Los Angeles - Indie911 has announced plans to offer its first full-length feature, B-Side Entertainment's music industry documentary "Before the Music Dies," on its Hoooka online distribution service, Variety reports. Hoooka allows users to set up retail store widgets on their own sites and take 10% of revenues, while 20% goes to Indie911 and the rest to the producers. A hi-res download will cost $9.99, while a lower-resolution download will sell for $3.99; both will come free of digital rights management.

Toronto - Yangaroo, a provider of secure distribution of promotional music for record labels, has signed an agreement to provide its services for Indie911, an aggregator of independent music with 45,000 artists and labels. Indie911 will offer Toronto-based Yangaroo's Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) to its members, which delivers digital music and promotional materials to radio stations in North America.

Los Angeles - Indie911, a service that lets independent artists distribute music and connect with fans, announced that it has partnered with APM Music, a joint venture of EMI Music Publishing and BMG Music Publishing. The agreement will allow Indie911 artists to submit music to APM for consideration for use in commercial TV shows, films, commercials and online media.

Los Angeles - Indie911, an online music and media site for independent artists and fans, on Wednesday announced the beta launch of a new service called hoooka, which allows artists to create their own personalized media stores and players that fans can be embed on any website, blog or social network profile. Rights holders will receive 80% of the revenue from any song or video sold through a hoooka, while 10% will go to the user who posted the hoooka on their site, blog or profile. Los Angeles-based Indie911 features over 75,000 songs from more than 9,000 artists, and an online community of over 100,000 members.