Entertainment and others EMI  EMI is the world’s largest independent music company, operating directly in 50 countries and with licensees in a further 20 and employing over 6,300 people. Revenues in the last financial year were nearly £2 billion, generating operating profit of over £250 million.
The company comprises two divisions – EMI Music, one of the top global recorded music companies, and EMI Music Publishing, the world’s largest and most successful music publisher. As an owner of digital music content, EMI is extremely well positioned to capitalise on the rapid growth of digital music. EMI’s strategy is to deliver music to consumers in any form, at any time and in any place. During the 2005/06 financial year, digital revenues grew 135% to £112 million. Universal Music Group  Universal Music Group (UMG) leads the music industry in global sales with an estimated worldwide market share in 2005 of 25.6%. Its global operations encompass the development, marketing, sales and distribution of recorded music through a network of subsidiaries, joint ventures and licensees in 75 countries, representing approximately 98% of the music market. UMG is the #1 company in countries which together represent more than 50% of the global music market sales, including the U.S. and the U.K. UMG’s business also includes music publishing.
Universal Music Group International is the division that manages UMG’s businesses in countries outside of North America. Warner / Chappell  The Warner/Chappell name is synonymous with great music. Warner Chappell represents songs and songwriters from every country in the world, with diverse catalogues rich in tradition and history. Warner/Chappell publishes music in all forms, from Symphonic to Soul, Be-Bop to Broadway, Tangos to Techno, Romance to Rock -- always part of the new, while preserving our connection with the great songs and composers that define the golden age of Popular Music in the 20th Century.
WASPA  The Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association (WASPA) was launched on 26 August 2004 in Sandown, Gauteng with the full support of the three network operators: Cell C, MTN and Vodacom.
WASPA’s mission is to provide a non-profit forum in which members can address issues of common interest and interface with industry stakeholders, network operators, government and regulatory organisations, both locally and internationally so that end-users receive world-class service and industry participants earn a fair return on their investments.
WASPA’s mission success factors are to: - Determine the needs of end-users in South Africa on an on-going basis;
- Be a source and repository of relevant information for its members;
- Promote ethical and sound business practices amongst its members;
- Provide guidance from time to time on any regulatory issues that may affect WASPA and its members;
- Influence industry regulation and policy in South Africa concerning structures, policies, tariffs and competition;
- Support and promote the implementation of regulated competition in the mobile service providers’ industry;
- Keep track of international communication trends;
- Promote staff development and training in respect of its members;
- Support where possible the social and economic development objectives of governments and civil society;
- Promote effective cooperation and partnership amongst members and other organisations in attainment of these objectives.
Mobibase  Mobibase was created in 2002. Mobibase has today become the leader platform in content dedicated to mobile, in particular visual content (wallpapers, screensavers, themes, Flash Lite and videos).
Since its creation, Mobibase’s development is based on a strong catalogue dynamic. Today we have more than 330 right owners based in 30 countries and more than 50,000 contents. This has allowed Mobibase, with a voluntarist wap policy, to become one of the first wap sites publishers in France with a lot of successful deployments in Europe and Asia.
Many brands have chosen Mobibase to accompany them in their mobile projects creation. Mobibase is now entering the mobile TV era with a Mobile TV Solution program and production of mobile dedicated channels. |
