TMV EXCLUSIVE: Qtrax Shareholders Threaten Action
TMV was approached by some Qtrax shareholders. So Jakomi Mathews examines the recently announced deal with Baidu as well as previous Qtrax transgressions…
Digging Into The Reserves: Worth Losing The Best Ones First?
Sony has had much reason to celebrate this weekend as Michael Jackson’s rehearsal documentary “This Is It” pulled in $101 million worldwide in its first five days. “This Is It” certainly has a shot to break the record of most successful concert film in the US, currently held by Miley Cyrus’s “The Best of Both [...]
Net Neutrality Debates Relevance To Online Piracy
Jakomi Mathews, looks at the Net Neutrality debate in the US, whilst also examining the “three strikes” legislation in Europe to determine how it may impact on file-sharing.
Lala: From the Bottom of the Barrel to the Crest of the Wave
Cassandra Callais looks at three recent deals which have taken Lala from the relative backwaters of digital music retailing to the forefront…
Is Subscription Model of the Future Bundled Media?
Angel Gambino drills down to examine how subscription may actually be successful in the future
TMV Video Interview: Mike Doernberg, CEO & Co-Founder – ReverbNation
Jakomi Mathews interviews Mike Doernberg and finds some great D2C artist empowerment tools.
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Angel's Investors Angel Gambino is an entrepreneur and investor who has a wide range of experience working with innovative businesses that are developing and initiating high quality digital entertainment. |
Media Monitor Fraser will focus upon how to make the most of media and ad budgets in the digital age but will look at both on and offline media that can help sell records and build databases as well as fan bases. |
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This past Monday, I moderated a panel at the Digital Hollywood conference in Santa Monica, California. The topic: Establishing the personalized mobile music experience. While the panelists didn’t reach any earth-shaking conclusions, it became clear that mobile is definitely the final link in the evolution of music’s transition from a...
In the past couple of weeks there have been many opinions thrown about in the never ending file-sharing debate. We’ve heard from ISPs, the BPI, UKMusic…but what about the consumers? It’s all well and good to read numerous articles from bloggers on their soapboxes (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8267142.stm) the past couple of weeks,...
This past week had a lot of stories surrounding new Apple projects. Their music-related one has been dubbed the ‘Cocktail’ project, which many are touting as a ‘next generation digital album experience’. According to the Financial Times, the project intends to bundle full-length albums with interactive material, including photos, lyric...
The proposed merger between the world’s largest live music promoter and the monopoly ticketing company Ticketmaster is looking like it is on increasingly shaky ground. First, on 9th October the UK Competition Commission stated the proposed merger “will limit the development of competition in the market for live music ticket...
TMVs German correspondant Hannes Krause provides us with the inside view of the All2gether Now conference set up quickly to replace Popkomm after its cancellation earlier this year
In late July when Dieter Gorny, the head of the German IFPI and German Phonoverband Office joined forces with organizers from Messe...
A YouGov poll commissioned by Britain’s Open Right’s Group has revealed strong public opinion regarding Lord Mandelson’s proposals for tough sanctions against UK file sharers. Seventy percent of those surveyed voiced strong opposition to Mandelson’s proposal that accused file sharers be disconnected from their Internet connections.
A significant 68% of...
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Gadgets and Services
Twones: The Music Start Up Made For Social Networking
Tim Heineke, co-founder of Dutch start-up Twones, said to Mashable, “music is moving away from the file and onto the browser.” The popularity of Last.fm, the iLike Facebook application and the #musicmonday hashtag topping Twitter’s trending topics every week are great indicators of this…but how can we fully integrate the...
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Business Models
Spotify: Labels Win, Artists Lose?
Spotify only turned a year old this month and yet they have constantly been mentioned in the press for their plans of expansion, from the 3UK/HTC phone to tie-ins with Swedish telco Telia for a possible TV service. Before we get caught up in the fairy tale story though one...
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Angel's Tweets- Arrived in sunny(!) SFO. Read in Conde Naste Traveller that Buenos Aires is #2 Top City in the Americas. Love it.
- Looking forward to keynoting the Social Media World Forum in Santa Clara http://bit.ly/enrUI
- Ted's Tweets
- One down, nine to go, Miss Kilgallen?
- is heading to the Conga Room for Los Amigos Invisibles, not sure what to expect, margaritas are required!