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Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Media download stats fall in Japan
The number of downloads from legal music and video services in Japan has fallen for the first time, according to the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).
A total of 111.6 million downloads were made during the second quarter of this year, down from 114.3 million in the first quarter of the year, the RIAJ said. The figures are derived from data supplied to the RIAJ by its 42 member companies.
Root causes for the drop were not yet determined. Even with the small decrease in volume, revenue managed a slight increase.
US-based startups like HungryFlix.com offer movie and music downloads and continue to see growth. It will be interesting to see if this negative trend moves to the US.
A total of 111.6 million downloads were made during the second quarter of this year, down from 114.3 million in the first quarter of the year, the RIAJ said. The figures are derived from data supplied to the RIAJ by its 42 member companies.
Root causes for the drop were not yet determined. Even with the small decrease in volume, revenue managed a slight increase.
US-based startups like HungryFlix.com offer movie and music downloads and continue to see growth. It will be interesting to see if this negative trend moves to the US.
Labels: digital download, download, hungryflix, iTunes, movie downloads, music downloads
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