[MW Forums]

Last Friday, Apple Computer and Steve Jobs won two of the four Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards for which they had been nominated. Apple won Brand of the Year while Jobs secured Visionary of the Year for his dual roles as CEO of Apple and Pixar. Apple was up for Innovator of the Year for iTunes but lost to XM Radio's satellite radio service while the iTunes Music Store failed to impress the judges more than Real Networks' Rhapsody did in the Best Downloadable or Subscription Music Service category. more

[tabasco_hot]

Real Sucks are you kidding? I wonder what the users choice awards would say about iTunes? Can you say "Shoe in!"

[leicaman]

All those awards are political. Of all the services to choose, REAL can't touch ITMS. But I guess they have to be politically correct. Awards are like manure, they do the most good if you spread them around. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[grapixeye2004]

Check out who the judges are...they might give you an idea of why.
Vince Brady - SVP CNET Networks
Ted Cohen - SVP EMI Music (EMI owns Virgin..with their own music store)
David B. Goldberg - VP and GM Yahoo Music (Dont they have their own music store)
Don Levy -SVP Sony Pictures (They have their own music store)
Rick Mandler - VP and GM, Disney Internet
Julia Miller - Director, Xbox Live, Microsoft (Duh!)
Neil Young - VP, Electronic Arts
Plus 10 others and all with their ax to grind where Apple and Steve Jobs is concerned!

[ibeetle]

They can grind there ax's all they want.
All I know is:
90% market share for HDD music players
60% market share for all (HDD and Flash) music players
and the only music download business model that has been profitable.
-vs-
A repeated failed model that has gone out of business twice and whose parent company had to change there name to keep from going bankrupt.
But they do have there award at least.
That might fetch a couple of hundred bucks at the bankruptcy sale.

[macintaz]

Real got it due to the fact that iTMS is not Subscription bases service Real sucks at both but look at the competion for Subscription services
Yes iTMS is by far the best download service available /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif