-- MobiTV gets ABC content: MobiTV has struck a deal with Disney-ABC Television group to distribute ABC Mobile, a channel which includes full-length episodes ABC series, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy,…

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The battle and gamble over unlimited music services has arrived. Once Nokia (NYSE: NOK) came out of the gate last December with its Comes With Music concept, much of the…

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More details are emerging about Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson’s (NSDQ: ERIC) unlimited music service, which sounds a lot like Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) upcoming “Comes With Music.” Quoting recording-label sources, CNet…

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Thumbplay confirmed today it has signed a deal with Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) to add content from artists such as Kid Rock and Missy Elliot to its catalog of…

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EMI, in the midst of its own management reorg, has settled its ringtone royalties lawsuit with Infospace, though the terms were not disclosed. It did disclose the settlement in an…

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As Nokia Corp (NYSE: NOK). inches toward launching its “Comes With Music” flat-rate subscription service before the end of the year, the company’s head of global music, Elizabeth Schimel, said…

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New York-based Thumbplay said it now has distribution agreements with three of the top four record labels with today’s addition of Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG. The new partnership adds about…

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EMI has licensed Jamba to provide what the News Corp (NYSE: NWS). and Verisign-owned mobile entertainment outfit says is the label’s first DRM-free repertoire in Europe to cross both mobile…

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-- EMI, SendMe Sign Deal: Mobile media company SendMe has signed a deal with EMI Music, which will see SendMe offering EMI’s full catalog of mobile content from its portal,…

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*Sony Ericsson* has announced plans to launch a mobile (and online) music store in the second quarter of 2008 in a bid to counter moves by Nokia (NYSE: NOK)—and to…

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Something I missed while I was at the conference last week: 3UK has signed a deal with Groove Mobile to sell music videos via a dual-download service. “The video downloads…

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We covered this a few days ago, but it has now happened...British company Omniphone has launched a mobile music service dubbed MusicStation in Sweden on Telenor, with plans to launch…

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The publishing arm of music label EMI has filed a $100 million lawsuit against Infospace earlier this year, alleging that the company and its subsidiaries Moviso and Premium Wireless Services…

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James Blunt and Hard-Fi will start blogging on YouTube and Flickr using their mobile phones today as part of a deal between mobile video social network provider Shozu and labels…

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Eric Nicoli crammed a lot into his first major U.S. address since taking the full operational reigns as CEO of EMI. The obligatory announcement: EMI Music will be the exclusive…

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Reading it here first: Tom Ryan, who recently left EMI as SVP of digital and mobile and development worldwide, has now joined Bessemer Venture Partners as an entrepreneur-in-residence. He will…

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Mobile media company Player X has partnered with Hollywood Gaming and EMI Music Publishing for a new mobile game concept that incorporates the song lyrics from EMI’s catalog of artists.…

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Updated below: If this lawsuit drags on, the drain on Infospace could be lethal, reeling as it is from all kinds of troubles: The publishing arm of music label EMI…

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Digital Chocolate has teamed with EMI Music Canada to “deliver an innovative mobile entertainment experience that merges mobile music and gaming”. The first joint offering will be a mobile game…

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Thomas Ryan, the recently-promoted SVP of digital and mobile and development worldwide at EMI, is leaving the music label in mid-Jan next year, and plans to return to his entrepreneurial…

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Chingy, a rapper with EMI Group’s Capitol Records, has “recorded over a 100 versions of his “Dem Jeans” single using a different popular girls’ name each time… (replacing) ‘girl’ in…

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EMI has signed an agreement with Shanghai Media Group, which runs a number of media operations including a mobile TV station. The deal covers all the distribution methods—mobile, online and…

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EMI is offering free Robbie Williams, Lily Allen and Gorillaz music videos for T-Mobile UK customers as a part of a UK trial into ad-supported services. TV-style ads for brands…

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Robbie Williams will tour Latin America in October, and he’s taking his assortment of mobile deals with him. Sony Ericsson will use it to push its Walkman phones with its…

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Blue Note Records (part of EMI) has begun releasing realtones based on the recordings of legendary jazz artists, including Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey and Chet Baker. There are…

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