December 13th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Music industry consultant Mark Mulligan has weighed into the neverending debate on artist payouts from streaming music services, and how they compare to income from downloads. His conclusion: "Downloads...

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April 11th, 2012 by Music Ally

Analyst firm Gartner has issued its latest numbers on the media tablet market, claiming that 119m of these devices will be sold to people (note: not merely shipped to retailers) in 2012. That's up 98%...

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April 11th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Analyst firm Gartner has issued its latest numbers on the media tablet market, claiming that 119m of these devices will be sold to people (note: not merely shipped to retailers) in 2012.

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March 29th, 2012 by Music Ally

IDC thinks that between 2011 and 2016, the percentage of these devices that are PCs running the Windows OS will fall from 35.9% to 25.1%. That means they'll be overtaken (if IDC's prediction is right,...

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March 29th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Analyst firm IDC has published a report claiming that 916m smart connected devices shipped last year.

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February 24th, 2012 by Music Ally

Mark Mulligan

The knowledge that legal music services have to compete with pirate sites is hardly news, but industry analyst Mark Mulligan has pointed out in a blog post that the real threat is yet to come.

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February 9th, 2012 by Music Ally

Analyst firm Futuresource Consulting has published a report claiming that 10% of home audio devices that ship this year in the US

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November 9th, 2011 by Music Ally

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Analyst firm Gartner has published its latest forecasts for the recorded music market, predicting global revenues of $6.3 billion this year, up from $5.9 billion in 2010.

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