55-397: Demon Music Group Limited ( DMG ; formerly Object Enterprises Limited from 1982–1991 and Music Collection International Limited from 1991–2000) is a record company owned by BBC Studios that is mainly concerned with back-catalogue rights and re-issuing recordings as compilations on physical media (CDs and vinyl) via supermarkets and specialist stores. DMG started out as Demon Records ,
110-467: A British record label , founded in 1980 by former United Artists A&R executive Andrew Lauder and Jake Riviera . Riviera had previously started Stiff Records and, with Lauder, had also founded Radar Records in 1978 and F-Beat in 1979. The label was originally planned to release one-off singles, with early releases from the Subterraneans (featuring NME journalist Nick Kent ),
165-671: A compilation entitled The Best of M People which also contained three new tracks: " Testify ", " Dreaming " and a cover of the Doobie Brothers classic: " What a Fool Believes ". The album went on to sell 1.75 million, peaked at number 2 and was certified 3× platinum. Of the three new tracks, "Testify" and "Dreaming" were released as singles. "Testify" got to number 12 in October 1998 and "Dreaming" got to number 13 in February 1999, their eighteenth and final single to date. After
220-577: A Miracle in 2006. M People toured once again in 2007 as part of the Forestry Commission 's 2007 Forest Tours at Delamere Forest , Cheshire; Dalby Forest , North Yorkshire Moors ; Thetford Forest , Suffolk and Westonbirt Arboretum , Wiltshire to support The Forestry Commission's social and environmental programmes. Small said: "We have played in many different locations but never in forests so we’re really looking forward to doing these gigs". In addition to these gigs M People performed at
275-501: A crowd of 60,000 at party celebrating the Euro 1996 football championships. In March 1997, lead singer Heather Small gave birth to her son. With the closure by BMG of the deConstruction label in 1996, the band founded their own record label , M People Records, to release the forthcoming album. In September they released the lead single " Just for You ", which peaked at number 8 on the chart and two weeks later, their album Fresco ,
330-459: A following in and around the Manchester club scene, where Pickering was still DJing. Their first album Northern Soul provided other singles, including a full release of " Colour My Life ", " Someday " and " Excited ", followed by a re-release and repackaging of the album. 1993 started with the re-released and remixed single from 1991's " How Can I Love You More? " which was released at
385-468: A further 30% to a new target of £1.5bn in the five years from 2022/2023. BBC Studios Ltd. as a production company was first registered on 27 February 2015. In September 2015, the BBC's general director Tony Hall announced a proposal to split the BBC's in-house production units for non-news television programming into a separate BBC Studios division, which would eventually, with BBC Trust approval as part of
440-405: A member of Factory Records dance act Quando Quango , but became more noted as one of the original DJs at The Haçienda . Paul Heard was a member of acid jazz band Ace of Clubs, and Shovell had previously been in the collective Natural Life . The original plan had been to have a roster of different singers for different songs but having been spotted by Pickering and Heard, Heather Small became
495-471: A public entity. The proposal was described by The Guardian as being "one of the biggest changes to the BBC in its 93-year history". The proposal attracted criticism from independent studios, who felt that it would result in the formation of a "super-indie" that would unduly benefit from "guaranteed" programme commissions from the BBC. As part of the split, the BBC planned to tender its programmes, so that independent producers and BBC Studios could bid for
550-447: A stake in a variety of different production companies. BBC Records was a division of the BBC founded in 1967 to commercially exploit the corporation's output for radio and television for both educational and domestic use. In the 1990s licensing and marketing of the BBC's recorded output become the responsibility of BBC Worldwide (formerly BBC Enterprises) , and the corporation ceased
605-532: A television network co-owned by WarnerMedia). In February 2021, BBC Studios launched a new streaming brand in North America known as BBC Select , dedicated to factual content. On 22 February 2021, BBC Studios signed a first-look deal with Gobstopper Group. In March 2021, it was announced that the BBC Children's Productions and BBC Global News units would also be transferred into BBC Studios. With
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#1732793705666660-627: Is also known for releasing a large number of compilation albums, with multi-genre compilation brands including the Absolute Hits series of single-disc collections (through Crimson) and the budget-range 100 Hits series of five-disc box sets each themed to a particular genre or era of music. These have proved successful, with the 100 Hits series alone amassing sales of 1.5 million units in its first 18 months on sale. The firm also releases genre-based compilation sets through labels such as Harmless (funk) and Nascente ( world music ). The artwork for
715-603: The 1980s. In 1998, Demon was acquired by Crimson Productions and the record label was merged with its Westside Records operation. In 2002, Westside issued a double CD compilation album of blues from Ace Records . The company is now known as the Demon Music Group and releases records by artists such as Jane McDonald and Marti Pellow . Demon is also the European licensee of the Hi Records catalog. The firm
