Universal Germany accused of video payola
Tuesday, Dec 9th 2003 at 12:00AMUniversal Music Germany and local broadcaster Viva struck an agreement last year that that music TV channel would play 50 videos in its "Newcomer" rotation slot during the next 12 months in exchange for a payment of Euros18,000 per track plus Euros0.20 of any related album unit sales, according to the magazine.
The magazine reports that the deal dates back to a meeting between Universal Germany CEO Tim Renner and Viva founder Dieter Gorny in September last year. A few weeks later ...
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