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WMI Presses Button On Video Content Unit
November 28, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 Major buys video production specialist Right Co. Warner Music International is ramping up its activities in the video content field through the acquisition of the Rights Company, a U.K.-based specialist DVD and digital production business. The dea ...
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RIAJ Reports Q3 Download Gains
November 28, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 PC, mobile delivery soars in July-Sept quarter. PC-based music downloads in Japan increased by 144% in volume terms to 5.7 million units in the July-September quarter compared to the third quarter of 2005, according to data released Nov. 28 by lab ...
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"Australian Idol" Final Pulls 2.2m Viewers
November 28, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 The grand final of the fourth series of "Australian Idol" on Sunday night (Nov. 26) drew 2.2 million viewers, according to official figures released today (Nov. 28). The program gave free-to-air Ten Network a 32.4% share of viewers for t ...
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EMI Confirms Approach
November 28, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 EMI Group plc is the target of a takeover. The British music major confirmed in a statement to the London Stock Exchange today (Nov. 28) that it has "received a preliminary approach for the company which may or may not lead to an offer being ...
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Progress In PPL, PAMRA, AURA Merger
November 27, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 Harris joins as performer affairs directors. The proposed merger of Britain's three collecting societies representing performers has moved a stage closer to completion. The formal contractual documentation to form a single entity between Phon ...
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HMV Japan Ramps Up Mobile Web Site
November 21, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 New service goes live Nov. 23. HMV Japan on Nov. 21 unveiled a major upgrade of its mobile Web site that it says is aimed at taking full advantage of broadband-capable handsets. The site will be upgraded from its current text-based format to one i ...
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MTV Launches In Pakistan
November 21, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 New 24-channel goes live via license deal. MTV Network International today (Nov. 21) pressed the button on a new 24-hour channel serving the Pakistan market, through a license agreement with local broadcast partner Indus Media Group. MTV Pakistan ...
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EMI, SMG Strike Digital Content Deal For China
November 20, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 Agreement covers int'l local EMI repertoire. EMI Music South East Asia has signed a "strategic content partnership" with Shanghai Media Group (SMG) to distribute its content via digital platforms in China. The deal, which takes effe ...
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Harris To Head EMI U.K. Biz Development
November 20, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 Exec reports to Crosswaite. Giles Harris has been named head of business development at EMI Music U.K., with immediate effect. He transfers from his current post as head of business affairs, Capitol & catalog marketing and Positiva. Harris joi ...
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Avex Sets Up In China
November 20, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 Beijing office launches Nov. 18. Tokyo-based independent label Avex has become the first Japanese record company to set up a subsidiary in mainland China. Beijing-based Avex China was formally established Nov. 16 and began operations on Nov. 18, a ...
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U.K.'s MCS Goes East
November 17, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 Hong Kong JV launches Monday. A British music publisher has set up shop in Hong Kong to capitalize on what it sees as Asia's improving environment for copyright recognition, Billboard.biz has learned. London-based Music Copyright Solutions (M ...
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Michael Jackson's Partial Comeback Is No thriller
November 16, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 Jackson gaffes at World Music Awards. Reclusive pop superstar Michael Jackson made a musical comeback of sorts at the World Music Awards 2006 on Wednesday (Nov. 15), singing just the chorus line of charity single "We Are The World" befor ...