Amazon
Amazon MP3 offers millions of songs and albums from your favorite artists - all in MP3 format, which means they can play on any digital media player, including the iPod.
www.amazon.co.uk Bignoisemusic
Oxfam-backed service powered by OD2. With 10% of sales going to charity, the site has supported the Sudan appeal. Windows Media Audio file (WMA) is the format available in this shop. The tracks are encoded at 128kbps and are protected by Microsoft Windows Media Digital Rights Management.
www.bignoisemusic.com Bleep
Warp Records’ Bleep.com sells MP3 downloads from leading independent labels such as Domino, One Little Indian, Output, Ninja Tune and Warp itself, allowing access to the catalogues of artists such as Franz Ferdinand, Bjork, Roots Manuva and Aphex Twin. Bleep tracks are high quality, standard MP3 files with embedded artwork, compatible with iPods, Macs, PCs and all MP3 players. "Bleep files have no DRM or copy protection built in - we strongly believe that people should be treated as customers and not potential criminals."
www.bleep.com Connect
Sony’s own download service is now closed.
www.connect-europe.com Downlo@d at Woolworths.co.uk
Woolworths Group launched the site in September 2004 with partner companies Streets Online and Entertainment UK and a digital distributor DX3. The site features all active physical chart catalogue, integrates with the Woolworths website and delivers tracks in the protected WMA format and some in MP3 format.
www.woolworthsdownload.co.uk eMusic
eMusic is a digital entertainment retailer focused on serving customers aged 25 and older. A subscription-based service that allows consumers to own, not rent, their entertainment, eMusic is the largest service to sell music -- and the first service to sell audio books – exclusively in the popular MP3 format.
www.emusic.com HMV Digital
HMV’s revamped digital offering offers a choice of a monthly subscription or a la carte downloads. Content partners include all majors and many UK independents. Downloads are delivered in the protected WMA format. Please check that your device supports wma DRM files before purchasing. Unfortunately at the moment, hmv downloads is not compatible with Firefox, Safari or Opera browsers.
www.hmv.co.uk/digital iTunes Music Store
iTunes Music Store was launched in the UK in June 2004, after selling 70 million downloads in the US in 2003. Initial content partners included all the major labels, and its independent catalogue is growing.
The store is accessible via Apple’s free iTunes media player, which can be downloaded from the address below. Downloads are encoded in the AAC format and are compatible with the best-selling iPod; they cannot be played on WMA or standard MP3 players. iTunes Plus refers to songs and music videos available in our highest-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding (twice the current bit rate of 128 kbps), and without digital rights management (DRM).
www.apple.com/uk/itunes KarmaDownload
Launched in August 2004, KarmaDownload service is now closed
www.karmadownload.com Magnatune
We work directly with independent musicians world-wide to give you downloads of MP3s and perfect-quality WAV files. We never work with major labels, and our musicians always get 50%. You can listen to every album in its entirety before buying or becoming a member.
www.magnatune.com MSN Music Club
Powered by OD2, MSN’s repertoire includes all major record companies and many UK independents. Downloads are delivered in the protected WMA format. The service also integrates with SonicSelector, a plug-in that allows purchasing via Microsoft’s own media player.
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Instant download access to the music you want, but no loss of quality. That's why all our albums are available in lossless CD quality as well as top-notch 256K MP3 if you want to listen to things "on the move". And we don't do individual tracks. Like you, we feel the music needs to be heard in context, as part of a full album or EP.
www.musiczeit.com MyCokeMusic
Launched in January 2004 MyCokeMusic is powered by OD2’s credit system and also has an SMS payment facility for under 18s. Content partners include all majors and many UK independents. Downloads are delivered in the protected WMA format and the site has a build-in download manager to ease the transfer of tracks. The freshest new music, that's what. Coca-Cola Music brings talented, emerging artists and music-hungry fans together.
www.mycokemusic.com Napster UK
Relaunched as a legitimate service in May 2004, Napster 2.0 was the first of the leading US sites to launch in the UK.
It offers an ‘all-you-can-eat’ subscription service, where users gain unlimited downloads for a monthly subscription fee. Extra fees apply when burning to disc or transferring to a digital player though Napster Light allows access to free samples without subscription. The Napster music that is downloaded to your computer is in Window Media Audio (WMA) format at 128 Kbps stereo. We use Microsoft Windows Media Digital Rights Management software to make sure all the music you have is fast, safe and protected.
www.napster.co.uk Passionato
Passionato's aim is to become the world's most comprehensive online classical resource and offer classical music lovers the largest available collection of high-quality DRM-free classical music downloads. Passionato provides access to catalogues from the two largest major labels (Universal Music and EMI Classics) as well as the key independent classical labels including Naxos (the biggest independent), Chandos (one of the premier British independent labels), Avie and Arts.
www.passionato.com Play.com
PlayDigital is a new service from Play.com offering music downloads. All of our tracks and albums are available in the MP3 format, enabling you to use PlayDigital music with any MP3 player, including iPods. All the music files at PlayDigital are either recorded at 192Kbit/s or 320Kbit/s.
Play.com (UK): DVDs, Music CDs, MP3s, Video Games, Books, Electronics & Gadgets - Free Delivery Recordstore.co.uk
The number one worldwide destination on the web for independent music.
The number one worldwide destination on the web for independent music Tesco Download
Launched in November 2004, Tesco were the first UK supermarket to launch a download service in the UK. All our songs are stored as either Windows Media Audio (WMA) or MP3 files.
www.tescodownloads.com Virgin Digital
As Virgin is now focusing on digital media through Virgin Media in the UK we decided to close down Virgin Digital.
Virgin.com - The global gateway to the Virgin Group Wippit
Originally the world's first licensed p2p network, Wippit now offers a-la-carte downloads with credit card and SMS payment options. Wippit’s MP3 files are iPod compatible but the protected WMA’s are not.
www.wippit.com 
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