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In the ever-changing and fast-moving Entertainment Business, with new developments and exploitation formats emerging on a daily basis, the number one challenge is to stay on top of these changes and ensure you are getting the services you require in a way that is efficient, secure and cost effective.
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Latest Blog Posts
"...and now, in a clear shift eMusic has announced that they will offer an à la carte download service alongside their existing (and - for now unchanging) subscription services...."
"...It's impossible not to notice that the attendees and exhibitors are fewer and fewer each year..."
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Spotlight On
A Portal
Spotify
Spotify is the digital music outlet that really got the whole "listening to streaming music" vs. "downlading music files" debate going. By changing the general public's view of music consumption, the Swedish company has been growing exponentially over the last seven years.
Currently available in 17 countries, Spotify's streaming service now has a user base of more than 25 million subscribers. The basic subscription is free of charge, Spotify has even been credited with drawing people away from piracy. Excellent availability and ease of use on the mobile platforms, great integration with social networks and its catalogue of more than 20 million songs all make for a fantastic user experience. With services like Spotify gaining ever more popularity, the streaming share of the market is growing steadily but surely. Needless to say, you can find The Source catalogue on Spotify!
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iTunes. 25,000,000,000 Songs Sold. Crikey!
iTunes announced that they recently sold their 25 billionth (25,000,000,000th) song. Which is just one of the 26 million songs they have in their catalogue! Since its establishment ten years ago, iTunes has been going from strength to strength and remains the biggest digital music portal by some distance...
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Browse The Source Catalogue On The New Website
A useful feature on our re-designed website is the possibility to explore all of the content in our digital distribution catalogue.
Go to www.the-source.eu and click on "Catalogue". Type in the appropriate entries in the search fields to find any public albums, tracks, visuals or ringtones. Clicking on the album artwork or magnifying glass icons will bring you to their details, which include track lists, contributors and publishers, which is handy if you're looking for licensing deals. Included in this part of the website is the possibility to manage your content in a very easy and user-friendly way. More developments are coming soon, but you can already check statements and create and manage baskets.Watch this space! For now, feel free to roam around the catalogue a little! For the advanced features, you will need your user name and password which are the same as those you use for the Content Editor.
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Snapper Wins AIM Independent Music Award!
The Source congratulates its long time partners Snapper and Charly Records with winning the coveted Special Catalogue Release Award at the October 2012 AIM (Association of Independent Music) Awards.  The 13th Floor Elevators - 1960's instigators of a rock and roll myth of almost Arthurian proportions - are heralded around the known universe as heroes of garage punk and as THE band that fully embraced the essence of psychedelia, with a soul questing passion verging on the mentally suicidal.
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DDEX Compliance And Membership
Digital Data Exchange (DDEX) is a standards-setting organisation, which stipulates standardised XML formats for the exchange of metadata across the digital content supply chain.
Compliance with DDEX ensures standardised exchange of your metadata with all our retail partners.
The Source has recently teamed up with DDEX, and we're pleased to announce that DDEX is now fully implemented and supported for all deliveries to DDEX accredited portals.
Benefits include:
- Much quicker delivery times.
- An industry-wide one-size-fits-all data standard.
- Time saved on compatibility issues.
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New Labels
Nu Rave
Pop'M Records
Currahee Records Noisekick Records Frenchcore s'il vous plaît!
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