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MTV Blog has posted from behind the scenes at this years MTV Movie Awards at Universal Studios. Here is their entry:   Because of the still-smoldering fires on the Universal Studios lot, most — and by most, I mean all — of the restaurants surrounding the Gibson Amphitheatre are closed. Well, closed except for the 30 minutes when they were all open, which is when I managed to score some sushi, which is also when Chris Martin enters into this.   See, while I was crushing some California rolls, th

One year on from the historic Live8 concert, MTV Networks International is celebrating the first anniversary of the momentous music event by airing a new special called Live8: What A Difference A Day Made, through a partnership with Network LIVE.   An estimated three billion people from all over the world watched Live8, billed as the greatest show on earth, where the creme of the world's music artists came together to perform with one message -- make poverty history.   Beginning 2nd July 2006, i

MUMBAI: MTV International is looking to grow the brand in Europe further through the mobile route. It has announced a deal with T-Mobile to deliver MTVNI’s diverse portfolio of entertainment brands to mobile TV subscribers across multiple European markets.   The deal, which sees MTVNI’s premier content being made available for the first time to T-Mobile subscribers for mobile TV in Germany and Austria and later in the UK, is a significant step forward in building the company’s European digital

"Audiences not reached on air can be reached on the ground."   This is the philosophy of MTV Philippines, a subsidiary of MTV, the multimedia brand for the youth, said MTV Philippines managing director Jack Madrid.   MTV Philippines is free to air because it is a UHF channel. However, the channel reaches only about a third or four million of the over 12 million households with television in the Philippines.“What we can’t reach through our television programs, we reach them through our ground ev

The M in MTV has gone missing. Where did all the music go? It has relocated to Relevant.TV. Relevant.TV is a web site that is hosted by Relevant Magazine. They play a constant stream of music videos.   Music videos. You know those things they used to play on MTV back in the day when the video killed the radio star.   These days, reality TV stars are being made on MTV and the video star is a dying breed. Today television, specifically reality TV, is at an all-time high on the trash-o-meter and is

MTV has chosen Grammy nominated Producer and International DJ, Jay-J, to perform at the MTVAustralia Video Music Awards 2006 (MTV AVMAs) at the Sydney Super Dome on April 12, 2006. As the show's official DJ for the red carpet and MTV AVMAs, audiences will experience the 'Godfather's' signature sexy, soulful house sounds, blended with funk, soul, and disco to create his contemporary brand of R&B.   Jay-J's been the Dance Music industry's best kept secret since 1990. Word of his infectious g

Music channel to show entire Pink Floyd, Coldplay, U2 sets on Saturday   NEW YORK - In the television equivalent of a do-over, the MTV Networks said they would air 10 commercial-free hours of performances Saturday from last weekend's Live 8 concerts.   Viewers will be able to see the entire sets of U2, Coldplay, Pink Floyd, Kanye West and Green Day on either MTV or VH1, and sometimes both, Van Toffler, president of the MTV Networks Music Group, said Friday.   MTV took a critical whipping and rec

MTV got the wrong end of the stick today by suggesting that Coldplay's new song was a subconscious way of telling the media of the current state of Chris Martin's marriage to Gwyneth Paltrow. In their online article, they suggested that it points to an "imminent split" and that Chris is "goofing on the press". Wedding Bells was first heard live on the South Bank Show last September and the couple are still together. One could argue that the article is just another cheap shot at an easy target. R

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey — If you didn't mind the (near constant) rain, the resultant mud, the trench foot or the indescribable odor of 10,000 soaking-wet Tool fans, well, then the second All Points West festival was genuinely great.   Actually, it was pretty great regardless of those things, a testament to the organizers who assembled a lineup that managed to outshine the deluges that flooded New Jersey's Liberty State Park all weekend. The brainchild of Goldenvoice, the same folks who bring yo

Dealing with personal tragedy is something we all must do at some point in our lives. The reflective nature of pop culture inevitably forces us to relive whatever pain we've endured. If your father died of a heart attack, it's going to hurt anytime you see a movie character clutch his chest and fall to the ground. It's not only impractical, it's politically correct to the extreme to expect that any film should take the feelings of every potential patron into consideration.   But with a collectiv

January 20th saw the launch of mtvU, the largest, most comprehensive television network just for college students, and also a part of MTV itself. Coldplay is one of the featured artists on the promotional CDs.   mtvU will not just be dedicated to TV, but to every aspect of college life, reaching students everywhere they hang out through on-air, online and on campus components. mtvU will focus on content, including music programming, news, student life features, events, pro-social initiatives an

Muse and Thom Yorke were the big winners at the BT Digital Music Awards last night.   Each collected two trophies at the fifth annual ceremony dedicated to digital music entertainment. Festival favourites Muse beat Hard- Fi, Editors, Kasabian and Mystery Jets to win the coveted best rock artist title, and their fansite, www.muselive.com, was named best unofficial music site.   Lily Allen beat Sandi Thom, The Kooks, Girls Aloud and Will Young to take the best pop artist gong. And R'n'B star Lem

