Something I missed while I was at the conference last week: 3UK has signed a deal with Groove Mobile to sell music videos via a dual-download service. “The video downloads…

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Mobile music distributor VidZone Digital Media has signed a licensing deal with SonyBMG that allows it to retail the label’s UK digital catalog for mobile and PC users. The deal…

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The European Commission has granted conditional approval for Vivendi’s Universal Music Group’s $2.19 billion bid to acquire BMG Music Publishing, after the music publisher agreed to sell off parts of…

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After six years of litigation, a federal jury found that Yahoo’s online music service Launchcast is not liable to Sony BMG Music Entertainment for copyright infringement, Billboard Biz reported. Sony,…

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Once upon a time, aspiring rock stars sent dozens of demo tapes to record label bosses in the hope of getting signed. Now, in the age of MySpace, SonyBMG is…

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Universal Music is willing to sell off a chunk of its catalog in order to pass muster with European Union regulators in its $2.15 billion bid to acquire BMG, Reuters…

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The EU has opened an antitrust investigation into Universal Music Group’s planned $2.1 billion acquisition of BMG Music Publishing. Officials say they should have an answer by April 27 (90…

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--Talpa, Sony BMG bow 8Ball Music: John de Mol’s Talpa Music, founded in 2004, and Sony BMG are pairing up for 8Ball Music, a Netherlands label with a focus on…

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Some indie record labels are conspiring to block Vivendi Universal’s Euro 5 billion acquisition of the Bertelsmann Music Group - a deal than would create the world’s second largest music…

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Vivendi’s Universal Music Group is buying BMG Music Publishing for about $2.1 billion that makes the world’s biggest seller of recorded music also the largest in music publishing. German media…

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Jamba is promoting its music service at the radio show Internationalen Funkausstellung in Berlin (IFA), where it will have a “bluetooth column” and give away Jamba content, such as ringtones,…

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I’ve poorly translated the following from German, so if any German speakers notice any mistakes please let me know… The Jamba (German arm of Jamster) full track music service, which…

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EU does what EU does best: break up things...An EU court overturned the European Commission’s approval of the merger between the music units of Sony and Bertelsmann AG on Thursday,…

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Austereo and Sony BMG are offering what they call Australia’s first IPTV venture even though it’s PC based. It’s a small start—an hour-long looped mix of music video and Austereo…

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Ministry of Sound and record label Sony BMG are the first music brands to be confirmed to be launching on O2’s i-mode service in the UK this autumn… The subscription…

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EU antitrust chief has decided to approve a merger between Sony Music and Bertelsmann AG’s BMG music business after deciding it didn’t have enough evidence of potential harm to consumers…

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EU is about to issue formal objections to the planned merger of the music divisions of the Sony and Bertelsmann...The commission fears that the 50-50 JV between Sony Music and…

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The legitimate UK-based P2P music store Wippit will start selling songs from Bertelsmann’s BMG music label, home to such artists as Outkast and Dido. With the BMG deal, London-based Wippit…

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