terça-feira, 7 de abril de 2009
BUSINESS BRIEFS: YOUTUBE, ORIGAMI VINYL, TICKETSNOW AND MORE
online research community of people with
a passion for music." It appears to be a continuation
of the mission to learn about consumer behavior
that was started with the consumer-facing
EMI.com. Hopeful registrants are taken through
a five-minute questionnaire. (Your registration
will be denied as soon as you indicate you work
in the music industry.) What will be learned from
Your Soundcheck that could not be gleaned from
the various Web sites of EMI artists, conversations
with technology partners or expensive market
research reports? Perhaps how valuable
consumers email addresses are to direct marketing.
(Your Soundcheck)
- A familiar refrain: digital site losing money,
artists demand better royalties. In this case, the
site is YouTube (estimated 2009 loss: $470 million)
and the artist is singer-songwriter Billy Bragg.
(Digital Music News)
- Echo Park in Los Angeles has a new record
store, Origami Vinyl. Vinyl-only stores are becoming
more commonplace. Sales continue to increase
and LPs offer better margins than do CDs.
For the first three months of 2009, vinyl sales are
up nearly 55% according to Nielsen Soundscan.
(LAist)
- David Harrell, who writes the excellent Digital
Audio Insider blog, was interviewed by Fingertips
about digital music, being an artist in the
Internet era, etc. An excerpt: "I'm not arguing that
musicians don't deserve a living wage, but it's a
simple fact that--and this is the case with any creative
field--you have more talented people than
the market for their collective talent can reasonably
support. And you've got more of them every
day, as it's easy for anyone to release music today,
even if it's just putting some songs up on My-
Space. The result is more and more competition,
not just for the dollars of music fans but for their
time and attention." (Fingertips)
- Regional Mexican artists are having success
with mobile phones. "In the Anglo market the
majority of digital sales take place online; in regional
Mexican music an estimated 85 percent of
digital music is purchased on cellphones." (New
York Times)
- MicroMu is a Chinese Web site that promotes
concerts by local independent artists and posts
live recordings that are free to consumers. The
artists get a share of the advertising revenue. (Beijing
Review)
- A broad coalition - some of its its members
usually sit on the same side of digital rights issues
- is urging President Obama to appoint "policymakers
who will protect new tools and new
artistic works" and create new positions at the
Patent and Trademark Office, the United States
Trade Representative and the Department of State.
The coalition includes the Electronic Frontier Federation,
Consumer Electronics Association, the
American Library Association, and the Wikimedia
Foundation. (Press release)
- Nearly half of Canadians polled by the Angus
Reid Global Monitor believe secondary ticketing
service TicketsNow should be closed because they
believe Ticketmaster is using the site to overcharge
fans. (Ticket News)
—Glenn Peoples, Nashville
terça-feira, 16 de setembro de 2008
China Audio Visual Collective Copyright Administration Association Founded
Former head of China International Broadcasting and Vice President of China Broadcasting and Television Committee, Zhang Renhua, was nominated President of the association. The association was founded according to provisions prescribed in the PRC Collective Copyright Management Regulations, and was designed to regulate intellectual property issues relating to the right of performance, presentation, broadcasting, rental, distribution through information network, reproduction, and distribution of audio visual works. The association will carry out copyright protection measures on behalf of copyright holders and seek to solve problems such as unauthorized use of copyrighted audio visual works in Karaoke houses, radio stations, TV stations, and on the Internet.
It is said that the association will take over China Audio Visual Committee’s responsibility of collecting copyright fees from Karaoke houses. Civil, administrative, and criminal measures will be adopted to deal with unauthorized uses. According to Qu Jingming, General Director of the association, on one hand, the association will seek effective solutions of copyright problems through legal reinforcement; on the other hand, it will thrive to harmonize the relationships of the different sectors of the industrial chain by putting the copyright holder’s benefit at first. “We call for all copyright holders to contract with us, so that their rights will be better protected”, said Qu.
Copyright 2008, InterLingua.com, Inc.
domingo, 31 de agosto de 2008
A venda de discos em Portugal caiu 17,32 por cento nos seis primeiros meses deste ano, por comparação com igual período de 2007
Vendas caem 17%
A venda de discos em Portugal caiu 17,32 por cento nos seis primeiros meses deste ano, por comparação com igual período de 2007.
Os números são da Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa (AFP) e confirmam a tendência mundial de queda na venda de música em suporte físico. Nos EUA, maior mercado do Mundo, a queda nas vendas de CD foi de 11 por cento na primeira metade de 2008.
