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London based independent Record label, Warp Records, launched the first independent UK music download service in December 2003. One month on from the launch of "Bleep", we look at what the service has to offer and what this means to the UK music industry. ... " Last year saw Warp branching out to film work with the introduction of Warp Films and now in 2004 Warp once again prove they are as ground breaking as their artists, with the launch of their own (and the UKs first) Independent music download service; Bleep.
The premise behind Bleep is similar to Apples iTunes Music Store (iTMS). Both iTMS and Bleep offer legal, high-quality tracks, for purchase on either a per-track or per-album basis. Bleep, offers single tracks for download at 99p and full albums for £6. ...
Firstly, the file formats: Apples service offers tracks encoded with a bit rate of 128k, in the AAC format (a.
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