Nokia Launches Pioneering 'Comes With Music' Digital Entertainment Service
Nokia Launches Pioneering 'Comes With Music' Digital Entertainment Service
New Service Offers Customers Unprecedented Freedom and Value
EMI Music, Independents and Music Publishers Join Offering
LONDON and SINGAPORE - Nokia Remix, October 2/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At the Nokia Remix event held today in London and Singapore, Nokia
(NYSE: NOK) announced the debut of its pioneering Comes with Music digital
entertainment service which offers consumers a new way to discover and enjoy
music. Customers who buy a Comes With Music device will be able to explore
and enjoy a diverse catalog of music of international and local artists with
unlimited access to millions of tracks for a year, keeping the music once the
year is over and revolutionizing their digital music experience.
"Comes With Music sets a precedent for consumer value and convenience
that the rest of the digital entertainment industry is already copying," said
Tero Ojanpera, executive vice president and head of the Nokia entertainment
and communities business. "Trying out a music recommendation is spontaneous
as customers can download without worrying about the cost of an album or a
track - the freedom and simplicity of the service is unparalleled. And Comes
With Music gives you unlimited access to the millions of tracks in the Nokia
Music Store and the music is all yours to keep - because it's not a
revolution unless you get to keep your music."
Comes With Music offers one year of unlimited access to the entire Nokia
Music Store catalogue and customers can keep all the music that they have
downloaded at the end of the year to continue enjoying their music
collection. Comes With Music will be available across a range of Nokia
devices, including the new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic - also announced today and
the Nokia N95 8GB and Nokia 5310 XpressMusic. With more than 10 million units
sold globally since its introduction last year, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic is
the best selling music phone in the world.
EMI Music has joined as the latest major label to support Comes With
Music.
"With the launch of Nokia's Comes With Music, fans now have a new avenue
to find and enjoy music from EMI's catalogue, and our artists have a powerful
new way to reach their fans," said Douglas Merrill, president, digital
business, for EMI Music. "By encouraging music discovery in an innovative and
consumer-friendly environment, Comes With Music will continue to push
experimentation in the digital music industry."
Comes With Music will also feature a tremendous selection of independent
music, courtesy of deals with The Orchard (NASD: ORCD), Beggars Group, IODA,
the Ministry of Sound, PIAS and Pinnacle. These companies join Universal
Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group in
supporting Comes With Music. Nokia has also secured music publishing rights
from CELAS on behalf of EMI Music Publishing, GEMA on behalf of Sony/ATV
Music Publishing, SACEM on behalf of Universal Music Publishing, as well as
the MCPS-PRS Alliance.
The United Kingdom will be the first market to offer Comes With Music
with sales planned to start on October 16, 2008. The Nokia 5310 XpressMusic
Comes With Music edition is expected to cost GBP 129.95 and people can
pre-register their orders for Comes With Music devices from Carphone
Warehouse at http://www.carphonewarehouse.com.
http://www.nokia.com/comeswithmusic
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About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and
growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We make a
wide range of mobile devices with services and software that enable customers
to experience music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games, business
mobility and more. Developing and growing our offering of consumer Internet
services, as well as our enterprise solutions and software, is a key area of
focus. We also provide equipment, solutions and services for communications
networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.
About EMI Music
EMI Music is the recorded music division of EMI Group Limited, one of the
world's leading music companies. EMI Music represents artists spanning all
musical tastes and genres. Its record labels include Angel, Astralwerks, Blue
Note, Capitol, Capitol Nashville, EMI Classics, EMI CMG, EMI Records, EMI
Televisa Music, Manhattan, Mute, Parlophone and Virgin.
Source: Nokia Corporation
Media Enquiries: Nokia, Communications, Tel. +358-7180-34900, Email: press.services@nokia.com
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