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EMI to Offer DRM-Free Songs at Digital Stores in France, Scandinavia

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 17, 2007 - 3:23pm.

London - Following the major label's announcement yesterday that it would provide DRM-free music for sale on retail giant Amazon.com's forthcoming digital music store, EMI Music said that it has additionally signed deals to provide its artists' tracks free of digital rights management to other European retailers. EMI will offer its catalog to VirginMega in France, as well as to Scandinavian services including Telenor, Musicbrigade, Inprodicon, Basepoint Media, Aspiro and Paragallo.

Aspiro Acquires Mobile TV Firm Rubberduck for $3.4 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 2, 2006 - 1:36pm.
Malmo, Sweden - Sweden-based mobile content distributor Aspiro announced on Monday that it has acquired Oslo, Norway-based Rubberduck Media Lab, a developer of mobile TV and mobile radio technologies, for about $3.4 million. Founded in 2004, Rubberduck provides mobile TV, video and radio technologies to partners including TV4, Telenor, NRK, MTV Nordic, the BBC and Fox Movies. Aspiro said the deal will give it entry into the mobile TV market, as well as new relationships with existing Rubberduck customers.