Pelo contrário, a compra de música digital vai de vento em popa em Portugal, tendo-se verificado (em igual período de tempo) um crescimento de 35,19 por cento no volume de facturação. Um aumento considerável, que permite à indústria amortecer as perdas. Ainda assim, a facturação conjunta das vendas em suporte físico e digital sofre uma queda de cinco por cento nos primeiros seis meses do ano.
De acordo com Eduardo Simões, director-geral da AFP, o crescimento do mercado digital deve-se em grande medida aos "toques para telemóvel e aos downloads legais pela internet".
Em crescimento esteve também a venda de singles (1009 por cento) e de discos em vinil (54 250 por cento), em grande parte por motivos profissionais, e também de DVD, com um aumento de 2,60 por cento.
Tentando inverter a má conjuntura, as principais editoras de Portugal apostam em lançamentos de peso até ao final do ano, incluindo muitos artistas nacionais.
MUITA MÚSICA EM PORTUGUÊS
Até ao fim do ano não faltam lançamentos de música portuguesa. Já em Setembro chega a estreia a solo de João Gil, ainda sem título. Com selo da EMI há ainda Jorge Palma (ao vivo no Coliseu), em CD/DVD, e Da Weasel (no Pavilhão Atlântico), em DVD. ‘Companhia das Índias’, estreia a solo, de Rui Reininho, e ‘Black Diamonds’, dos Buraka Som Sistema, são apostas da Sony-BMG. Mafalda Arnauth e Pontos Negros (em Setembro), bem como Maria João e Mário Laginha (‘Chocolate’), em Outubro, e Maria João Pires (‘Chopin’), em Setembro, são trunfos da Universal. Em Novembro volta Tony Carreira (Farol).
O QUE VEM AÍ
METALLICA
‘Death Magnetic’, a 15 de Setembro (Universal).
U2
Novo disco, ainda sem título, sai até ao final do ano (Universal).
KEANE
‘Perfect Symmetry’ sai a 13 de Outubro (Universal).
AC/DC
Regresso com ‘Black Ice’, nas lojas a 20 de Outubro (Sony-BMG).
DAVID GLAMOUR
O guitarrista dos Pink Floyd lança ‘Live in Gdansk’, a 15 de Setembro (EMI).
IL DIVO
Novo disco, ainda sem título, chega em Novembro (Sony-BMG).
Luís Figueiredo Silva
quinta-feira, 28 de agosto de 2008
BMI Tops $900 Million Mark in Revenues
Royalty Distributions
Both figures represent milestones in royalty collection and distribution for the public performance of music. BMI President & CEO Del Bryant said, “BMI has been extraordinarily successful in signing the brightest and most popular new music creators across all genres, building upon a repertoire that already includes the most beloved songs of America’s legendary songwriters and composers.” Bryant pointed out that BMI has consistently embraced new media businesses that use music, and developed innovative licensing solutions to permit these companies to reach new audiences, while assuring that creators and copyright owners are fairly compensated. “Our pro-technology and pro-business attitude has made it possible for BMI to continue to grow our revenues more than 7% each year, on average over the past 10 years, almost doubling our income in that period,” said Bryant
.
Total Revenue
BMI generated an impressive $664 million in domestic licensing income, an increase of 8% or $51 million over the prior year. BMI’s leadership in licensing the explosive growth of music in cable, satellite radio and satellite television brought in revenues of more than $208 million, accounting for more than 23% of the company’s consolidated revenue. Traditional broadcast radio and television accounted for $340 million, or about 38% of revenue. Growth in revenues from the performance of music in retail and service establishments, including restaurants, bars and the hospitality industry, increased to a total of $97 million, accounting for approximately 11% of BMI’s revenue. BMI’s New Media revenues increased to a total of $15 million. Thanks to growth in the mobile, social networking and website categories, BMI now licenses more than 6,500 digital media properties, an increase of more than 50% over the prior year. International revenues were also an especially bright spot, accounting for $238 million, or more than 26% of BMI’s revenues.
During the year, BMI extended its eCommerce initiatives, significantly enhancing its business-to-business tools for songwriters, composers, and copyright owners, as well as its licensing customers. BMI added almost 30,000 new songwriters and composers to its rolls, with the vast majority joining online. The company launched new tools permitting licensees to initiate and renew contracts, report music use and pay license fees online. BMI also dramatically increased its royalty-processing infrastructure to handle the explosion of music reporting from its many digital licensees, processing more than nine billion feature audio performances during the year. The strategic use of technology in all of these initiatives permitted BMI to grow its business while lowering overhead to 11.7%, the lowest in the company’s history.
