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7digital Group Plc is a publicly listed digital music and radio services platform. 7digital offers both B2B services for digital media partners as well as 7digital branded direct to consumer (D2C) music download stores. 7digital's platform and API have been used to power digital music services for businesses like Guvera, Onkyo, Rok Mobile, Samsung, BlackBerry, and HMV. 7digital's group companies Smooth Operations, Unique Production and Above The Title, produce independent content for broadcasters like BBC Radio 1, Radio 1Xtra, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 3. 7digital music download stores are available globally and have major label catalogue in over 40 countries. They also have a mobile web-store, smartphone apps for Android, BlackBerry 10 devices, Firefox OS, Windows and iOS. ==History== 7digital was founded in January 2004 by Ben Drury and James Kane, as a B2B digital music services company, building music download stores for record labels, brands and other retailers. 7digital Direct to Consumer (D2C) service was launched in 2005. 7digital is backed by technology venture capital firm Balderton Capital (formerly Benchmark Capital Europe). On January 28, 2008 7digital raised £4.25m in its series B investor round, securing investment from various groups including Sutton Place Managers. The investment was to be used to launch 7digital.com in more European countries and the United States, along with expanding the sites offerings to include downloadable video and computer games. In September 2008 7digital.com was the first company in Europe to launch DRM-free MP3 downloads with all four major record labels. As of October 2008, 7digital employed 45 people in London and had over 1.3 million registered customers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ben Drury — CEO & Founder, 7Digital )〕 On 3 August 2009, HMV bought a 50% holding in 7digital from its venture capital owners. In 2011, 7digital expanded with an office in Luxembourg and in early 2012 they expanded to the US with an office in San Francisco, CA. In October 2012, 7digital secured $10 Million in funding from two new investors, Dolby and Imagination Technologies. HMV's stake was previously reduced to less than 20%, and following HMV entering into administration, retail restructuring specialists Hilco, are now the holders of these shares. On 25 November 2013, UBC Media announced merger plans with 7digital by way of a reverse takeover. The merger was completed in May 2014, forming 7digital Group Plc. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「7digital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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