DGG, owned by Siemens AG, and well known for its classical repertoire, had been the German licensee for Decca from 1935. PPI's second attempt at a merger was with Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft (DGG). In the early 1950s, Philips set itself the goal of making PPI the largest record company in Europe. (PolyGram finally acquired Decca in 1980.) A merger was first proposed with Decca of London in late 1945, but was rejected by Edward Lewis, Decca's owner. PPI's early growth was based on alliances. During the late 1940s, Philips combined its various music businesses into Philips Phonografische Industrie ( PPI), a wholly owned subsidiary. In the 1940s, the record business was spread out within Philips: research in the Eindhoven labs, development elsewhere in Eindhoven, recording in Hilversum, manufacturing in Doetinchem, distribution from Amsterdam, and exports from Eindhoven. Philips Phonografische Industrie (PPI), 1950–1962 Recording took place in Hilversum, whereas development took place in Eindhoven. Philips' labs were developing magnetic tape and LPs, and they could support eventual new formats, although other record companies were notably unenthusiastic about experimenting with new formats.Īfter the war, Philips built a large factory in Doetinchem to produce 78 rpm records. In the mid 20th century, the majority of large recording companies manufactured both gramophones and records Philips CEO Anton Philips noted the risk in creating gramophones without an interest in music recording and record manufacture, and that Radio Corporation of America (RCA) had merged with the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1929 for this reason. This led Philips to purchase HDD in 1942. Van Zoelen wanted to sell to Philips so that HDD would have sufficient financial backing when their major competitors returned after the war. HDD was commercially successful during World War II because of the absence of American and British competition. Over the course of the 1930s, HDD put together its own facilities for A&R, recording, and manufacturing. By 1931, his company Hollandsche Decca Distributie ( HDD) had become exclusive Decca distributor for all of the Netherlands and its colonies. Van Zoelen as a distributor in the Netherlands. In 1929, Decca Records (London) licensed record shop owner H.W. ![]() History Hollandsche Decca Distributie (HDD), 1929–1950 In February 2017, UMG revived the company under the name of PolyGram Entertainment, which currently serves as their film and television division. Vivendi remains the majority owner of the Universal Music Group (while the film and television division was sold to NBCUniversal) until 2021. When the newly formed entertainment division of Seagram faced financial difficulties, it was sold to Vivendi, and MCA became known as Universal Studios, as Seagram ceased to exist. PolyGram was thereby folded into Universal Music Group, and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment was folded into Universal Pictures, which had been both Seagram successors of MCA Inc. In May 1998, it was sold to the alcoholic distiller Seagram which owned film, television and music company Universal Studios. ![]() Later on, PolyGram expanded into the largest global entertainment company, creating film and television divisions. The company traced its origins through Deutsche Grammophon back to the inventor of the flat disc gramophone, Emil Berliner. The name was chosen to reflect the Siemens interest Polydor Records and the Philips interest Phonogram Records. It was founded in 1962 as the Grammophon-Philips Group by Dutch corporation Philips and German corporation Siemens, to be a holding for their record companies, and was renamed "PolyGram" in 1972. ![]() was a multinational entertainment company and major music record label formerly based in the Netherlands.
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