BMI’s fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30. BMI’s consolidated financial information includes Landmark Digital Services™, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary. Landmark provides advanced audio-recognition products and services to BMI, as well as third-party clients, including content providers, copyright owners and consumers of music and digital entertainment.
domingo, 13 de abril de 2008
Live Nation, o novo gigante da indústria musical
TIAGO PEREIRA
Promotora está avaliada em 2,7 mil milhões de euros
Desde 2005 que é uma das mais prestigiadas promotoras de espectáculos de grandes dimensões, sem concentrar apenas a sua actividade nos concertos ao vivo. Mas com o acordo milionário que estabeleceu com Madonna, no final do ano passado, afirmou-se como o novo gigante da indústria musical. E os recentes contratos assinados com gente tão influente como os U2 ou Jay-Z prometem uma actividade contínua e crescente. A Live Nation representa, hoje, a vanguarda dos novos negócios de uma indústria que, nesta empresa, encontra referência a seguir.
No início existia a Clear Channel Communications, um grupo de media que reunia, sob sua alçada, estações de rádio, televisão, espaços publicitários em outdoor e a produção de espectáculos de entretenimento. Tal como viria a fazer com os canais televisivos que possuía (vendidos, no início deste ano, ao grupo Newport Television), a Clear Channel viu a fatia de negócio que tinha como base os grandes palcos transformar-se numa empresa independente. A Live Nation nasce em 2005. Imediatamente cotada na bolsa, produziu 28 500 eventos no seu primeiro ano de existência (congregando mais de 61 milhões de espectadores), entre con-certos, espectáculos de teatro (nestes incluem-se eventos como as apresentações do célebre Cirque du Soleil) e até eventos desportivos (sobretudo relacionados com o mundo automóvel).
Apesar da multidisciplinariedade das suas funções, a Live Nation concentrou esforços na indústria musical. Detém 117 salas de espectáculo, 75 nos EUA e 42 fora de terras americanas, e é a promotora prioritária em 33 espaços adicionais. E ainda que os EUA sejam mercado preferencial, o gigante do entretenimento gerido por Michael Rapino e Michael Cohl (avaliado em mais de 2,7 mil milhões de euros) tem existência paralela no Reino Unido, através da Live Nation UK. Em terras britânicas é gestora de 25 das mais importantes salas de espectáculo (como o Empire Theatre, em Liverpool ou o Dominion Theatre, de Londres). Ao mesmo tempo, controla, em boa parte, a realização de festivais de música como o Reading/Leeds ou mesmo o mítico Glastonbury.
A 16 de Outubro do ano passado, a Live Nation transformou por completo o rosto da sua actividade. Criou a divisão Artist Nation (hoje rebaptizada como Live Nation Artists) e contratou, como primeiro nome, Madonna, que então reflectia sobre o seu futuro editorial, com o eminente final do contrato com a Warner. São dez anos de acordo que abrangem todas as dimensões: álbuns, digressões, merchandising, conteúdos digitais e mesmo os acordos publicitários. Um total de 120 milhões de dólares em jogo (mais de 75 milhões de euros). Seguiram-se os U2 que, apesar de manterem a edição e distribuição discográfica nas mãos da Universal, têm agora os concertos, o merchandising e o website incluídos na gestão da Live Nation. Um contrato de 12 anos com uma das bandas mais rentáveis do mundo, cujos valores não foram revelados. No passado dia 3, o rapper, produtor e editor Jay-Z ultrapas- sou os valores de Madonna, ao receber 150 milhões de dólares (94 milhões de euros) para gerir toda a sua carreira.
A Live Nation conta ainda com a actividade da subsidiária Instant Live. Em 2003 era uma pequena editora que operava na área de Boston, gravando concertos e colocando-os à venda pouco depois do final do espectáculo (procurando receitas extra e lutando contra a pirataria). Hoje, desenvolve a mesma actividade por todo o mundo, com nomes como os Bauhaus, Black Crowes, The Cult ou Echo&The Bunnymen.
quarta-feira, 9 de abril de 2008
As vendas de música digital continuam em alta na maioria dos países desenvolvidos.
As vendas de música digital continuam em alta na maioria dos países desenvolvidos.
Em Espanha, o mercado de música digital cresceu 24,3% (representando no final de 2007 9,52% do total das vendas de música), enquanto que o mercado físico caiu 25,7%.
A Sony domina o sector, com 35,2% de quota do mercado de música digital, e 31,6% no mercado físico.
Em França, a situação repete-se, registando-se um crescimento de 16,6% das vendas de música digital, e um decréscimo de 19,2% das vendas em suportes físicos.
No final do ano, o mercado digital representava já 7,4% do total das vendas de música no país.
Também além-mares o contexto é similar, sendo que no Canadá o mercado digital representa 4,7% das vendas, e nos Estados Unidos 29% do total das receitas do sector.
