London - The Orchard (NASD: ORCD), a digital distributor of mainly independent music and video content, announced on Monday that it has signed a deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing for the marketing and distribution rights to all of the company's owned master recordings. The worldwide deal excludes North America, but covers all of Sony/ATV's affiliates in Europe, Asia, Australia, Japan and South Africa. The deal will initially deliver hundreds of albums by country and R&B artists, on labels including Sony Tree Productions, Masters International, Dial Records, Four Star, Hickory and Challenge Records.

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