Virgin Media announced an agreement with Universal Music Group to introduce a new digital music service promising DRM-free unlimited downloads optimized for any MP3-compatible device, including mobile phones and Apple's iPod. According to Virgin Media, the service will enable any of the quad-play provider's broadband subscribers to both stream and download as many music tracks and albums...

Universal Music Group announced an agreement with ad-sponsored digital music service FreeAllMusic.com to offer free, legal downloads from the label's massive catalog. Thousands of UMG tracks are now available during FreeAllMusic.com's current private beta period--users can download up to 20 DRM-free, iPod-compatible tracks per month (five per week) in exchange for viewing a video commerc...

Vodafone has added the last of the big-four music labels to its DRM-free music download service. The new deal with Warner music is in addition to existing agreements with Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Music that were announced earlier this year.

Singapore’s SingTel has recently lunched a free mobile music download service for its contract customers with selected phones. The service called SingTel AMPed has been developed in partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG) and allows customers to download songs, music videos, as well as pre-release albums. Best of all, SingTel won’t charge data charges for

The Qtel Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for an exclusive Strategic Marketing Partnership (SMP) with Universal Music Group to offer unlimited music for customers across key international markets. Under the terms of the deal, Qtel will be able to offer unlimited music downloads via mobile and the Internet to its customers. In addition,

Vodafone has added yet another label to their music download service which is DRM-free, and this time were talking about Warner music. In case you dont remember, Vodafone already has agreements with Sony Music, EMI, and Universal Music Group. Thanks to this addition, the number of DRM-free tracks that can be downloaded via the Vodafone service

Thumbplay is offering a full-service digital music store,  where users can wirelessly download-- DRM-free songs directly to select MP3-enabled phones or to PCs. So far, Thumbplay has the  rights to more than 1.5 million songs from major labels including Universal Music Group and EMI Music, and from independent digital music providers The Orchard and INgrooves. More offering will be annou...

Like many British acts, UK-based music download service 7digital is hoping to conquer America. Today the company announced that its 6 million plus strong MP3 music store has opened its doors in the US, with tracked offered from Universal Music Group, Warner, EMI, Sony and an array independent labels. To coincide and spearhead 7digitals US launch,

The Universal Music Group and Virgin Media said on Monday that they had reached a deal that would offer consumers unlimited downloads as part of a partnership that steps up antipiracy enforcement. The New York Times reports. Universal, the largest recording company in the world, said it would offer its entire catalog — which contains works by artists like Amy Winehouse and U2 — to customers of V...

Apple is reportedly working with the four major record labels--EMI, Sony Music, Warner Music and Universal Music Group--on an effort to stimulate digital sales of full-length albums via the addition of a new interactive booklet including sleeve notes and related supplementary features. Apple's iTunes digital media platform is typically cited as the catalyst behind the decline of physical albu...