Loudeye-owned digital aggregator OD2 has renewed its contract with Microsoft to power all of its digital music stores across MSN in 13 different countries.

The service, which is available through both Windows Media Player and through the MSN portal, includes a series of features such as an integration with MSN Messenger and the recently-launched streaming subscription offer, whereby users can listen to any song in the library for £4.99 per month.

Loudeye president and chief executive officer Mike Brochu says,  "Together ...