A Year Ago: MTV Launches Net Startup
News Viacom launches MTVi, formerly codenamed the "Buggles Project" The MTV Interactive (MTVi) startup will run the online hubs of MTV, VH1 and SonicNet.com, said Nicholas Butterworth, former president of SonicNet and now president and CEO of MTVi.
[August 31, 2000, 7:00]
The Day Ahead: Dot-coms Search For Happy Medium
News Take MTVi's recent layoffs for instance. MTVi laid off 25 percent of its workforce, or 105 editorial and technical folks, begging the question of why MTVi hired so many people in the first place. Stock prices, staffing, optimism and damn near...
[October 9, 2000, 12:18]
MTV Launches Net Startup
News The MTV Interactive (MTVi) startup will run the online hubs of MTV, VH1 and SonicNet.com, said Nicholas Butterworth, former president of SonicNet and now president and CEO of MTVi. Viacom's MTV Networks Online unit said Monday it has launched a new...
[August 31, 1999, 9:41]
MP3.com Sets Sights On Subscriptions
News MTVi Group and infrastructure company RioPort also teamed to offer paid song downloads through MTVi's Web sites. MP3.com said Tuesday it has launched a new subscription service in a move to raise money and reach profitability.
[June 13, 2001, 16:16]
Putting A Price On Net Music
News There are services, like Launch.com and MTVi, which allow listeners a little more control in choosing which artists they want to hear (and when), and even traditional radio stations that have decided to broadcast simultaneously online.
[July 30, 2001, 10:56]
Online Music Site Climbs The Charts
News The company is Vitaminic, the independent Milan, Italy-based site that has carved out a space in Europe somewhere between MTVi and MP3.com, with more success than either inside its own markets. It sounds like a genuine blast from the past: an...
[August 21, 2001, 12:58]
Universal To Buy EMusic For £17m
News It has also allowed online music company RioPort to sell Universal songs for downloads through Viacom's MTVi Group, which runs MTV.com and VH1.com. Recording giant Universal Music Group, a unit of Vivendi Universal, said Monday it will acquire...
[April 9, 2001, 16:04]
Yahoo! Sings Duet's Tunes
News On Wednesday, for example, MTVi and RioPort said they would begin selling songs and albums from all five major labels via downloads. Web giant Yahoo! unveiled a partnership on Thursday with Duet, a joint venture between Universal Music Group and...
[April 5, 2001, 16:20]
