Archive for June, 2009

The Android Upwards Push

With the feverish hype surrounding the iPhone’s launch into the consumer marketplace last Friday, TMV thought it apt to dig deeper and look at what new developments are happening with Google’s Android mobile operating system. TMV delves into the pros and cons for Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android, with the aim of determining which will [...]

Jun, 23 2009 1 Comments Full Story

Spain, meet Grokster

If you read my column from last week, you may have gotten the idea that Spain has, until recently, been a piracy hotbed. For many years the main problem was with physical product. But not long ago the record industry finally worked up the balls to go after Blubster (see last week’s story).
In one of [...]

Jun, 23 2009 0 Comments Full Story

TGE Video Interview with Gary Warren, Commercial Director – HMV UK & Ireland

This week TMV have posted another video interview we did at The Great Escape in Brighton. This time round we have Gary Warren from HMV in the hot TMV seat. On the change of the retail landscape Gary states that HMV have still witnessed growth within different segments of the physical market in terms of [...]

Jun, 23 2009 3 Comments Full Story

Hello Echo Closes Down Leaving Artists in the Lurch

Thanks to MusicAlly TMV learned yesterday that the Echomusic platform, touted as a dynamic integration of website, email-list, merchandise sales and fan connection tools is being closed down by its parent company Ticketmaster. TMV drills down and analyses the implications of this for artists, labels and other competing platforms.

Jun, 17 2009 2 Comments Full Story

Can Spain Finally Fight Piracy?

Since here in the UK we will no doubt have an oversupply of analysis of the Digital Britain report over the coming days and weeks. TMV thought it would be a good idea to instead have Wayne Rosso provide some insight into the recent ‘Blubster” P2P case in Spain, where in fact at one point [...]

Jun, 16 2009 1 Comments Full Story

TMV Interview with Eric Garland, CEO – Big Champagne

TMV were lucky enough to catch up with Eric at The Great Escape in May. In this interview Eric states that file sharing has changed the way people consume music and the number of illegally downloaded songs exceeds 1 billion per month. He goes on to note that the long tail

Jun, 15 2009 0 Comments Full Story

iPhone 3G S vs. Palm Pre

Due to the hype surrounding the launch of Palm’s Pre Model over the weekend and then three days later the launch of Apple’s iPhone 3G S model TMV thought it apt to compare the specs of each phone. Unlike our Blackberry Storm vs IPhone 3G post, obviously TMV have not had the benefit of testing [...]

Jun, 10 2009 21 Comments Full Story

Qtrax Update: More Lawsuits & Judgements, No Portability Launch…

Since writing our first exposé on the dodgy dealings of Qtrax founder Alan Klepfisz in April, there have been some new and interesting eventualities that we thought TMV readers would be interested in.

Jun, 10 2009 14 Comments Full Story

Is The 800 Pound Gorilla Gaining Weight?

TMV columnist Wayne Rosso, jumps into the licensing and streaming rate debate with some very pertinent questions relating to the biggest retailer of them all. Apple!
It is certainly no secret that Apple has grown into the dominant music retailer. Nobody is even close to them in the digital realm. Amazon is a distant second.
This raises [...]

Jun, 03 2009 0 Comments Full Story

New PRS Streaming Rates: What Do They Mean for Artists and Streaming Businesses Alike?

Last weeks announcement by PRS that they were cutting the streaming rate by almost 75% down from £0.022p to £0.0085p per stream raises more questions than it answers. Does it signal the society capitulating to the bullying power of Google over the Youtube standoff, or does it signify a readiness to embrace new models and [...]

Jun, 03 2009 3 Comments Full Story