Digital download company Loudeye reports a record December

Loudeye Corp., provider of digital music and media, reports record transaction volume in its European operations with a 200% increase in downloads in December compared to December 2004.

Loudeye reports 85,000 tracks were downloaded on Christmas Day, a one-day record for Loudeye`s European music store. Over 60,000 were unique tracks, Loudeye says.

"These results show that the appetite for legal music downloads continues to grow at a strong pace," said Ed Averdieck, managing director of Loudeye Europe. "Together with our retail partners, we believe we are well placed to capture growing demand for digital music in 2006."

Loudeye provides products and infrastructure to allow retailers and others to sell downloadable media on their web sites.