Universal to revive dead CD single format

Universal Music's UK wing is to bring the 8cm CD back from the dead later this month, in a desperate bid to revive the singles market, reports The Register.

"The 'new' format will be called Pocket CD, but is essentially the compact CD developed in the mid-1980s as the format for CD singles.

Each Pocket CD will contain three tracks and - for the first time - codes that will allow buyers to download ringtone versions of the songs.

Mobile phone ringtones are seen as the basis for an increasingly lucrative music market, and that has already grown beyond that of CD singles.

emily | 1:43 PM | News, Buzz |
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