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Qriocity Streaming Service Continues Rollout
Sony Corp., in conjunction with a handful of major record labels, announced the continued rollout of its Music Unlimited Powered by Qriocity, a “cloud-based” music-streaming service. Already available stateside as well as in the UK and Ireland, Music Unlimited — which, as its name suggests, allows users to access a massive library containing over 6 million songs — debuted in France, Germany, Italy and Spain in late…
From News, posted 1.10.11
Tablets, Smartphones, eReaders Ready to Roll in 2011
Following up on a major surge in demand during 2010, manufacturers of connected products like tablets, smartphones and eReaders will continue to flex their muscles in the coming year, with sales of tablet computers poised to set the pace throughout 2011 and beyond. Meanwhile, media firms, advertisers and other industry leaders are trying to determine who is making the most of these mighty midgets — as well as the most…
From News, posted 1.04.11
RIAA Submits List of “Notorious” Websites and Markets
Earlier this month the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) issued a list containing names of both physical and online markets that it says are chiefly responsible for the illegal distribution of unauthorized music on a global scale. Included in the filing to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) were a number of “notorious” non-U.S. websites that, through the active promotion of music piracy, “line the pockets of…
From News, posted 11.19.10
BMI’s Inaugural ‘Content, Copyright & Commerce’ a Red-Letter Success
BMI’s inaugural “Content, Copyright & Commerce” symposium was held Wednesday, October 20 during Digital Hollywood Fall in Santa Monica. From digital start-up founders and the leaders of traditional media’s digital arms, to premier publishers and top legal minds, symposium panelists represented the promising forefront of digital innovation. Seats were hard to come by as each consecutive panel debated and discussed the possibilities of the digital sphere’s present and future in…
From News, posted 10.26.10
Education Pays: BMI’s ‘Content, Copyright & Commerce’ Digs into Digital Future
Follow the entertainment industry’s ongoing dialogue, and one thing becomes crystal clear: Music makers and music users are aware of the growing digital sphere. On Wednesday, October 20 during Digital Hollywood Fall in Santa Monica, BMI’s inaugural “Content, Copyright & Commerce” symposium will parlay that awareness into informed empowerment. Part educational seminar, part top-tier meeting of the minds, “Content, Copyright & Commerce” will explore and answer questions songwriters, composers and…
From News, posted 10.18.10
BMI Releases Mobile Music Projections For 2010: Ringback-Tone Sales Flattening, Streaming Rising
BMI released its annual U.S. mobile music projections for 2010 at the CTIA Enterprise and Applications Show in San Francisco on October 5. BMI valued the 2010 retail ringback-tone market in the United States at $181 million, down slightly from its revised 2009 retail forecast of $195 million. A ringback tone is a musical work that is performed to the caller when they place a call to a participating mobile…
From News, posted 10.05.10
Editorial: One Digital Door Closes, Another One Opens
Next week we will release our annual projections for the mobile music market. Some in the industry will be surprised by the BMI data about revenues from ringback tones, songs that we hear on our phones in lieu of the “ring” when we place a call to a ringback subscriber. Once the darling of the industry, ringback sales leveled off in 2010. We project that ringbacks will generate $181 million…
From Business Sense, posted 9.30.10
Evan Lowenstein to Keynote BMI’s ‘Content, Copyright & Commerce’ Symposium
Lowenstein to be interviewed by Bob Lefsetz of ‘The Lefsetz Letter’ Evan Lowenstein, Founder and CEO of StageIt and member of pop-rock duo Evan and Jaron, will deliver the keynote address at the inaugural Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) “Content, Copyright & Commerce” symposium during the Digital Hollywood Fall in Santa Monica, CA. The one-day symposium will be held on Wednesday, October 20 as part of…
From News, posted 9.29.10
BMI & Digital Hollywood Announce Panelists for ‘Content, Copyright & Commerce’ Symposium
BMI and Digital Hollywood have announced the speaker lineup for the first “Content, Copyright & Commerce” symposium at the Fall Digital Hollywood in Santa Monica, CA. The one-day summit will be held on Wednesday, October 20 as part of the Digital Hollywood schedule. Digital Hollywood will be held at the Loews Santa Monica (1700 Ocean Avenue). BMI and Digital Hollywood initially announced plans for the event in August.…
From News, posted 9.21.10
BMI & Digital Hollywood Present Content, Copyright & Commerce
BMI and Digital Hollywood have partnered to present Content, Copyright & Commerce, a one-day symposium at the Fall Digital Hollywood in Santa Monica. The event is designed to analyze and anticipate the evolution of entertainment in the digital world. It is slated for Wednesday, October 20 at the Loews Santa Monica (1700 Ocean Avenue) during Digital Hollywood Fall, which runs October 18-21. Speakers will include Evan Lowenstein of Evan and…
From News, posted 8.18.10
Downturn for Downloads?
