MUMBAI: At the Nokia Remix event held in London and Singapore, the handset maker announced the debut of its 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 catalogue 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 revolutionising their digital music experience.
Nokia entertainment and communities business head Tero Ojanpera says, “Comes With Music sets a precedent for onsumer value and convenience that the rest of the digital entertainment industry is already copying.”
Comes With Music offers a 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.
EMI Music president, digital business Douglas Merrill says, “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.
“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 selection of independent music, courtesy of deals with The Orchard, 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.