Brit rock has been on a sappy, melodic overload since Coldplay’s X&Y last year, culminating in the double whammy of Snow Patrol and Keane recently.   But the band that doesn’t know how to play without distortion pedals are back with what looks like an absolutely storming release.   Muse’s Black Holes & Revelations was officially released in its native Britain on July 3, and it’s headed straight to number one there and in Ireland and also number two in Holland and six in France. The US go

In the April 2009 issue of Entertainment Law & Finance, three partners in the Intellectual Property Group at Kilpatrick Stockton LLP take a look at the role that "amateur musicologists" have played thus far in the copyright battle stemming from Satriani's lawsuit against Coldplay for copyright infringement back in December. Here are some quotes from said article:   -- What makes this case unique is the lively debate that it has prompted, which will likely impact how this action and similar i

A consumer watchdog is warning music fans to take care when buying tickets online for music festivals and other events.   Consumer Direct, the government's consumer advice service run by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), says punters have fewer rights when they buy privately and getting their money back when things go wrong can prove a real headache.   Consumer Direct spokeswoman Michele Shambrook said: "We receive a lot of calls from people complaining about tickets not being delivered, seats i

A consumer watchdog is warning music fans to take care when buying tickets online for music festivals and other events.   Consumer Direct, the government's consumer advice service run by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), says punters have fewer rights when they buy privately and getting their money back when things go wrong can prove a real headache.   Consumer Direct spokeswoman Michele Shambrook said: "We receive a lot of calls from people complaining about tickets not being delivered, seats i

The world's largest music company is backing a deal that will allow consumers to download music for free.   The new service, involving New York-based SpiralFrog and Universal Music Group, will rely on advertising to create revenue, representing a departure from Apple's 79p-a-song offering in the UK and other legal download services which at present charge a subscription fee.   SpiralFrog is initially planning to launch its free service in Canada and the US in December. It is hoping to launch in

Music group EMI have slashed annual losses by two-thirds but said it needs millions more to stay out of the hands of lenders. Pre-tax losses at the group, whose artists include Coldplay and Katy Perry, fell 64% to £624m in the year to March 31. EMI wrote off £602m, although revenues rose 5% to £1.65bn after successes like the remastered Beatles catalogue.   Terra Firma, the private equity who bought EMI for £4.2bn in 2007, was forced to raise £105m earlier this year to meet covenant tests. EMI'

EMI Group and Warner Music Group (WMG) stepped on each other's feet in their long-running merger dance as each disclosed in dueling press releases Wednesday that it offered to buy the other this week - to no avail.   On Tuesday night, Warner rejected a $4.7 billion cash offer from EMI. But in a move that took some analysts by surprise, Warner turned around and bid $4.6 billion in cash for its British rival.   EMI says its board "unanimously rejected" Warner's offer because the price doesn't ac

It pays to be "Promiscuous," propelled by the Timbaland-produced hit, Nelly Furtado`s album 'Loose' arrives at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week.   The Mosley/Geffen/Interscope album, the Canadian singer`s third, reaped first-week sales of 219,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures for the week ended June 25. Furtado`s previous personal best - her 2000 debut, 'Whoa, Nelly!' - peaked at No. 24, ultimately selling 2.4 million units.   Florida Christian metal act Underoath`s second full-l

Nelly Furtado is back with a sexier, dance-floor sound, and the result is proving commercially potent - the Canadian singer has the new No. 1 album on the U.S. pop chart with her third CD, "Loose."   The album, which sold 219,000 copies in its first week in stores, opened strong thanks to "Promiscuous," a radio hit of the moment that benefited from the presence of Timbaland, who is on hand as a producer for 10 of the album's 13 tracks.   The album finds Furtado in her familiar mode of eclectic m

The year 2005 will go down musically as yet another year in which album sales continued to decrease and Internet downloading skyrocketed, Canadian band the Arcade Fire boomed internationally, Mariah Carey made an unbelievable comeback, controversial rapper 50 Cent dominated sales charts while diversifying into movies, books, and video games, and U2 had the biggest tour of the year.   Robert Plant, Oasis, the Rolling Stones, Paul Weller and Depeche Mode all produced some of their best-reviewed al

The boom in digital music has left a lot of iPods to fill and made millions of songs available online. But how to choose which ones? Music recommendation services are using tech wizardry to solve the problem.   It used to be so simple: Music fans discovered new songs by talking to friends or listening to the radio, then paid a visit to the local record store. But now, with online music stores like iTunes and Napster offering millions of often obscure songs, users are searching for a better way.

The Arctic Monkeys were the big winners at this year's Brit Awards ceremony in London, scooping awards for best British group and best British album.   But the indie band were not at the ceremony, instead sending acceptance videos dressed as characters from The Wizard of Oz and The Village People. Singer-songwriter James Morrison won best British male, while soul star Amy Winehouse took best British female. The Killers won both best international group and best international album.   The Las Ve

The world of music looks set to dominate this year’s second annual ‘World Sexiest Vegetarian’ poll carried out by Peta.   Last year’s award was won by Coldplay’s Chris Martin for the men and Joss Stone for the women and 2006’s nominees carry a strong musical edge too. Amongst the nominees in the male category are Andre 3000, Anthony Kiedis, Kaiser Chiefs’ Andrew White, Rivers Coumo and Brian Bell of Weezer and The Mars Volta’s Cedric Bixler and Omar Rodriguez. The women’s nominees include all th