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16.40: I’m sat here in the Koko venue in Camden for Nokia’s Remix event. Suitably uplifting dubby-trance music is playing, the bar is a hubbub of journalists drinking as much free champers as possible before having to sit down, and there are lots of Nokia people looking slightly nervous. Possibly because they’re getting the bar bill.

Yes, it’s Nokia Remix, the event at which Nokia will (hopefully) announce the final details of its Comes With Music rollout in the UK, although strong rumours suggest they’ll also show off their new ‘Tube’ phone for the first time too. It’s all due to kick off at 5pm, and assuming my HSDPA dongle doesn’t catch on fire, I’ll be liveblogging it.

Stay tuned. Oh, and this post will be updated in chronological order, so you’ll need to click the link underneath and keep refreshing to get updates. Assuming that’s what you’re doing, of course.

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An interview with Pim Betist, Sellaband founder.

Music Ally TV presents The Great Escape 2008: Keynote interview between Terry McBride, CEO and Co-Founder, Nettwerk Music Group and Jeremy Silver, ex head of new media, EMI and now Managing Director, Avid Education / Sibelius. Part 3 of 3 videos.

Music Ally TV presents The Great Escape 2008: Keynote interview between Terry McBride, CEO and Co-Founder, Nettwerk Music Group and Jeremy Silver, ex head of new media, EMI and now Managing Director, Avid Education / Sibelius. Part 2 of 3 videos.

Music Ally TV presents The Great Escape 2008: Keynote interview between Terry McBride, CEO and Co-Founder, Nettwerk Music Group and Jeremy Silver, ex head of new media, EMI and now Managing Director, Avid Education / Sibelius. Part 1 of 3 videos.

Music Ally TV presents The Great Escape 2008: The Leading Question & Music Ally Research Findings. Part 3 of 3 videos.

Music Ally TV presents The Great Escape 2008: The Leading Question & Music Ally Research Findings. Part 2 of 3 videos.

Music Ally TV presents The Great Escape 2008: The Leading Question & Music Ally Research Findings. Part 1 of 3 videos.

Extracts from the hour long panel session at MIDEM 2008 on the changing relationship between fans, artists and the music business chaired by Music Ally director Steve Mayall

MidemNet 2008: U2 Manager Paul McGuinness speaks