Broadband Content Bits: Canal+ Footy Rights; ITV Sells Shows On iTunes; PA’s Scottish Footy Deal
– Canal+ football: Vivendi’s French broadcaster Canal+ has sealed the exclusive rights to show English Premier League matches live in Franc… Read more »
Vevo Not Global Until 2010, Strains On First Day
Music labels’ YouTube-powered music video site Vevo may have had a glitzy launch in New York on Tuesday – but on Wednesday many who hit the… Read more »
GE-Comcast Hope To Announce $30 Billion Deal For NBCU Thursday; Then The Real Fun Begins
General Electric (NYSE: GE) is playing beat the clock tonight with two different deals, hoping to announce before the U.S. market opens Thur… Read more »
Reports: Vivendi-GE Reach Tentative Agreement On NBCU Sale
The companies aren’t commenting but it sounds like Vivendi (EPA: VIV) and General Electric may have reached an agreement that will pave the… Read more »
Vivendi Snaps Up More Of France’s Canal+ As NBCU Price Talks Continue
Vivendi (EPA: VIV) may not be able be able to agree a price to offload its 20 percent stake in the NBCU JV — but at home, the French multim… Read more »
Fair Play? A Million Spotify Streams Earned Gaga $167
How much money do artists really make from Spotify? According to Swedish paper Expressen, 2009′s standout breakthrough artist Lady Gaga and… Read more »
Guvera Gets UMG To Buy In To Its Dream Of Ad-Supported Music Downloads
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Next year is shaping up to be an interesting one in terms of digital music. We’ll be able to see how much traction music video site Vevo ult… Read more »
Music Video Site Vevo To Launch Dec. 8
Vevo, the highly anticipated music video site, now has a launch date. It’s set to go live on the evening of Dec. 8, the site said a few minu… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: SFR-RealNetworks; Orange IPTV; Burberry; BBC Children’s; Euro Broadband
– SFR: Vivendi’s French Fr telco SFR has signed a three-year deal with RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) to power its mobile music service in Franc… Read more »
Vivendi Profits Rise On Acti-Blizz Games Success: Call Of Duty ‘Biggest Entertainment Launch Ever’
Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 grossed more than $300 million in sales in its first 24 hours just in the US and the UK, making… Read more »
Nokia Signs Exclusive Partnership With Rihanna To Bring Latest Album To Mobile
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Nokia has partnered with Rihanna to promote the pop star’s latest album release “Rated R” through an impressive series of events on the phon… Read more »
Universal Music’s Grainge To Succeed Morris As CEO
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Universal Music CEO Doug Morris will be succeeded by international chief Lucian Grainge next year, BusinessWeek reports. The Times Online al… Read more »
Comcast So Very Close To NBCU Deal; Vivendi Talks Still Continuing
Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) is very close to sealing the NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) majority-stake deal, and an announcement could be made by next w… Read more »
Former NBCU Chairman Says Now Is Not The Time For An IPO
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It isn’t his problem anymore but former NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) Chairman and CEO Bob Wright has a few thoughts on whether Vivendi (EPA: VIV… Read more »
Google’s Music Search Will Be Wrapped Up With MySpace Branding
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At the famed Capitol Records building in Hollywood, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) officially unveiled its OneBox music search service. First news tidb… Read more »
Vivendi CEO Sees NBCU IPO As An Option
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Vivendi (EPA: VIV) would be amenable to a flotation of NBCU Universal on the NYSE, as possible future configurations for the TV JV work thei… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: Zoopla; Guardian.co.uk; Canal+; CompareMyRadio; Zavvi; U2 Gig; Tradeclips
– Zoopla: The property site is upgrading all its sites with Zoopla’s property search database and technology. Zoopla, which uses public dat… Read more »
Updated: Is The Vivendi-GE-NBC Universal-Comcast Deal $500 Million Away?
The complex potential deal to transform GE’s 80-20 partnership with Vivendi (EPA: VIV) into a 49 percent stake in a programming merger with… Read more »
Vivendi Board Meets This Week But Decision On GE Stake Could Stretch Into December
The sound of ticking as Vivendi SA (EPA: VIV) decides whether or not to sell its 20 percent stake in *NBC Universal* during this year’s wind… Read more »
Industry Moves: Nokia’s Kohl To Head Up Ad Sales At Vevo
Former *Nokia* interactive ad sales vet David Kohl has joined Vevo, the music video site that labels like UMG and *Sony* are hoping will be… Read more »
Vivendi Launches
European entertainment and telecoms group Vivendi (EPA: VIV) had promised a “cautious approach” to acquisitions in H209 but, despite, that i… Read more »
Corrected: Earnings: Vivendi H1 Up On Games, Digital Music Growth
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Fast growing digital music sales and the ongoing popularity of online multiplayer video games helped Vivendi (EPA: VIV) to a recession-beati… Read more »
Top Microsoft Zune Marketing Executive Leaves For Universal Music
Updated: Chris Stephenson, who has overseen global marketing for Microsoft’s Zune music player since its debut in 2006, is leaving Microsoft… Read more »
Universal Music Buys International Rights To Sinatra Albums
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Universal Music has purchased the international rights to Frank Sinatra albums from the Sinatra Family and Warner Music, the Financial Times… Read more »
World Of Warcraft Magazine Targeting Gold-Rich, Long-Term Subscribers
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Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR) is adding orcs, trolls and blood elves to its list of licensed magazine franchises. The Bath, England-based pu… Read more »
Judge Rules For Universal But Lets Redbox Antitrust Claim Stand
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DVD rental biz Redbox took a big hit in its efforts to sue several Universal Studios units over a policy withholding new releases from vendi… Read more »
Apple, Labels Jamming On Ways To Boost Music Sales
“Don’t it always seem to go you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.” … Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) didn’t pave paradise but it helped kill o… Read more »
Universal Allies With Digital Music Startup To Find New Talent (And Get Into Guitar Center)
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Universal Music is linking up with another digital music distributor, albeit this time a less traditional one. The company said it had signe… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: Ashes VOD, Virgin Picturebox, PVR Stats
– Five Cricket VOD: Five’s highlights from this summer’s Ashes Test series will be shown online via its Demand Five VOD platform — and the… Read more »
Singapore’s SingTel Launches Mobile Music Service
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