Music Consumption

The way music is consumed is for every changing.

Music is now not just on radio and CD, but there are an every growing list of music channels on cable and satellite.
There are services such as youtube, Spotify, iTunes store and even artists websites with more and more multimedia content been available for audience consumption.

YouTube

Youtube is becoming the most popular way people are watching and share music videos. It is available on many different platforms. Mobiles, iPads, Apple TV, Game Consoles and even some Blu-Ray players and TV's have a youtube player built in them.
Vevo is a Music Video Distributer that is a joint venture between Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Abu Dhabi Media which has EMI licensing to its content. Vevo hosts its music videos on YouTube which is accessible in the UK & other continues, countries without access to the content will get a message saying 'This video contains content from VEVO, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds'. This service is a good way of making music videos available on-demand.
Stereophonic's use Youtube to share their music videos across selected countries. Sterophonic's Youtube Video Playlist - This is to the thanks of VEVO.

Spotify

Spotify has become popular services which is growing in users by the day. It is a swedish DRM-based music streaming service offering unlimited streaming of music from major and independent record label including Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group & Universal. 

Spotify is available on a wide verity of platforms, Windows, Linux, Mac, iPhones, Android devices, Symbian (Nokia Phones), Windows Mobile & Palm Devices. This making it accessible to virtually anyone with a smartphone and laptop.
The services is free to stream music, although adverts will play between tracks (aprox. every 15 minutes of listening). Users can pay for a premium account, which allows for offline listening, no adverts, and steaming via their phone.