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Seems that Nokia is sponsoring Kylie’s European tour, which to be honest is quite surprising; I thought the days of big brands sponsoring single artist tours were pretty much over.
I can’t imagine that European tour and marketing rights for an artist like Kylie are particularly cheap, and given the added cost of amplification across a […]

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I’ve just read a great article on the Contagious website talking about just how many branded music shows there are on UK TV at the moment.  It’s definately a great thought-provoker if you’re considering a branded music show!

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Orange have announced some details around their activity at this years Glastonbury festival.
The ‘Chill and Charge’ tent is back, although I’m slightly confused as they’re trialling a charger that uses kinetic energy generated by dancing to charge the phones.  So not sure if ‘Chill and Charge’ is the best name this time round if that […]

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Sony Ericsson is launching a Def Jam handset with Carphone Warehouse, which will be pre-loaded with Def Jam content.  They also seem to be making a big deal about the fact the phone is white and gold, and has black and gold speakers.  How very hip hop.
And the name is even more street…..the W910i - […]

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(from Rich) 
I’ve been really interested in the latest Nokia campaign, urging us all to ‘meet our city’. The idea is to upload a picture of a person special to you, in London, and write a simple phrase about them. The picture and description then sit on the main site and will potentially be showcased in […]

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Timbaland has announced a deal with Verizon Wireless to make the first “mobile album”, which will be exclusively available to subscribers of V Cast, Verizon’s mobile entertainment service.
Timbaland will produce one song per month through 2008, and will work with a different artist each time, in the Verizon Mobile Recording Studio Bus.  ‘Making of’ footage will […]

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O2 is launching a mobile video magazine called Fashion Flix, to be targeted at women between 18 and 34 with a passion for shopping.  Lucky my girlfriend is on Orange then!!!!!
Taking the form of a 2min weekly show, Fashion Flix will alternate between ‘Star Steal’, with a focus on how to dres like a particular […]

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Nokia have a nice little thing going on with The Royal Artist Club, which is essentially a platform for artists (and credible ones at that!) to communicate with their fans in a blog format, using N Series handsets.
I like this because it has a genuine feel about it, with artists posting just random stuff that […]

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Live Nation have decided not to go ahead with the Leeds leg of the O2 Wireless Festival following disappointing attendance over the last couple of years, with the event failing to entice in the same way as London.
But fear not, as it will be replaced by a series of smaller ‘warm-up’ gigs around the country, […]

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I was on the tube this morning (Piccadilly line if you must know) and saw an ad on the back page of the Metro, from Orange.  They’re offering a free iPod Nano when you buy a Samsung handset, until the end of the month.  This got me thinking about the whole ‘handset as music’ convergence […]

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