O mercado digital


quarta-feira, 19 de setembro de 2007
Notícias do mundo digital
Radiohead has finally broken its long held ban on digital downloads by placing much of its catalog on a UK digital download service.
James Blunt Album To Be Sold Via MySpace
Warner Music Group will sell the new James Blunt album "All the Lost Souls" on MySpace. And while it's not DRM-free, it will work with the iPod.
Fonte: Billboard
quinta-feira, 6 de setembro de 2007
Subida de 23% das vendas digitais de música no Japão
Driven by mobile music applications, digital music sales in Japan surged 23% in the second quarter of the year, according to data from the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
segunda-feira, 6 de agosto de 2007
A Apple pode-se tornar em breve a principal plataforma de distribuição, suplantando o retalho tradicional
Apple's revenues could outstrip the world's entire recorded music industry within the next two years as it continues to cash in on the boom in iPod and download music sales.
Fonte: Music Week
segunda-feira, 23 de julho de 2007
Pelo 8º ano o mercado fonográfico japonês continua em declínio
Como temos observado um pouco por todo o mundo, ao declínio das vendas físicas de fonogramas tem-se assistido a um crescimento exponencial das vendas digitais, ainda que os números mostrem que o ritmo de cobertura de uma tecnologia por outra seja muito inferior ao desejado, sendo o desejado a manutenção do status quo das grandes multinacionais... Mas parece-me já um facto consumado que nessa matéria as coisas não voltaram para trás.
O Japão não foge à regra, antes pelo contrário, foi um dos primeiros países a sentir as mudanças, por eles próprio iniciadas já na década de 60 e que no último ano significou um crescimento do digital na ordem dos 156% em relação a 2005 (sendo que a parte das vendas de músicas por telemóvel seja a parte mais significativa), segundo dados da RIAJ
Japan Reports H1 Market Decline
The Japanese music market -- the world's second-biggest -- fared poorly in the first half of 2007, at least in terms of physical product, according to new data released by labels body the Recording Industry Assn. of Japan.
Study: Japanese Digital Music Market to Boom
By IDG
Issue Date: Aug 01 2001
Japan's digital music distribution market is expected to grow from its current 1.2 billion yen (US$9.6 million) to more than 100 billion yen in 2006, according to Jupiter Media Metrix Inc.
Users will connect to the Internet through various new technologies to download digital music, but mobile Internet services will be the key to the growth, according to the research firm.
Third-generation (3G) mobile phone services, which should become mainstream by 2003, will promote the growth of the digital music distribution market. Other technologies that will be used are Bluetooth and wireless LAN systems, Jupiter said.
Wireless devices, such as cellular phones and PDAs (personal digital assistants), are well suited for purchasing digital music via the Internet, as consumers regard them as personal devices and illegal copying of files can easily be prevented, according to Jupiter.
DDI Pocket Inc. and NTT DoCoMo Inc., two of Japan's mobile telecommunication carriers, have already started music distribution services that allow users to download and purchase digital music using their PHS (personal handyphone system) handsets via the mobile network.
Downloading a three-minute music track takes about six minutes on a PHS phone, with current technologies offering transfer speeds of 128K bps (bits per second). Connection charges are about 80 to 90 yen per minute. That speed and price don't attract mass consumers, said Takeshi Hosoya, a Jupiter analyst.
Copyright 2001 IDG News Service, International Data Group Inc. All rights reserved.
http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,28417,00.html
quinta-feira, 5 de julho de 2007
Vendas de CD em queda contínua
http://jn.sapo.pt/2007/07/05/cultura/vendas_cd_queda_continua.html
IFPI: Global Market Shrinks By 5%
The global recorded music market in 2006 slipped by 5% year-on-year, according to new figures published by the IFPI.
quarta-feira, 27 de junho de 2007
A procura de novas áreas de negócio por parte das grandes editoras fonográficas
Universal Music UK has agreed a deal with video platform provider Roo, to launch 130 online video players featuring exclusive Universal Music video content from its roster of artists.
The deal is the second to be announced today between music companies and third-party platforms, following EMI's deal with VidZone Digital Media.
ROO will roll out its video players across all of Universal Music UK's major sites, which includes its label sites like Mercury Island, UCJ and Polydor Records, as well as on its individual artist sites.
The TV portals will be powered by the Roo Video Exchange platform, allowing Universal Music to host, upload, encode and stream its video content in-house.
"The exploitation of video content online is a key opportunity for music labels, and Roo will help Universal Music to maximise its existing content, and develop new services for its online community," said Tony Martin, senior vice president Roo Europe.
Unlike the EMI/Vidzone deal, Universal's arrangement with Roo won't include mobile delivery.
