Universal Music Group & Last FM Partner For Music Videos
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Last.fm) - Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, and Last.fm, the fast-growing free global music Web site, today announced a new partnership that will make UMG's music video catalogue available for free-on-demand streaming to users of Last.fm. The deal, ...
| Video Gamers Tuning To Guitar Heroes Online For Music To Play, Practice And Purchase
TAMPA, FL. (Top40 Charts/ RadioIO) - Last month, radio consultant Jacobs Media's Tech Survey IV: Rock-Based Video Games found that music-based video games are having a significant, positive impact on music discovery and sales. Nearly one-third of players surveyed said they've purchased songs featured ...
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Axe Shredders Hit The Road With New Nintendo DS/Guitar Hero: On Tour Bundle
REDMOND, WA. (Top40 Charts/ Activision/ RedOctane) - Most musicians dream of one day reaching platinum success. A new Nintendo DS bundle lets aspiring axe shredders claim that coveted status right from day one. The new Silver/Black Nintendo DS branded with the Guitar Hero logo will be available exclusively ...
| TuneCore Drives Grand Theft Auto IV Music To AmazonMP3
New York, NY. (Top 40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - TuneCore has placed the music from Grand Theft Auto IV into Amazon's digital music retail store, AmazonMP3, where fans can purchase downloads through the web and also through the game itself. ALBUM: The Music from Grand Theft Auto IV LABEL: Rockstar ...
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Activision Unveils Guitar Hero World Tour -The Definitive Rock & Roll Music Videogaming Experience
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Activision/ RedOctane) - When the house lights go down this fall, a new generation of axe shredders, drummers and fearless frontmen will come together and rock with Activision, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero World Tour. The latest installment from the No 1 best-selling ...
| MTV Games, Harmonix & EA Ship Rock Band In The United Kingdom, France And Germany
GENEVA, Switzerland (Top40 Charts/ MTV Networks) - Rock Band begins its European invasion this week as Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a division of Viacom's MTV Networks (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:VIA.B), along with marketing and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), ...
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Multi-Million Selling Global Singing Franchise Grows Worldwide Next Generation Community With North American Debut Of SingStar On PLAYSTATION3
FOSTER CITY, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Sony Computer Entertainment America) - Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) announced today the North American release of SingStar exclusively for PLAYSTATION3 (PS3) computer entertainment system. Developed by Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide Studios, ...
| Dada Entertainment Offers Members Access To Full Length MP3s Via Online Storefront
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Dada Entertainment) - Dada Entertainment (www.dada.net), the joint venture between Dada USA, Inc. and SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, today announced the addition of DRM-free MP3s to its product suite. The new offering complements the full range of mobile products that Dada ...
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Rock Legend Neil Young Joins Sun Microsystems at 2008 JavaOne Conference to Announce Career Archive Blu-ray Disc Series
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Sun Microsystems) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced a collaboration with Neil Young and Reprise/Warner Bros. Records for the release of the upcoming Neil Young Archive series on Blu-ray Disc, powered by Java technology. Young will join Sun CEO and ...
| SRS Labs Releases iWOW 2.0 Retail Software Package For iTunes
SANTA ANA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ SRS Labs) - SRS Labs, Inc., the industry leader in surround sound, audio and voice technologies, announced today the release of iWOW 2.0 in a retail box version for iTunes Mac users. Because of its growing popularity as a web-based download, SRS Labs is now making the product ...
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SanDisk Promotes DRM-Free Music from More Than 50 Emerging and Critically Acclaimed Artists on microSD Card
MILPITAS, CA. (Top40 Charts/ SanDisk Corporation) - SanDisk Corporation, a leading seller of MP3 players in the United States, today announced the company will promote DRM-free music from more than 50 new and emerging artists on a microSD card. This U.S.-based program is the first of its kind to use ...
| MP3 Rocket Adds Limewire's TigerTree Technology to Fight P2P 'Fake Files' and to Block the Enemies of P2P
Toronto, Ontario (Top40 Charts/ Sony BMG/ Virgin Records/ Warner Bros. Records) - A group of music companies, including Sony BMG, Virgin Records and Warner Bros. Records, have accused Lime Wire and the company's officers of copyright infringement, according to a federal lawsuit filed Aug 2007 in U.S. ...
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Amazon To Begin International Rollout Of Amazon MP3 In 2008
SEATTLE, WA. (Top40 Charts/ Amazon.com) - Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that in 2008 the company will begin an international rollout of Amazon MP3, Amazon's DRM-free MP3 digital music store where every song is playable on virtually any digital music-capable device, including the PC, Mac, ...
| Napster & Ericsson Roll-Out New Mobile Music Service for Telecom Italia
LOS ANGELES, CA (Top40 Charts/ Blueshirt Group) - Ericsson and Napster today announced the launch of the Napster Mobile music service with Telecom Italia through its mobile brand TIM, the leading mobile carrier serving the Italian market with over 35 million subscribers. Co-developed by Ericsson and ...
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Over Two and a Half Million Served!
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ MTV Networks) - Eight weeks after the release of the red-hot music video game, and while Rock Band continues to fly off store shelves, the response to the downloadable music is clear, as fans and gamers have propelled its downloadable content to "double platinum" status, ...
| Amazon MP3 To Add DRM-Free Downloads From SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
SEATTLE, WA. (Top40 Charts/ Amazon.com) - Amazon.com today announced that DRM-free MP3 music downloads from SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT will be available to customers on Amazon MP3, Amazon's DRM-free MP3 digital music store where every song is playable on virtually any digital music-capable device, ...
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LiveNation Introduces Next Wave of Customization for Music Fans With the Debut of 'My Live Nation'
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Live Nation) - LiveNation.com, the online destination of the world's largest live music company, unveiled today "My Live Nation," a suite of software tools which enables fans to customize their Live Nation search pages to receive concert recommendations tailored to their ...
| Live Nation Adds Heineken Music Hall to International Portfolio
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (Top40 Charts/ Live Nation) - Live Nation, the world's largest live music company, today announced that it has acquired the operating company that manages and holds the 20-year lease for the Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam's premier music venue. The Heineken Music Hall, which has ...
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SoundTech Announces the Guitar Home Theater Interface
CHICAGO, IL. (Top 40 Charts/ SoundTech) - SoundTech Professional Audio, a division of US Music Corporation, announced today the SoundTech Guitar Home Theater Interface, a new device that enables musicians to plug their guitar directly into their home theater stereo system. The Guitar Home Theater Interface ...
| Fuego Entertainment Announces Joint Venture, Echo-Fuego, With Legendary Music Producer and Promoter Jeffrey Collins and Makes a Cross Over Into the English Music Market
MIAMI, FL. (Top40 Charts/ Fuego Entertainment) - Fuego Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB: FUGO) today announced it has formed a new music division, Echo-Fuego Music, in a joint venture with legendary music producer and promoter Jeffrey Collins. His music catalog of more than 2,000 tracks and 15 artists previously ...
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