[February 19, 2007]

The Digital Music Download Market Continues to Grow in the Asian Pacific Region

DUBLIN, Ireland --(Business Wire)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50616) has announced the addition of Purchased Digital Music Market - How Much is it Worth in Asia Pacific? to their offering.

New market research about the digital music market in Asia Pacific - wireless mobile purchases and web purchases. Asia Pacific Digital Music Market - Opportunities and Outlook: 2006 to 2010

The Asia Pacific region continues to see increased growth in the digital music download market as young consumers continue to spend freely on entertainment services. We expect this trend will continue to rise with the growing middle classes in China, India, and Indonesia, as well as the more affluent markets of Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan.

This 2007 publication provides the first syndicated research report to address the Asia Pacific market for digital music downloads. In designing this research and publication, our intent was to provide our customers with key metrics on the aspects of the digital music market in 11 countries in Asia Pacific, and forecast the growth outlook over the next five years.

This market intelligence report researches and estimates the size of the digital music industry for the two primary channels - the Internet, and wirelessly from Mobile Service Providers in the Asia-Pacific region. Actual market size for 2005 is provided, as well as forecasts for 2006 to 2010.

Countries included in the purchased digital music market research include Singapore, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Australia, China (PRC), Taiwan (ROC), Thailand, Philippine, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

Topics Covered

I. Introduction and Regional Market Overview

Survey Scope

Summary of Trends

Key Challenges

Current Overall Market Size for Purchased Digital Music

Estimated Market Size for Purchased Digital Music 2006 - 2010

II. Summary of the Key Trends in the Digital Music Market in Asia Pacific

Time Spent Listening to Digital Music Each Day

The Dominant Channels - Web vs. Mobile

Usual Ringtones Sources

MP3 Sources

Willingness to Pay for Mobile (Wireless) Music Tracks

The MP3 Player Market

Market Share of MP3 Player's from our Survey Participants

MP3 Player - Brand Leaders

Apple's iPOD. Creative, iriver, Rio, Sony, Samsung Electronics, SanDisk, Toshiba

III. Digital Distribution of Music

Licensed Digital Services

Leading Web Based Music Download Sites used in Asia Pacific

Piracy and Unauthorized Downloads

Country Segmentation - Music Downloads

Australia

Value of Music Downloads by Channel (Web or Mobile) in US$ for 2005 - 2010

China

Value of Music Downloads by Channel (Web or Mobile) in US$ for 2005 - 2010

Hong Kong

Value of Music Downloads by Channel (Web or Mobile) in US$ for 2005 - 2010

India

Value of Music Downloads by Channel (Web or Mobile) in US$ for 2005 - 2010

Indonesia

Value of Music Downloads by Channel (Web or Mobile) in US$ for 2005 - 2010

Malaysia

Value of Music Downloads by Channel (Web or Mobile) in US$ for 2005 - 2010

New Zealand

Value of Music Downloads by Channel (Web or Mobile) in US$ for 2005 - 2010

Philippines

Value of Music Downloads by Channel (Web or Mobile) in US$ for 2005 - 2010

Singapore

Value of Music Downloads by Channel (Web or Mobile) in US$ for 2005 - 2010

Taiwan

Value of Music Downloads by Channel (Web or Mobile) in US$ for 2005 - 2010

Thailand

Value of Music Downloads by Channel (Web or Mobile) in US$ for 2005 - 2010

Notices

Table of Figures

Companies Mentioned

- Apple

- Creative

- iriver

- Rio

- Samsung Electronics

- SanDisk

- Sony

- Toshiba

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50616

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