http://www.telecompaper.com/news/fre...-in-2011-study
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France's digital music industry grew by 25 percent to EUR 110 million in 2011, according to copyright holders' association SNEP. Downloads accounted for EUR 56 million of revenue, with subscription and streaming services accounting for most of the remainder. Download revenues grew by 18.4 percent compared to 2010. Streaming and subscriptions grew by 73 percent to EUR 39 million. Subscriptions services such as those from Spotify and Deezer grew by 89 percent to EUR 26 million.[Mobile ringtones accounted for 13 percent of digital music revenues in 2011, down from 20 percent in 2010.
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downloads; 56 million EUR (growing at 18.4%)
subscription: 26 million EUR
(growing at 89%)
streaming: 13 million EUR (growing at 57%)
mobile ringtone: 14.3 mil EUR (decreasing at 20%)
At the current growth rate, subscription (i.e. Spotify/Deezer) will overtake downloads (Itunes/Amazon MP3) in about 18 months or so in France. Subscription already overtook downloads in Sweden and Spain.