All Entries Tagged With: "BBC Radio 2"

TMV Video Interview – Jeff Smith, Head of Music – BBC Radio 2 & 6 Music

Jakomi Mathews, interviews Jeff Smith and you are in for a real treat with his digital insight.

Oct, 06 2009 1 Comments Full Story

PART 2: The Streaming Music Business – Is It Sustainable?

This week we analyse the sustainability of the music streaming business from the perspective of the streaming services themselves. Next week we examine whether there really is enough advertising money from brands and their associated agencies to sustain all the streaming services currently in the marketplace.
With the hype surrounding Spotify and its recent $50 million [...]

Aug, 24 2009 2 Comments Full Story

Trinity Street ceases trading, leaving key label and artist websites down

According to New Media Age, e-commerce provider and marketing agency Trinity Street has ceased trading. Leaving us with the question: how many more service providers to the recorded music business are there going to be left in the UK? First Pinnacle, then EUK, followed by ZAVVI, all went down the toilet.
Clients affected by Trinity Street’s [...]

Feb, 16 2009 1 Comments Full Story

Revisit To Can New Up and Coming Artists Afford To Give Away Their Music For Free?

After lecturing a bunch of 14 – 17 year old teenagers on the future of the music industry last Thursday, I have had to revisit some of the opinions I outlined in my previous article focusing on this topic. Compounding this was a number of comments on that particular article and especially one from a high level English Music Promoter forcefully stating that my views were very “old school”. This same industry executive also went on to state that new and upcoming artists should be giving away their music for free in return for collecting fans email addresses.

May, 14 2008 1 Comments Full Story