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We keep you informed!
In the ever-changing and fast-moving Entertainment Business, with new developments and exploitation formats emerging on a daily basis, the number one challenge is to stay on top of these changes and ensure you are getting the services you require in a way that is efficient, secure and cost effective.
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Enjoy this month's newsletter,
Best regards,
Ronald Eekhoff
CEO
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Known Issues:
TargetMedia/BOEP accounting delayed for Q2 due to errors in incoming statements.
Spotify Accounting not processed as we are finalizing the royalty parser for their statements.
Downlovers statements for 2010Q4 are still not processed as these royalties have not been paid.
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BREAKING NEWS....
iTunes Lands in 12 New European Markets
The iTunes Store is now live in 12 additional markets, bringing their music offering to a total of 29 countries across Europe.
The new markets include:
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, & Slovenia.
The store will be part of the Pan-European store and will be the same in each territory. All prices and store functionality such as pre-orders, links to Facebook and Twitter, etc., are available.
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iTunes offers Movies in The Netherlands and Belgium.
Good news for movie fans in the Netherlands and Belgium, Apple has finally added movies to the iTunes store. Until now, movies were only available to some European countries, Japan and in the U.S. iTunes movies are available at Euro 8 for library title purchases and Euro 12 for new releases. iTunes movie rentals are Euro 3 for library title rentals.There are currently 270 films available, some in HD Ready quality. A complete list of available films is available online. TV series are not yet available in the Dutch iTunes store. Also the question is whether Apple will release Apple TV in the Netherlands. This set-top box has a direct connection to the iTunes store, where movies can be streamed directly to a TV. The Source Is supplying iTunes with full length concert films. If you have concert films with digital distribution rights please contact your label manager.
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New Partners
Aspiro, Aspiro is a Scandinavian leading provider of music streaming services for mobile operators, ISP's, music retailers and media companies who delivers award-winning white labeled products. Consumer platforms powered by Aspiro are Logitech Squeezebox, WiMP, Platekompaniet, Telenor Norway, Telenor Denmark, Telenor Sweden, Canal Digital, 02.
New Stores
Virginmega.fr
Deezer.com
Fairsharemusic.com
Wimp
New Labels Putumayo World Music
Union Square Music
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Placement Requests
We have a new sheet for placement and priority requests. This new sheet allows up to request priority placement on all services in an efficient way. In order for your titles to be considered for featuring, it is essential that you submit this sheet at least 3 weeks in advance. Before you submit the sheet make sure the releases on the CE and "Ready for delivery", this might require 2 extra weeks for processing! Forecast & Market Share projections are still required for any title being pitched for *prominent* featuring. This information can be supplied on a separate sheet. The sheet can be downloaded from the instruction section on the ContentEditor.
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FairShareMusic.com
The Source signed a full catalogue deal with Fairsharemusic.com. Fairsharemusic.com is an award winning music download store where users can contribute to good causes by simply downloading and paying for music; It provides an ethical alternative to other music download stores and is fast becoming a destination for conscientious music lovers. Visitors to the store can browse and preview a catalogue of over 13 million tracks, price is in parity with other stores and downloads integrate seamlessly and directly into iTunes or Windows music libraries.For every track downloaded fairsharemusic.com guarantees to donate at least 50% of its net profit
(minimum 4% of RRP) to a charity of the users choice, enabling its customers to give while they get at no extra cost.
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