By Ted Kemp EMI Recorded Music deepened its foray into digital music distribution by licensing part of its recording catalog to a private company whose technology makes it possible for people to share songs through cellular phones and PDAs.
Listeners can then buy the song or album and upload it to a Web-compatible device.
Financial terms were not disclosed. HitHive plans to share revenue with cell phone services and recording labels, a spokeswoman said. Earlier this week, a consortium of entertainment companies including EMI Recorded Music parent company EMI Group, Bertelsmann AG and AOL Time Warner announced plans to build a platform for online music subscriptions, dubbed MusicNet, that will be built around Internet media delivery technology from RealNetworks.