Figures released by Nielsen Media Research found that total digital-music downloads to media players, computers and other devices advanced a meager 0.3 percent during the first half of 2010, suggesting some weakening in demand for certain types of digital-music content. The continued pullback in once reliable digital-media revenue generators hasn’t helped matters, say analysts. For example, ringtones, which raked in well over $700 million in total revenues during 2007, have…
From Business Sense, posted 8.17.10
Managing Electronic Media: Making, Marketing, and Moving Digital Content
By: Joan Van Tassel and Lisa Poe-Howfield, Focal Press It’s not every textbook that opens with a quote from Jello Biafra, onetime leader of the Dead Kennedys and continuing leftist provocateur, but then Managing Electronic Media is not just any textbook. Designed as a ready-to-use primer on where the digital world has been and, more importantly, where it’s headed, this is an understandably thick yet relatively easy to digest view…
From Business Sense, posted 7.26.10
Rights Organizations Support President Obama’s Stance on Intellectual Property Protection
Intellectual property protection is essential in the digital environment, and the ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), which is currently being negotiated, is an attempt to achieve this protection. In a recent speech, President Obama stated that "our single greatest asset is the innovation, ingenuity, and creativity of the American people” and that “it's only a competitive advantage if our companies know that someone else can't just steal that idea and duplicate…
From News, posted 3.31.10
BMI IPEC Filing Aids Government Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy
The White House has undertaken a landmark effort to develop a coordinated multi-agency intellectual property strategy that builds on the knowledge and expertise of the copyright community, including BMI and other agencies charged with enforcing intellectual property rights. By committing to common goals, the government hopes to more effectively and efficiently combat intellectual property infringement in the United States and around the world. In its request for comments, the government,…
From News, posted 3.25.10
BMI’s Richard Conlon Discusses Online Media Licensing with Fox Business News
BMI’s Richard Conlon sat down with Fox Business on Friday, December 18 to discuss new trends in music licensing. Conlon explained the current shift from music as product to music as service, emphasizing the growing popularity of streaming songs instead of actually owning singles. With new statistics detailing the music purchasing habits of the teenage demographic, Conlon explains why music licensing remains a vital link between consumers, songwriters, composers, music…
From News, posted 12.21.09
BMI Upgrades Online Catalog Management System for Music Publishers & Songwriters
BMI has launched of multiple updates to its award-winning website, BMI.com, that will provide expanded access to business services for its music publishers, songwriters, composers and licensees. Features now available to registered users include: User management center that provides comprehensive control and access for registered and approved users. The User Manager can specify which level of access individual, registered users can be granted for…
From News, posted 10.05.09
Ringback Tone Sales To Surpass $235 Million in 2009
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From News, posted 3.31.09
Pandora Radio Receives Visit from BMI Songwriters
On October 7, the BMI Government Relations department launched its Business Educational Initiative with a visit to Pandora, where the executives and staff were treated to a performance by BMI singer/songwriters Alissa Moreno and Fred Smith. Accompanying the performers were BMI executives Fred Cannon, Richard Conlon and Myles Lewis. The visit also included an informative sitdown with Pandora President Joe Kennedy and Digital Media…
From News, posted 11.11.08
Symposium Focuses on Copyright Collections in the Digital Age
Songwriters’ and composers’ interests took center stage at the Library of Congress on October 27 to inform Capitol Hill staff and the policy community why strong champions of creators’ rights are needed in the Digital Age. A panel of academics, government officials, composers, and music industry representatives gathered for a Washington summit organized by The George Washington University Law School’s Intellectual Property Law Program and Creative and Innovative Economy Center.…
From News, posted 10.28.08
BMI Sponsors Digital Music Forum West
BMI was a proud sponsor of the Digital Music Forum West, which took place October 2 & 3 at The Hollywood Roosevelt. BMI participated in the Digital Rights and Clearance panel, moderated by David Oxenford, a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. BMI Vice President, New Media & Strategic Development, Richard Conlon was one of six panelists on hand to discuss the clearance rights issues for digital music licenses.
From News, posted 10.14.08
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