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Warner Music Acquires Roadrunner Music Group for $73.5 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 18, 2006 - 9:15am.

New York - Major record label Warner Music Group announced on Monday that it will pay about $73.5 million to acquire a majorirty stake in Netherlands-based Roadrunner Music Group, a label whose artists include Nickelback, Slipknot and Megadeth.

tags: Deals | Music | Europe | Acquisitions | Warner Music | Netherlands | WMG | Roadrunner |

T-Mobile Taps Gemalto for Czech Mobile TV Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 24, 2006 - 1:41pm.
Amsterdam - Gemalto, a Dutch developer of security cards for mobile phones, announced on Tuesday that its digital rights management cards will be used in a two-month pilot mobile TV service from T-Mobile in the Czech Republic. A commercial launch of the Czech mobile TV service is scheduled for 2007.
tags: Mobile | Mobile TV | Tech | TV | T-Mobile | Europe | DRM | Netherlands | Czech Republic | Gemalto |

WOOMB.net Offers English Versions of Classic Japanese Games

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 24, 2006 - 1:32pm.
Groningen, The Netherlands - Dutch game developer Bazix on Tuesday introduced WOOMB.net, an online service that offers classic Japanese game titles translated into English. Games on the site are officially licensed through Japan-based D4 Enterprise.
tags: Games | Japan | Netherlands | WOOMB.net | Localization | Bazix | D4 Enterprise |

Targetize to Power Mobile Music Service for Holland's KPN

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 26, 2006 - 5:24pm.
Herzelia, Israel - Targetize, an Israel-based developer of mobile music search and discovery applications, announced on Wednesday that it will power the AnySong service launched in The Netherlands by Universal Music Group and wireless carrier KPN.
tags: Mobile | Mobile Music | Music | Netherlands | KPN | Targetize |

Dutch Court Rules File-Swapper Identities Protected Under Privacy Laws

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 17, 2006 - 1:24pm.
London - A Dutch appellate court has impeded the music industry's anti-piracy efforts there, striking down requests that would have compelled Internet service providers including Wanadoo and Tiscali to reveal the identities of suspected file-swappers, The Register reported.
tags: Internet | Video | Law | Tech | P2P | Piracy | Music | ISP | Rulings | File-Sharing | Privacy | Netherlands |

Sony Pulls Dutch PSP Billboard Ad After Complaints of Racism

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 12, 2006 - 12:46pm.
Los Angeles - Sony has pulled a controversial billboard ad for its PSP handheld video game device in the Netherlands, after critics complained that the ad was racist, Reuters reported.
tags: Marketing | Advertising | Law | Sony | PSP | Censorship | Netherlands | Racism |

Loudeye Renews Promotional Deal With Dutch ISP Planet Internet

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 21, 2006 - 1:35pm.
London - Loudeye, a provider of branded digital music services, announced on Wednesday that it has renewed an agreement with Dutch ISP Planet Internet, to offer new ADSL subscribers promotional credits that can be redeemed for downloads from digital music stores powered by Loudeye's OD2 services.
tags: Marketing | Tech | Music | Promotions | Loudeye | ISP | Netherlands | Planet Internet | Sponsored Content |

Dutch Court of Appeal Orders MP3 Linking Website Shuttered

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 19, 2006 - 2:29pm.
Amsterdam - The Dutch court of appeal has placed an injunction on a website that provided links to copyrighted music files hosted on other sites, Reuters reported.
tags: Internet | Law | Piracy | Music | MP3 | Injunctions | Netherlands | ZoekMP3.nl | BREIN |

Amsterdam Launches Treatment Center for Video Game Addicts

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 9, 2006 - 1:38pm.
Amsterdam - A drug treatment center in The Netherlands has opened Europe's first detox clinic for video game addicts, the Associated Press reported.
tags: Games | Law | Europe | Netherlands | Addiction | Health | Amsterdam | Game Addicts | Social Issues |

Video Game Touted as Muslim Militant Recruiting Tool Revealed as Joke

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 26, 2006 - 11:52am.
The Hague - A video game that the U.S. government said was a "modded" version of Electronic Arts' "Battlefield 2" created by Muslim militants as a recruitment tool has been exposed to be a joke created by a 25-year-old Dutch gamer, Reuters reported.
tags: Games | EA | DOD | Battlefield | Religion | Pranks | Netherlands |