wordpress blog stats
Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Motorola To Sell Soundbuzz; Exiting MotoMusic In Most Markets

It's official: In an emailed statement,  Motorola has confirmed to MediaNama that they've decided to exit the MotoMusic business in India, Singapore and Vietnam, as well as the Soundbuzz White Label business in Australia, India, Indonesia and Singapore, effective 31st July 2009. The Motomusic service in Greater China will not be affected, the company says. What's interesting is that Motorola is looking to divest Soundbuzz, and has already begun discussions with potential buyers. Soundbuzz employs around 60 people with offices in Singapore, India and Australia, and Motorola says that the impact on employees will only be known post divesture. The company has refuted the speculation that Soundbuzz has filed for bankruptcy. Motorola had completed the Soundbuzz acquisition in Q1 2008, and according to them, the divesture has no relation or impact on the previous shareholders of Soundbuzz. Soundbuzz was started in 1999 by MTV Asia MD Sudhanshu Sarronwala. Soundbuzz was intended to power the launch of  MotoMusic services in its key markets of Australia, Singapore and India. Soundbuzz had been started by for MTV Asia MD Sudhanshu Sarronwala in 1999.  Note: we've requested Motorola for a few more clarifications, and will update as we have more. -- Motorola To Shut Down Digital Music Business Soundbuzz -– Motorola Launches MOTOMUSIC In India With MOTOROKR E8 -– Updated: Motorola To Acquire Asian Digital Music Service Soundbuzz -– Music Labels In India Are Becoming More Dependent On Mobile

Please subscribe/login to read the full story.
Written By

Founder @ MediaNama. TED Fellow. Asia21 Fellow @ Asia Society. Co-founder SaveTheInternet.in and Internet Freedom Foundation. Advisory board @ CyberBRICS

Free Reads

News

The Bill allows the Attorney General or any district/ city attorney to seek injunctive or other equitable relief against a large online platform

News

The tech giant made it clear it doesn't share data from organizations using Azure OpenAI and Copilot to third-parties or use it to train...

Google

Among the selected organizations are Quill.org and the World Bank, both known for their work in AI-powered tools.

MediaNama’s mission is to help build a digital ecosystem which is open, fair, global and competitive.

Views

News

NPCI CEO Dilip Asbe recently said that what is not written in regulations is a no-go for fintech entities. But following this advice could...

News

Notably, Indus Appstore will allow app developers to use third-party billing systems for in-app billing without having to pay any commission to Indus, a...

News

The existing commission-based model, which companies like Uber and Ola have used for a long time and still stick to, has received criticism from...

News

Factors like Indus not charging developers any commission for in-app payments and antitrust orders issued by India's competition regulator against Google could contribute to...

News

Is open-sourcing of AI, and the use cases that come with it, a good starting point to discuss the responsibility and liability of AI?...

You May Also Like

News

Google has released a Google Travel Trends Report which states that branded budget hotel search queries grew 179% year over year (YOY) in India, in...

Advert

135 job openings in over 60 companies are listed at our free Digital and Mobile Job Board: If you’re looking for a job, or...

News

By Aroon Deep and Aditya Chunduru You’re reading it here first: Twitter has complied with government requests to censor 52 tweets that mostly criticised...

News

Rajesh Kumar* doesn’t have many enemies in life. But, Uber, for which he drives a cab everyday, is starting to look like one, he...

MediaNama is the premier source of information and analysis on Technology Policy in India. More about MediaNama, and contact information, here.

© 2008-2021 Mixed Bag Media Pvt. Ltd. Developed By PixelVJ

Subscribe to our daily newsletter
Name:*
Your email address:*
*
Please enter all required fields Click to hide
Correct invalid entries Click to hide

© 2008-2021 Mixed Bag Media Pvt. Ltd. Developed By PixelVJ