Petteri Pyyny
23 Jun 2004 13:44
Apple's online music store, iTunes, has managed to repeat its American success story in Europe as well. Apple announced today that its store sold over 800,000 songs during the first week in Europe. The service was launched in the UK, Germany and France on 15th of June -- the European -wide service will launch October this year.
According to Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, out of the 800,000 songs sold during the first week, more than 450,000 were sold in the UK. The figure is 16 times higher than what UK's strongest competitor, OD2, managed to sell during the same period via its distribution partners.
Source: Apple press release