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Allman Brothers Sue Universal Music For $13M in Unpaid Digital Royalties - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 11 Aug 2008 08:45 PM PST

Members of The Allman Brothers Band have sued Universal Music-owned UMG Recordings for about $13 million, over royalties from compact discs sales and digital downloads services, reports Reuters. The lawsuit,…

Industry Moves: Lask From HMV To UMG, Sky News Changes - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 04 Aug 2008 10:10 AM PST

-- Universal: After relaunching HMV.com and setting up its still-in-beta social net GetCloser, HMV (LSE: HMV) e-commerce director Gideon Lask is leaving to be business development SVP at Universal Music…

Round-Up: Johnston Ads, UMG Long Tail, Street View OK’d - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 31 Jul 2008 08:10 AM PST

-- Johnston: Scotsman publisher Johnston Press is the latest to start selling overseas ads on its UK news sites. Mail Online, Guardian.co.uk, Times Online and Telegraph.co.uk are all chasing ads…

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BSkyB, Universal Form JV To Launch Subscription Music Service - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 22 Jul 2008 06:56 AM PST

Pretty soon, everybody will be offering a subscription music service. Latest is BSkyB; it’s secured Universal’s Total Music repertoire (which includes Amy Winehouse) for a new launch that will allow…

Music Bits: SonyBMG/UMG MP3, Virgin Stalling, Fatboy Slim - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 08 Jul 2008 12:50 AM PST

-- SonyBMG/UMG MP3: Digital music retailer 7digital will be taking DRM-free MP3 repertoire from SonyBMG and Universal “imminently”, we can reveal. The label got MP3s from EMI last summer and…

Earnings: Vivendi Q1 Profits Fall 5.6 Percent; Universal Music Digital Sales Up 33 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 14 May 2008 08:30 PM PST

Entertainment and telecom conglomerate Vivendi (EPA: VIV) said its Q1 EBITA dropped 5.6 percent to €1.203 billion ($1.8 billion) from €1.274 billion last year. Although not exactly an indication of…

BT Vision Adds Universal Pictures VoD Service PictureBox - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 18 Apr 2008 01:17 AM PST

BT’s (NYSE: BT) living room IPTV platform is adding PictureBox, Universal Pictures’ premium on-demand movie subscription service, to its box. For £5 per month, customers get to pick from a…

Universal Knuckling Down On Mobile, TV With Joseph UK Promotion - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 10 Mar 2008 03:39 AM PST

Vivendi’s (EPA: VIV) Universal Music CEO Lucian Grainge is reportedly aiming to develop better relations with mobile and TV companies by promoting former Polydor boss David Joseph to oversee the…

@ MWC: Universal In Unlimited-Access For Long-Term, Plans ‘Temporal Pricing’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 13 Feb 2008 05:30 AM PST

If you thought Universal Music Group’s all-you-can-eat music access endeavors were just experiments, check digital SVP Rob Wells’ comments on a music panel at Mobile World Congress: “The start and…

Vivendi: Q4 Revs Up 8.5 Percent; UMG Slides 3.1 Percent; Digital Music Up 54 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 30 Jan 2008 03:46 PM PST

Media conglomerate Vivendi (EPA: VIV) has released preliminary Q407 data showing revenue of €6.0 billion ($8.9 billion), an 8.5 percent year-on-year increase over €5.5 billion ($8.17 billion). On a full-year…

Music Royalty Reform Delays ‘Hold Back’ Labels; A DRM-Free Price War - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 07 Dec 2007 01:11 AM PST

Music companies want Europe to overhaul its music licensing systems to better cope with digital distribution - but the European Commission has no plans to do so any time soon,…

Earnings: Vivendi Plans Entertainment Portal; Universal Slides Despite Digital Doubling - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 14 Nov 2007 10:13 AM PST

Vivendi (EPA: VIV) will this week test a “content and services platform” website that, whilst secretive, could be a direct-to-consumer online TV outlet. “Zaoza”, “a major project”, will be “a…

Apple, Record Labels Each Deny Culpability For EC Price Differentials - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 19 Sep 2007 01:55 AM PST

Update: Steve Jobs said at the iPhone Germany launch: “We think prices should be the same. We think anybody in Europe should buy off any store.” Reuters: “According to a…

Earnings: Vivendi Up As Music Downloads Double, Games Grow 91.9 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 30 Aug 2007 11:55 PM PST

French media conglomerate Vivendi (EPA:VIV) posted H1 earnings of EUR 2.6 billion ($3.54 billion), 10.6 percent better than the same period last year, helped by music downloads and the wild…