AUDIO VIDEO NEWS

HE2006 will feature concerts galore—everything from live classical music to jazz to electronica.

Rediscovering America with Van Dyke Parks plus a Smashing Pumpkins box set, an Otis Redding archival release, and new releases from Julian Cope, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Justin Roberts, and more.

Have the major labels colluded to fix the price of downloads at a minimum of 70 cents per track? That's what plaintiffs are alleging in a federal lawsuit. The suit had been thrown out by one court but another has ruled that it may proceed.

Is 3D the next big thing in music video? Maybe, maybe not, but there certainly is an emerging wave of 3D productions, both clips and longform videos.

The CD is being phased out, the LP has seen better days, and downloads irk audiophiles with their lossy clumsiness. Where can you go to download music that sounds the way it should? MusicGiants has offered high-res downloads--the missing link in the evolution of online music retailing--since 2005. Now the company's reach is spreading to new devices and new record labels.

The latest challenge to the music industry comes from musicians themselves. Some of them are re-recording their hits to capture licensing revenue that otherwise would go to their record companies.