IODA and Harmonia Mundi Partner for Worldwide Digital Distribution.Recordings by Philippe Herreweghe Philippe Herreweghe (Born May 2, 1947) is a Belgian conductor. Herreweghe was born in Ghent. In his hometown he combined studies at the University of Ghent (medical science and psychiatry) with a musical education at the Conservatory, where Marcel Gazelle, Yehudi Menuhin's , Andreas Scholl Andreas Scholl (born November 10 1967) is a countertenor, a male classical singer in the alto vocal range. He specialises in Baroque music. His range is the same as that of the celebrated 18th century alto castrato, Senesino, for whom Handel wrote his greatest alto roles. , Cristina Kiehr and Kent Nagano Will Be Added to IODA IODA International Optimist Dinghy Association IODA Indian Ocean Diving Academy IODA International Organization Development Association IODA Iron Overload Diseases Association IODA Information Oriented Decision Architecture Catalog SAN FRANCISCO & CANNES, France -- IODA, the global leader in digital distribution, marketing, and technology solutions for the independent music industry, today announced that it will partner with Harmonia Mundi, a leading label and distributor of classical, world, and jazz recordings throughout Europe, to digitally distribute Harmonia Mundi's acclaimed catalog to hundreds of digital music outlets globally. IODA will also handle domestic digital distribution of Harmonia Mundi's catalog within France, where Harmonia Mundi is headquartered. IODA currently distributes its catalog of more than 700,000 available tracks of all genres to more than 300 digital music retailers, subscription services and mobile platforms around the world. The announcement was made today from the Midem conference in Cannes, France. Harmonia Mundi, S.A. is an independent French company founded in 1958. Recognized world-wide as a reference of quality, the Harmonia Mundi label was recently granted the prestigious Label of the Year Award by the magazine Gramophone and Classical Label of the Year by The Midem Classical Awards. Harmonia Mundi has a presence in several countries through its subsidiaries (USA, UK & Ireland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain and Portugal) and through its exclusive distributors in more than 50 countries. Not only is Harmonia Mundi regarded as one of the finest classical music labels, with more than 1000 titles in its active catalogue, but it is also involved in World Music, Jazz and Chanson chanson (French; “song”) French art song. The unaccompanied chanson for a single voice part, composed by the troubadours and later the trouvères, first appeared in the 12th century. through its labels World Village and Chant du Monde n. 1. The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty. Le beau monde fashionable society. See Beau monde. Demi monde See Demimonde. , and distributes more than 30 independent catalogs. Its roster includes recordings from Rene Jacobs, Philippe Herreweghe, Andreas Scholl, Alexandre Tharaud, Andreas Staier, Bernarda Fink, Maria Cristina Kiehr, Kent Nagano and others. "Harmonia Mundi is proud to soon enter a long-range cooperation with IODA," said Jean Baptiste Rivail, Director of International for Harmonia Mundi. "The excellence of its service, the dynamism of its commercial team and their ability to fit our specific needs with their service has led us to negotiate a global deal for our downloading activities. We are looking forward to working together." "Harmonia Mundi's prestigious catalog will be a welcome addition to our rapidly growing catalog," said IODA CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Kevin Arnold. "We look forward to guiding its digital growth, both at home and abroad, and bringing this rich and vast collection of music to fans around the world." About IODA IODA - the Independent Online Distribution Alliance - is the industry-leading digital distribution company for the global independent music community. IODA provides comprehensive services to record labels, physical distributors, and artists, including license negotiations; media encoding and metadata management; and royalty payment administration and reporting. The company also offers promotional support through the IODA Digital Marketing division and Promonet, a promotional distribution network that provides qualified podcasts, blogs, and other promotional sites with access to pre-cleared, legal music and other promotional assets from IODA's labels. Founded in 2003, IODA represents a rapidly expanding roster of over 700,000 tracks from more than 3,000 independent labels around the globe. The IODA catalog ranges from established classics to modern up-and-comers in all genres, including favorites such as Mac Dre, Blackalicious, Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz, London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre. History , Jimi Hendrix, Fall Out Boy, Broken Social Scene, Cat Power, Aventura, Jamie Cullum, Heartland, Willie Nelson, Seu Jorge and Ravi Shankar. IODA distributes its client catalog to all major digital music services including the iTunes Music Store, MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. Urge, eMusic, Verizon's V CAST, Napster, the Sprint Music Store, Virgin Mega, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. MusicNow, T-Online's Musicload, Yahoo! Music, FNAC FNAC Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology FNAC Fédération Nationale des Agents Commerciaux (France: National Federation of Commercial Agents) FNAC Fédération Nationale d'Achat des Cadres (1954; French) , RealNetworks' Rhapsody (1) A subscription-based online music service from RealNetworks that gives users unlimited access to a vast library of major and independent label music. Within a single interface, Rhapsody provides access to streaming music, Internet radio and extensive music information and , and over 250 other retail outlets. IODA was named one of FORTUNE magazine's 25 Breakout Companies for 2005. The company's web site is located at http://www.iodalliance.com. |
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