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November 27, 2007

Deutsche Grammophon launching classical music download store...part of Universal move to DRM-free MP3s...

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Classical music giant Deutsche Grammophon will make the bulk of its catalog available online from tomorrow when it relaunches its Website and presses the button on a new digital download store.

The company, a division of Universal Music Group, says the goal of the new service is to digitize the entire catalog of DG, which was founded in Hanover, Germany in 1898.

At launch, the new DG Web Shop will offer nearly 2,500 classical albums, of which more than 600 titles are no longer available as CDs. More deleted titles will follow, the company says.

The online store will go live in 40 territories, and will service rising digital markets such as China, India, South Africa and Russia.

And as part of UMG‘s ongoing DRM-free download trial, all titles will be offered in MP3 format, at a transfer bit-rate of 320 kilobits per second.



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