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@ MidemNet: Our Coverage - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 28 Jan 2008 09:00 PM PST

Our paidContent:UK editor Robert Andrews has been at the MidemNet conference in Cannes, covering the big music conference and marketplace. Some highlights: -- @ MidemNet: YouTube’s Hurley: EU ‘Made Things…

@ Midem: Orange Plans DRM-Free Music Rentals, Still Talking To Nokia - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 28 Jan 2008 03:22 PM PST

“Our intention definitely in 2008 is to drop DRM, so we can have a truly interoperable service linked with network access”, music product development director Brenda O’Connell told mocoNews.net. Orange…

@ MidemNet: Nokia In Discussions To Add Labels To ‘Comes With Music’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Sun 27 Jan 2008 08:41 AM PST

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is looking to add more music labels to its Comes With Music program. The bundled music access initiative so far includes repertoire from Universal Music Group but…

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@ MidemNet: Sony Ericsson Won’t Follow Apple Down Touchscreen-Only Route - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 21 Jan 2007 01:34 PM PST

[By Robert Andrews] The “conversation with Miles Flint” session at MidemNet Sunday morning seemed like more of an opportunity for the Sony Ericsson president to bask in the handset maker’s…

@ MidemNet: Informa: UK Mobile Users Duck Ringtone Charges; Unhappy With Music Experience - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 21 Jan 2007 07:43 AM PST

[By Robert Andrews] Over half of mobile users regularly change their handset ringtone—but only 13 percent of them pay for those tunes, according to new data. Presenting figures from Informa…

@ MidemNet: Orange To Launch Music Recommendation Engine - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 20 Jan 2007 11:55 AM PST

[By Robert Andrews] European mobile phone network Orange plans to unveil a music recommendation engine, allowing consumers to learn about tunes from their friends and peers. Herve Payan, the France…

Coming This Weekend: Midem @ Cannes: Online and Mobile Music Coverage - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 18 Jan 2007 12:49 AM PST

Midem, the biggest music trade show and conference is starting this weekend, and we’ll be covering the MidemNet, which is the online and mobile music part of it. The schedule…

MidemNet Mobile: Keynote: Warner Music Group’s Alex Zubillaga - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 29 Jan 2006 06:02 PM PST

The next keynote was an engaging and relevant exchange between Alex Aubillaga, EVP of Digital Strategy and Business Development at the Warner Music Group and Ralph Simon, Chair of the…

MidemNet Mobile: France Telecom’s Patricia Legrand: Divergence Vs Convergence - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 29 Jan 2006 05:02 PM PST

[by Mark Frieser] With a crowd of about Â½ that of the first day of MIDEMnet (which to be honest was odd considering the star power on hand) the day…

MidemNet Mobile: Keynote: NTT DoCoMo’s Takeshi Natsuno - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 29 Jan 2006 05:01 PM PST

The second keynote of the day was from the always insightful and Takeshi Natsuno, SVP and Managing Director of Multimedia Services at NTT DoCoMo and the father of imode. Takeshi…

From MIDEM: Music and Mobile on the Mediterranean - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 29 Jan 2006 05:01 PM PST

[by Mark Frieser] The MIDEM music confab was held last week in Cannes...and a series of posts from there on the mobile music side of the conference. While the takeaway…

MidemNet Mobile: Market Realities in Perspective - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 29 Jan 2006 05:01 PM PST

[by Mark Frieser] The next panel of note was an all star-cast from carriers, labels and aggregators holding court on the outlook of the mobile music industry, aptly titles Theory…

Mobile Industry Goes GaGa For Radio - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 24 Jan 2006 06:02 AM PST

Mobile radio is pretty hot, or so it seems from the discussions at MIDEM this year. Among the new service, Radio DJ from Vodafone, whch we’ve written about before. Vodafone…

@ MIDEM: Interview: Rio Caraeff, General Manager/VP, Universal Music Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 23 Jan 2006 01:02 PM PST

[by Mark Frieser] We’ll be bringing you a number of interviews with thought leaders at the MIDEM conference, and this first one is from Rio Caraeff, who heads up Universal…

SFR France Launches Mobile Music Subscription Service - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 23 Jan 2006 09:01 AM PST

This is among the first such mobile music subscription services to launch in Europe: French operator SFR has launched a new subscription-based music download service for full length tracks at…