Impact of Sony/BMG Split on BMG Music Service & Columbia House DVD Club

MinLShaw · 10-26-08, 01:21 PM

Once upon a time there were music and movie labels owned by Sony, and some music labels owned by BMG. Columbia House offered music and movie clubs, and BMG had its music club. Then, Sony and BMG merged. Columbia House's music service folded into BMG's, but kept its movie club going. BMG had some bugaboo about pushing Sony/BMG products (i.e., Sony/BMG music on X-Box Live, but not for Sony PS3).

I didn't really see this impact the movie titles offered by Columbia House, but Sony/BMG titles have been completely absent from the BMG Music Service for a year now (except for some premium titles). Now that Sony has bought out BMG's half and now own all the music labels in their entirety, is it likely that their titles will show up in the club again? I can't actually find anything online that indicates which party got the clubs in the divorce.

10-26-08, 01:21 PM	#1
MinLShaw DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,470	Impact of Sony/BMG Split on BMG Music Service & Columbia House DVD Club Once upon a time there were music and movie labels owned by Sony, and some music labels owned by BMG. Columbia House offered music and movie clubs, and BMG had its music club. Then, Sony and BMG merged. Columbia House's music service folded into BMG's, but kept its movie club going. BMG had some bugaboo about pushing Sony/BMG products (i.e., Sony/BMG music on X-Box Live, but not for Sony PS3). I didn't really see this impact the movie titles offered by Columbia House, but Sony/BMG titles have been completely absent from the BMG Music Service for a year now (except for some premium titles). Now that Sony has bought out BMG's half and now own all the music labels in their entirety, is it likely that their titles will show up in the club again? I can't actually find anything online that indicates which party got the clubs in the divorce.