies logic to increase prices and create more of a disincentive for the consumer to use legitimate providers. If they want to encourage the public to use legitimate online pricing, raising prices is about the last thing they should think of doing. |
It's a huge deal for Apple. |
It's certainly not good news for Sony because sales are already declining across the industry. |
It's certainly smart for the publishers to do this. |
It's certainly time to do field trials and see what happens. Ten years from now mobile TV will be more common. People will be watching it at restaurants, sports bars, subways, buses, airports. But it will probably be 20 years before it's mainstream. |
It's getting more competitive. They've entered the stage where incremental market share is going to be harder to get and they're going to just have to focus on running the best business they can. |
It's just going to take some time. The BMW is not a mainstream car. But once we all have these new radios, we're all going to wonder why we didn't do this before. |
Janus is clearly aimed at Apple. |
Media does not need to be sold in the physical form factors anymore. |
Microsoft is saying on behalf of themselves and, indirectly, on behalf of the rest of the subscription (services), 'If you want a subscription offering, if you want the better recurring revenue from subscription pricing, then give us a better price.' |