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7digital Android App Now Competes Head On With iTunes

7digital has just updated their Android application and is now an iTunes competitor.

The full features include:

• An integrated music store with a 14 million-strong catalogue of high quality MP3 tracks.
• Optimised mobile delivery – tracks will download in compressed, lower quality format when using a cellular network. Full MP3 320kbps quality files will be downloaded when a WiFi connection is available.
• The player allows users to access and sync tracks stored both locally on their device and in 7digital’s cloud locker.
• Users can browse music by genre and new releases, and search for artist, track or album names. 7digital’s top track and album charts are also available.
• Playlists can be created and managed within the application.
• 30 second previews of all tracks are available before purchase.

The 7digital Android app is available to users in 16 countries: UK, US, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden and Norway.

YouTube To Launch Movies On Demand Service: Key iTunes Competitor

TheWarp has the exclusive on YouTube getting ready to launch their own movies on-demand service. The service will allow users to stream key Hollywood movies.

The key Hollywood studios have been searching for a competitor to iTunes that they can push and it seems as though YouTube is that key competitor.

It is expected that the new movies on-demand service could launch as soon as this week, but I would expect it in a few weeks time. Studios that have already signed include Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers and Universal. So far only Paramount, Fox and Disney havent joined the service, but Im sure after a while they will follow (except Disney, who has Steve Jobs as the major shareholder).

You can check out the full details over at TheWarp.