Music publishers are building a song rights database which will make it easier to launch online music services - and fight piracy.
As an example Google is planning to launch a music service as part of YouTube.
Would that put Warner in competition with the soon-to-launch MySpace Music--in which it owns a stake?
To demonstrate the potential of the updated APIs, Deezer is to launch Askking Music, an app which combines gaming with music discovery.
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Launch online music site Last.
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Officially the Vans Warped Tour since 1996, the festival celebrates the California lifestyle, has helped launch the music careers of many successful artists (such as Sublime, No Doubt, The Black Eyed Peas, Kid Rock, and Paramore, among many others), and consistently draws the 13 to 19 year-old demographic.
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Tesco plans to launch additional digital music services from the WE7 platform in the coming months.
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Remarkably, the stock soared even as rumors surfaced that Apple was planning to launch a streaming music service of its own.
AEG, in partnership with Ryan Seacrest, soon plans to launch a new music-and-lifestyle-themed TV network that will bring viewers into the likes of L.A. Live, Shanghai's new Mercedes-Benz Arena and the O2.
"The launch of Xbox Music is a milestone in simplifying digital music on every type of device and on a global scale, " said Don Mattrick, president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft.
Universal has made its problems with iTunes well known in the past, and it now looks like it might be set to take things to the next level, with BusinessWeek reporting that the company is trying to enlist the support of other record labels in order to launch their own music subscription service.
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On Tuesday, MySpace Music said it will launch a site this month that will help music companies manage their catalogs online.
Xbox Music Pass will will launch in 22 markets, as will the Xbox Music Store.
Freesat is also planning to launch additional movie and music services in the future.
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The launch of a Google music store would heighten tensions with Apple Inc.
AtomFilms, like music site Launch Media, recently added NBC President Warren Littlefield to its board of directors.
Coca-Cola recently announced plans to launch Coca-Cola Music, a new global marketing tactic aimed at teens, beginning March 22.
Jabra's new suite of music headphones will launch in Q2 2013 in North America.
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Similarly, Microsoft plans to launch its own online-music store later this year, tied to its now-dominant media player.
Last November Watson did a deal with BMG Music to help launch a new 17-year- old pop singer named Britney Spears.
Since its launch in 2009, Greedhead Music has reshaped the way indie rappers think about business, merging artist development with innovative distribution models.
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WE7 has a great team and a good technology platform from which we can launch a range of digital music services in the future.
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By simply touching icons on the PC's screen, consumers can launch applications, movies, music, zoom in and out on photos and websites, resize windows and handwrite notes.
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It is believed, but not confirmed, that Apple has come to an agreement with several major labels, including Universal Music, to launch a streaming service which has been informally dubbed "iRadio".
Born in London, but raised in New York, he attended Harvard University, where he studied film and animation before dropping out in the mid-1990s to help launch a hip-hop music label, Rawkus Records.
BSkyB is planning to launch its own range of music channels this year, which would put MTV's channels - which include MTV UK and Ireland, MTV Hits, MTV Base, MTV2, and VH1 - under more pressure.
Two years before its 2003 launch (as the iTunes Music Store), Apple introduced the iTunes client as a desktop music management program and implemented it as the device manager for the first iPod later in 2001.
Leading music streaming service Deezer is to launch a series of sweeping updates to its platform to give developers the opportunity to build products around music globally and open up new revenue streams from their products.
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