Digital Mobile Music Players Eating into Recordable MD Market
Posted on: Friday, 25 November 2005, 18:00 CST
By Kyodo News International, Tokyo
Nov. 25--TOKYO -- Global sales of recordable MiniDiscs are expected to total 144 million units in 2005, down 25 percent from the previous year, due to the widespread use of digital mobile music players, an industry association said Friday.
Demand for recordable MDs is rapidly weakening as consumers are turning to digital players, such as Apple Computer Inc.'s "iPod," to store music, the Japan Recording-Media Industries Association said.
Global sales of MDs are likely to decrease a further 26 percent in 2006 to 107 million units, the association added.
The Japanese market accounts for more than 80 percent of MDs sold in the world.
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