The simulcast of the 2020 MTV VMAs drew 6.4 million total viewers on Sunday, counting the pre-show, post-show, main show and encores, which is down 5% from the comparable 6.8 million tally for last year’s show.
MTV’s research and PR teams combined Nielsen’s linear numbers for the awards show with their own internal digital data into a new measurement called “Total Minutes Consumed” (TMC), which they say came to 1.330 billion vs. 2019’s 1.229 billion.
In an effort to attract cord-cutters to the annual special, ViacomCBS made the 2020 VMAs, hosted by Keke Palmer, available on The CW (a broadcast network co-owned by ViacomCBS and WarnerMedia), marking the first time the VMAs have been free to watch via antennas.
Also Read: MTV's Plan to Ensure 2020 VMAs Are a Ratings Hit - Despite What Nielsen May Say
Last night’s show was broadcast from 8-10 p.m. across 13 networks total, including VMAs newcomers The CW and cable channel Pop, as well as MTV, VH1...

Changement de décor pour les Rencontres cinématographiques de L'ARP, qui pour leur 30e édition quitte Dijon pour le Touquet-Paris-Plage, en région Hauts-de-France...

In the wake of the financial havoc wreaked on the live-entertainment industry by the coronavirus pandemic, Live Nation plans to make significant changes to its policies regarding concert tours and festivals when touring is expected to resume in 2021, according to a memo circulated to talent agencies. The changes shift much of the financial risk ...

Confinement oblige, les concerts organisés « à la maison » par des artistes se multiplient. Elton John, Mariah Carey ou encore le groupe OneRepublic s'en sont récemment donné à cœur joie.

Le succès de ces concerts a donné l'idée à Global Citizen et l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) d'organiser un grand concert en ligne afin de récolter des fonds pour lutter contre le COVID-19 et soutenir les personnels soignants à travers le monde.

Baptisée One World: Together At Home, cette émission caritative sera organisée avec Lady Gaga. La chanteuse qui a filmé son dernier clip avec un iPhone 11 Pro, s'est également entretenue en FaceTime avec Tim Cook. Lors de cet appel, le patron d'Apple a annoncé que la Pomme fera un don de 10 millions de dollars pour l'occasion.

Lady Gaga a contacté une ribambelle d'artistes de...

Le dessinateur d'Astérix, dont la mort à l'âge de 92 ans a été annoncée ce mardi par son entourage familial, laisse derrière lui une oeuvre qui, imaginée avec René Goscinny, a bien souvent battu des records dans le monde de l'édition. Les chiffres, astronomiques, en témoignent...

Led Zeppelin won a major copyright battle settling a dispute over whether the band’s iconic “Stairway to Heaven” song stole from Spirit’s 1968 song “Taurus.”
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury’s previous decision which found Led Zeppelin to be in the right in 2016. Monday’s decision follows an appellate court vote to re-do of the trial with a larger panel of judges.
The decision overturned the “inverse ratio rule” precedent, which has largely controlled copyright cases in the 9th circuit for the past 43 years.
Also Read: Led Zeppelin Copyright Trial, Round 2: Band's Accuser Files for Appeal
In order to prove someone’s copyright was infringed upon, a plaintiff much prove that the two works are “substantially similar.” The rule says that the more evidence there is to show that the defendant had access to the plaintiff’s work before producing the material in question, the less similarity between...

The Apple TV+ dramatisation of Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" novels is to employ over 500 people and will be the largest single production ever made on location in southern Ireland...

Après avoir officialisé la date de sortie l'an passé, le Lyonnais Alexandre Astier vient de publier un teaser du film Kaamelott...

La cérémonie change de producteur cette année et s'offre une présentation tournante../

In just over two years, Scott Stuber, Netflix's vice president of film, has overseen the biggest steps the streaming company has taken to become a major player in the movie business.
From the success of "Roma" last year at the Oscars to its nominees this year — including "The Irishman," "The Two Popes," and "Marriage Story" — the company could have a big Academy Awards.
That's thanks to Stuber's deep ties in the industry, which have helped bring in big stars and curb the anxieties of movie-theater owners.
Business Insider spoke with Netflix insiders, analysts, and producers to profile one of the streamer's most important executives.

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This post was originally published on January 7, and has been updated to reflect Netflix's Oscar nominations.
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Apple is continuing to fill out its catalog of content for its soon-to-launch Apple TV+ streaming service, with its latest move being a multi-year deal with 'Fargo' TV producer and screenwriter Monica Beletsky...

The debate among filmmakers on whether or not Marvel and other comic book movies are “cinema” continues as James Gunn has chimed in on the matter. In the wake of Francis Ford Coppola’s criticism of the superhero genre, the Guardians of the Galaxy took to Instagram to give an even-handed response that defended the MCU ...

Digital music marketing pioneer and Universal Music Group SVP of Global Streaming Marketing Jay Frank, age 47, has died after a battle with cancer. “Jay leaves an immense legacy." Sir Lucian Grainge, the chairman and CEO of UMG, said in a statement. "He was a creative and tireless leader who...

J. Michael Mendel, an Emmy-winning animation producer best known for his work on The Simpsons and Rick and Morty has died. He was 54. Mendel began working on popular Adult Swim series Rick and Morty when it launched in 2013. The cable network released a statement Monday calling him the “heart” of the show’s production...

