Dutch Ringtone Initiative Introduced in the USA: The Rise of Ringtone Art
TILBURG, Netherlands (Top40 Charts/ Muzieklab) - The Ringtone Society (www.ringtonesociety.com), a platform initiated in the Netherlands by Muzieklab for the artistic development of the ringtone, has been invited by the Grand Canyon Music Festival (www.grandcanyonmusicfest.org) to take part in the festival's ...
| 2,000 pirated DVDs seized and illegal piracy websites shut down in joint police and industry operation
Melbourne, AU. (Top40 Charts/ IFPI) - On 27 August, Victorian police raided the South East Melbourne residence of a 30 year-old man and seized over 2,000 pirated DVDs and computer equipment allegedly used to manufacture illegal optical discs. The man had allegedly been operating several web sites hosted ...
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Sunset Records to Start New Sunset Urban Division
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Sunset Records) - Sunset Records Group (SRG), one of the world's largest independent music company, has created Sunset Urban to offer a full slate of distribution, promotion, marketing and digital services for the independent urban music marketplace. In this new venture ...
| PopCatcher Uses Blackfin to Bring Award Winning Music Technology to Market
IFA, Berlin, Germany (Top40 Charts/ PopCatcher PR) - PopCatcher, a Swedish developer of innovative audio technologies and products today announced the availability of its PopCatcher software, hardware module, and Ripper, an integrated FM radio with PopCatcher technology. The patented PopCatcher technology ...
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Sunset Launches Tropical Records - New Jamaica-based Record Label
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ SRG) - Sunset Records Group (SRG) announced today that it has formed a record label with Jerome Chambers running the US operations and music industry veteran Clovis McFalling, best known for working on the island of Jamaica on worldwide reggae and dance hall acts. The new ...
| SpiralFrog Licenses Universal Music Publishing
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ SpiralFrog PR) - SpiralFrog, Inc., the free ad-supported Web-based music service, today announced it has entered into agreements with Universal Music Canada and Universal Music Publishing Group, which will allow music from Canada's leading music company and the world's largest ...
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Sony Computer Entertainment America Brings Social Gaming Home With New Limited Edition SingStar PlayStation2 Pack
FOSTER CITY, CA. (vSony Computer Entertainment America) - Sony Computer Entertainment America is bringing a whole new look to the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system this holiday, along with an exclusive way to enjoy social gaming with family and friends. The company today announced plans for ...
| A8 Music Wins 'Red Herring 100 Asia' 2007 Award
BEIJING, China (Top40 Charts/ A8 Music Group) - A8 Music Group, China's largest original music platform, announced today that it was awarded as one of The Top 100 winners at the "Red Herring 100 Asia 2007." Mr. Liu Xiaosong, Chairman & CEO of A8 Music Group, attended the Awards Ceremony on 29 August ...
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MTV Networks International and Apple Announce First Deal to Distribute MTVN Shows on Apple iTunes Outside the USA
LONDON, UK. (Top40 Charts/ MTV Networks International) - MTV Networks International (MTVNI), owned by Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), and Apple today announced an agreement to distribute full-length hit TV shows from MTV, Nickelodeon, and Paramount Comedy channels for purchase and download from the ...
| MuzikReviews Relaunches with New Look and New Services for Indie Artists
Boston, MA. (Top40 Charts/ MuzikReviews PR) - In 1998 Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck launched his own website in order to satisfy a desire to be involved in the music industry. Eight years later MuzikReviews.com has gone through several incarnations and become one of the leading Indie Music Reviews and ...
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MakeMusic Announces New Distributor in Australia and New Zealand
MINNEAPOLIS, MIN. (Top40 Charts/ MakeMusic) - MakeMusic, Inc. (Nasdaq:MMUS) announced today that Intelliware will now distribute MakeMusic products, including the entire family of Finale music notation software, in Australia and New Zealand. Intelliware is part of the Roland group of companies and ...
| buecher.de, One of the Leading Book and Media Online Stores in Germany, Launches a Music Download Service with More Than 2 Million Songs Powered by 24-7 Entertainment (formerly 24-7 MusicShop)
LONDON, UK. (Top40 Charts/ 24-7 Entertainment) - buecher.de, one of Germany's leading book and media online stores launched their music download service (https://downloads.buecher.de) powered by the 24-7 Entertainment (formerly 24-7 MusicShop) digital distribution platform. The download shop features ...
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The Recording Academy Launches Grammy Brand High-End Fashion And Merchandising Collection This Fall
LAS VEGAS, NEV. (Top40 Charts/ Recording Academy) - The Recording Academy announced today at PROJECT Las Vegas that it will extend its musical message year-round with the launch of GRAMMY Brand, a high-end fashion and merchandising collection for men and women. Celebrating the unique intersection of ...
| Pirate Croatian CDs seized in Melbourne
Melbourne, AU. (Top40 Charts/ MIPI) - Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI) today assisted the Victorian Police in the raid of the home of a prolific trader of Croatian pirate music in Cheltenham, Melbourne. The Police seized approximately 5,000 burnt Croatian CDs and extensive computer burning ...
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Neighborhood Music Festival 2007 Announced
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Neighborhood Music Festival) - On Saturday, September 29th, 2007, The 2nd Annual Neighborhood Music Festival will bring an avant-garde musical line-up to the greater Los Angeles area. Designed to give emerging indie artists a platform to flaunt their unique, pioneered ...
| Lawmaker Proposes to Strengthen Anti-Counterfeiting and Internet Piracy Efforts
Hollywood, CA. (Top40 Charts/ CACP) - A California congressional delegation, Motion Picture Assn. of America (MPAA), Recording Industry Assn. of America (RIAA), law enforcement and music industry executives huddled in a weeklong brainstorming meetings to solve the growing problem of counterfeiting and ...
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Fuse TV Launches First-of-Its-Kind Music Artist Wiki Site
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Wetpaint) - fuse, the national music television network, launched a music artist wiki site at www.wiki.fuse.tv, enabling fans to post facts, opinions, photos, videos, and personal notes about their favorite artists. Unlike other wiki sites, this technology, developed by ...
| Baltic CD plant in record piracy payout
London, UK. (Top40 Charts/ IFPI) - Baltic Optical Disc, the largest CD replicating plant in the Baltic States, has been ordered to pay a coalition of record companies a ˆ500,000 payout after a Lithuanian court ruled it was guilty of music piracy. The civil action, brought jointly by the public ...
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Platinum Blue and DreMak Studios Partner to Provide Enhanced Talent Discovery
NEW YORK, NY. and DALLAS, TX. (Top40 Charts/ DreMak Studios) - DreMak Studios, Inc. has chosen Platinum Blue to provide its Music Xray technology as an analysis tool to mine talent, that will aid its customers seeking to discover and develop new musical talent. DreMak is putting studios in malls all ...
| MediaMaster Announces That Consumers Show Strong Demand for More Flexible 'DRM-Free' Digital Music Experiences
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ MediaMaster) - MediaMaster.com, the leading web-based music service that offers consumers instant, on-demand access to their 'DRM-free' music collections from any PC or internet connected device, is showing rapid adoption during its beta test. 'This is a very exciting ...
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