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Samsung launches music service with 7Digital

By | Published on Wednesday 30 May 2012

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Samsung has launched its own music service that can be used on the all new, singing and dancing (well, it can play music and vibrate) Galaxy S III smart phone, which has just gone on sale.

The Samsung Music Hub, which is powered by London-based 7Digital, is both an a-la-carte MP3 download service and a streaming platform, with some digital locker shenanigans going on too. At launch it will be available in Germany, Italy, France, Spain and the UK. Commenting on the Music Hub, Samsung’s TJ Kang told reporters: “When you ask yourself, ‘what do I want to listen to?’ there is now one simple answer, for every mood, every place and everyone. With the new Music Hub, we’re bringing the joy back to music – listening, collecting and sharing”.

Meanwhile, 7Digital chief man Ben Drury told CMU: “Being selected as the global music partner by Samsung is a major coup for 7Digital. We are now in the position to provide our partners with a global digital music download and streaming platform, with a catalogue of close to 20 million high quality tracks. The initial European launch of Music Hub is just the beginning, and we expect the service to become a global offering very quickly”.

He continued: “Samsung is the world’s leading mobile phone and smartphone company, and we’ve been working closely with the headquarters in Korea for over three years, and with the major and key independent labels, to develop the Music Hub. The company is serious about competing in the digital music space”.

I’m glad Samsung is “bringing the joy back to music”. Frankly, I was beginning to wonder exactly why we bothered listening to the stuff.



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