NEW MOBILE PARTNER

The Orchard continues to dominate the mobile space. Here's an exciting new mobile partnership that expands our unmatched ringtone distribution network into the world of full-length track downloads.

GROOVE MOBILE - US
Massachusetts-based Groove Mobile supplies full-length track downloads [not ringtone clips, but entire original master recordings] to the UK's leading mobile music service, Orange [UK], in addition to carriers like Telenor [Norway], ERA [Poland], T-Mobile [Hungary], Pannon [Hungary], Eurotel [Czech Republic] and SRR Reunion [France]. Groove has also developed advanced software that facilitates digital music transfers between from computer to mobile handset and vice-versa. Groove Mobile will supply a portion of The Orchard's catalogue to its European partners for full-track mobile downloads.

SEE COMPLETE LISTS OF ORCHARD-SUPPLIED DIGITAL STORES AND MOBILE PARTNERS.

NEW IN-STORE PLACEMENTS

Our Marketing and Merchandising team works daily to connect cool music from around the world to audiences on distant shores. Here are only a handful of recent results of The Orchard's ongoing global promotional extravaganza.

1) Shiv Kumar Sharma's album The Elements: Water topped iTunes Greece's Top 10 World Music Album Chart, in addition to making Top 10 lists in France, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Spain. Tracks from the album also appeared on iTunes' Top 10 Singles Charts in Finland, Greece, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.

2) The Orchard-assembled Kenya Music Sampler - a collection of tracks culled from the extensive library of The Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) - was prominently featured on eMusic this month. The compilation was a smashing success; it made #1 on eMusic's PowerChart for the most downloaded album of the day.

3) More iTunes wins from around the world: The Orchard catalogue notched 133 placements on iTunes Australia, including multiple titles on their Children's Music page. Canadian classical music label Analekta received major placements on iTunes Canada. And iTunes Spain featured Novalima's album Afro on its homepage and on its Latin Music homepage.

Here in the US, The Orchard continues to generate great placements for our artists and labels:

4) Napster US featured three Delicious Vinyl placements on its homepage. Two Delicious Vinyl albums also made eMusic's Top New Albums chart.

5) Laura Cantrell's album Not The Trembling Kind was featured as a staff pick on the Real Rhapsody homepage.

WELCOME, NEW LABELS

WINDSTAR PRODUCTIONS / JOHN DENVER [US] - Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Pop.
Catalogue: John Denver catalogue, includes re-recorded versions of hits like "Rocky Mountain High" and "Sunshine On My Shoulders."

AKKIRAZ MUSIC [TURKEY] - World Music.
Artists: Popular Turkish folk singer Sabahat Akkiraz, Erol Parlak.

MEDIA RECORDS [ITALY] - Electronic.
Artists: 49ers, Cappella, Gigi D'Agostino, Mauro Picotto, Mario Piu', Joy Kitikonti, Cube Guys, DJ Professor & Zappala', Antico.

NAVRAS RECORDS [UK]- Indian Music.
Artists: Anuradha Pal, Ustad Shafaat Ahmed, Pandit Jasraj, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Lakshmi Shankar, Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur, Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, Nikhil Bannerjee and many others.

TIME RECORDS [ITALY] - Dance.
Artists: Jinny, Usura, The Outhere Brothers, The Tamperer feat. Maya, Black Legend, O-Zone and more.

INDUSTRY NEWS

iTUNES OUTSELLS CD STORES AS DIGITAL REVOLUTION GATHERS PACE
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/netmusic/story/0,13368,1649421,00.html?gusrc=rss

STUDY: 1 IN 5 TEENS DOWNLOADED AT LEAST 10 RINGTONES IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051121/nym040.html?.v=31

XM INTEGRATES NAPSTER FOR RADIO DOWNLOADS
http://news.com.com/XM+integrates+Napster+for+radio+downloads/2100-1027_3-5964618.html

APPLE SELLS 100 MILLION DOWNLOADS IN EUROPE
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=13310&Page=1&pagePos=2

UPCOMING EVENTS

BUSINESS AND LEGAL CHALLENGES FOR 2006 IN DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT DISTRIBUTION: December 8-9, London UK
http://www.c5-online.com/Legal/digitalentertainment.htm?PageMode=HTML
Speakers from Sony BMG, Universal Music, EMI, Walt Disney, Warner Bros, Yahoo, BPI and the British Academy of Composers & Songwriters [among many others] will gather for two days of panels and seminars to discuss the rapid development of digital entertainment distribution. Orchard co-founder Scott Cohen will participate in a panel called "Challenges to the Pan-European Distribution of Digital Music."

MIDEM: January 22-26, Cannes FRANCE
http://www.midem.com
Over the past 40 years, MIDEM has become the most important music industry conference in the world, where 9,300 music professionals from 92 countries meet to explore business opportunities, learn about tomorrow's industry, make deals and enjoy live music. The Orchard will be stationed on the tradeshow floor, at booth R31.17. Look for the big helium Orchard balloon soaring above!

ALSO UPCOMING

3GSM WORLD CONGRESS: February 13-16, Barcelona SPAIN
http://www.3gsmworldcongress.com

PORTO MUSICAL: February 19-22, Pernambuco BRAZIL
http://www.portomusical.com

SXSW: March 13-19, Austin TX
http://www.sxsw.com

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