Tesco will launch specialist digital music and ebook services later this year under the Blinkbox brand in a bid to ramp up its entertainment offering.

The supermarket brand will introduce the new services to go alongside its Blinkbox online film store that it acquired a majority stake in in 2011. The supermarket offering is being touted as a potential rival for the likes of Amazon and Apple.

The 'Blinkboxbooks' and 'Blinkboxmusic' sites will be run separately from the Tesco website ...