Warner Records has formed a joint venture with Masked Records, the new label formed by hip-hop entrepreneur Roger Gengo, founder of the influential Masked Gorilla website and UNMASKED concert series. Gengo, who is credited with founding and incubating “Soundcloud Rap,” established Masked Gorilla when he was just 17 years old....

BMG's boss discusses his confidence in his own company... and his lack of confidence elsewhere
The post With $1bn in annual sales in BMG’s sights, Hartwig Masuch questions ‘irrational’ cost structure of traditional labels appeared first on Music Business Worldwide...

The claims coincide with Universal Music Group’s efforts to toss a class action lawsuit carrying damages of $100 million. Perhaps the 2008 Universal Studios fire was just a bunch of billowing smoke? That seems to be the position of Universal Music Group, which is now claiming that just 22 master recordings perished in the famous […]
The post Universal Music Says Just 22 ‘Original Masters’ Were Destroyed In the 2008 Fire — Affecting Just 5 Artists appeared first on Digital Music News...

Un demi-billet dédicacé par Serge Gainsbourg sera mis en vente par Sotheby's ce mardi, avec une estimation haute de 6.000 euros ...

EuropaCorp réagit ! Compte tenu de l'envolée du titre suite aux informations dévoilées ce matin par 'Les Echos', la société de Luc Besson confirme...

It's no secret that Disney is almost solely responsible for the wild expansion of copyright law that has occurred over the course of decades. In addition to the near constant lobbying for longer copyright term lengths and a heavy-handed approach to enforcement, Disney has also found itself attempting to assert copyright in areas of broad ideas rather than literal copying. Perhaps to some, then, it was a shot of schadenfreude to watch Disney face its own lawsuit brought by screenwriters over its Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Way back in 2000, two writers and a producer pitched a script about pirate Davy Jones to Disney, which the company ultimate rejected. In 2004, Disney released the first of its own Pirates movies starring Johnny Depp.

But no amount of just desserts ought to change the legal principles in copyright law, so it's still a good thing to see that the court has struck down the copyright suit on the grounds that the scripts aren't actually similar, aside from some ...

Music legend Neil Young has spent several years trying (and failing) to push high-resolution music to the masses. A new book by Young tells the story of how the Canadian songwriter set out to develop Pono, his $400 portable digital music player that... LIEN A INSERER DANS LE CHAMPS DE SOURCE : https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/06/neil-young-book-digital-music/

L’actrice est, pour la huitième fois, à l’affiche d’un film d’André Téchiné. A 75 ans, elle porte un regard critique sur l’évolution du cinéma...

A new "report" has been released by Copytrack, supposedly detailing the insane amount of "stealing" that goes on every day. "Report" is in quotes for reason. First, the "report" [PDF] opens up with a literally unbelievable statistic conjecture.

[I]t is estimated that more than 2.5 billion images are stolen daily. These license violations have the potential to result in up to €532.5 billion in damages daily.

Not even in the most fevered dream of the most overwrought copyright maximalist could this number be considered plausible. As attorney/law professor Jeff Pearlman points out, this hilarious extrapolation from facts not in evidence conjectures that copyright infringement of images alone results in a number that swallows the entirety of the world's economy.

Let's do some math! GWP (combined global GDPs) is ~$87 trillion. That's ~$240 billion/day. Copytrack says $600 billion/day in "stolen" images.

So: they say the value of "stolen" images is more than twice what the en ...

Sa fantaisie, son humour, sa poésie, sa tendresse, son goût de l’improvisation laissent le cinéma français orphelin.

Avec un talent insolent, Agnès Varda s’exprimait avec autant de bonheur dans le long ou le court métrage, dans le documentaire ou la fiction, mais aussi, on le sait moins, dans l'art contemporain, avec d'étonnantes installations poétiques, ou dans la photographie, à travers sa collaboration avec l'artiste JR.

La cinéaste de « Cléo de 5 à 7 », du « Bonheur », de « Sans toit ni loi », des « Glaneuses », savait filmer, avec autant de force et d'empathie, le bonheur et le malheur, faire partager sa joie de vivre comme elle savait partager la souffrance de ses prochains...

« Le Monde » a demandé à des contributeurs de tous horizons de proposer, chaque jour, une idée pour changer la France. Afin de réduire les inégalités culturelles, l’universitaire Jean-Michel Tobelem propose d’optimiser l’offre existante, mais aussi de revoir les modalités de gouvernance des institutions culturelles...

Andy Ng, a top executive at Tencent Music Entertainment, has relinquished his post as group vice president of copyright management at the Chinese...

TIDAL and benefactors Mark Lampert and Robert Nelsen today announced the launch of TIDAL Unplugged, a million dollar grant program for emerging artists. Funded by a donation from Lampert and Nelsen, TIDAL Unplugged will launch in Detroit in March. Local artists will can submit their music through TIDAL to receive...

BERLIN, Feb. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- BMG has concluded a digital licensing and administration deal for its Anglo-American repertoire with SESAC Digital Licensing for the fast-growing Indian market. On behalf of BMG, SESAC Digital Licensing will negotiate license agreements with...

John Phelan, Director General of publishers' global body the ICMP, weighs in on the status of the Copyright Directive
The post Article 13: Music industry optimistic that re-drafted text can still crush YouTube ‘Value Gap’ appeared first on Music Business Worldwide...

It is so reassuring to discover that David Ellison’s recent decision to hire former Pixar chief, Disney executive and billionaire frat house-atmosphere generator John Lasseter to head his company, Skydance Animation, was not one he made lightly. We know this is so because Ellison said it, right...