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02.01.05 06:37 PM

no more online VOD

In the New York Times today...

"The Universal Music Group of Vivendi Universal says it will no longer provide music videos free, or at a nominal cost, to Internet and cable television services that are building a potentially giant business by playing videos on demand. Universal does not want to repeat what it considers the music industry's ill-fated decision in the 1980's to provide free videos to MTV." read more

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why do they consider the decision to give MTV videos fro free "ill fated"? Music videos are great advertisements for artists.

posted by Hashim [TypeKey Profile Page] | February 1, 2005 7:54 PM #

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