770-471: The BBC agreed to place production of much of its non-news programmes to tender , allowing third-party independents to compete with BBC Studios on bids to produce them. The merger of BBC Studios and BBC Worldwide in 2018, brought the company in line with other major multinational studio conglomerates. BBC Studios Productions was the UK's most commissioned creator of new content in 2019, with 77 new commissions from
825-423: The BBC and third-parties. It achieved 73 awards and 202 nominations in 2019/2020. BBC Studios represents formats and programmes made by hundreds of independent producers, as well as its own production teams and returned £176m to the independent sector in 2018/2019. The company is on track to meet its five-year target of returning £1.2bn to the BBC by 2021/2022. BBC Studios has committed to growing this total by
880-419: The BBC announced that it planned to lay off 300 employees from the division seen as redundant. In December 2016, BBC Studios announced that it had reached an agreement with Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (PACT) in regards to the tendering plan, stating that it would tender at least 40% of the "in-house guarantee" within two years of approval of the transition. The BBC Trust subsequently approved
935-747: The BBC's Natural History Unit to acquire exclusive subscription video-on-demand rights to its content worldwide (which would be incorporated into a forthcoming global streaming brand ), and co-fund a development team. Discovery had previously served as the Natural History's Unit U.S. partner until 2013. In August 2019, BBC Studios announced a long-term deal with WarnerMedia 's upcoming HBO Max for streaming rights to past seasons of top BBC programmes such as Doctor Who , The Honourable Woman , Luther , and Top Gear . In January 2020, it also sold second-window streaming rights to 14 series to CW Seed (a video on-demand platform operated by The CW ,
990-496: The BBC, and the rest of the former BBC Television division (channels and genre commissioning, including BBC Sport and BBC iPlayer ) are part of the BBC Content division. The BBC Studios production division was formed in 2016 and launched as a commercial entity in 2017, enabling it to produce programming for other broadcasters and services to generate profit to return to the BBC to supplement licence fee income. In exchange,
1045-645: The Bangles being released. In addition to these compilations, Crimson Productions had also signed modern acts like Le Flex and country-pop trio the Adelaides. During 2013, Demon's subsidiary company Edsel released the entire Island Records back catalogue of Robert Palmer . There was initial concern on forums such as the Steve Hoffman boards that the mp3 files had been used as the masters of all eight albums, as many had returned their CDs. Annoyed fans scanned
1100-644: The Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. They are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) and were first introduced in 1955. The Mercury Prize is an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The NME Awards are annual music awards show founded by
1155-469: The Come Again Tour and two more singles were lifted from a re-issued album: Bizarre Fruit II which charted and peaked one place higher at number 3; these singles were a remixed " Love Rendezvous " and " Itchycoo Park ". The former was the least successful single from the album charting at number 32, and the latter was a cover of The Small Faces 1967 single, which charted at number 11, although
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#17327937056661210-652: The Come Again tour. Also included was a book with notes from the band, rare photos and a handwritten copy of the lyrics to "Search for the Hero". Session saxophonist Snake Davis provided saxophone for the band on songs such as "Moving on Up" and "Search for the Hero". Studio albums Compilations and other albums The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry 's annual pop music awards. The Ivor Novello Awards , named after
1265-806: The Hampton Court Festival in Surrey , London on 12 June 2007, and the Chichester Real Ale and Jazz festival on 4 July 2007. Elsewhere, they played a concert in Warsaw , Poland on 7 September 2007. The band also played some festival dates in 2008 before Small starred as a contestant in that year's BBC1 's Strictly Come Dancing in the UK. In 2012, as part of a series of Summer Concerts in Kew Gardens from 3–8 July, M People were one of five acts performing live on each day of
1320-559: The Libertines) for an expert opinion. Watson found the CDs spectrograms and audio were consistent with being mastered from mp3 files. The audio cuts off at 16 kHz and there are stereo artifacts . The manager of Edsel did not respond. BBC Studios BBC Studios Limited is a British content company. It is a commercial subsidiary of the BBC that was formed in April 2018 through
1375-577: The Nascente-released Beginner's Guide series (particularly Beginner's Guide to Africa ) may have provided inspiration for similar artwork used by Blur on their 2009 EMI collection, Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur . After licensing the recordings of Ant & Dec from Phoenix Music International for a series of greatest hits compilations, the Edsel label got a fluke number one when " Let's Get Ready to Rhumble " re-charted at
1430-590: The Spectres (formed by Glen Matlock ), TV21, and Department S . Demon's first chart success came with Department S's " Is Vic There? " which reached No. 22 on the UK singles chart . Further chart success followed with Bananarama 's " Aie a Mwana ". The label then changed direction towards launching long-term artists. Lauder left to join Island Records in 1981, and Demon started a subsidiary label, Edsel Records,
1485-631: The Top 5 on release and peaked at No. 2, remaining on the chart until the following summer and later winning the band a Mercury Music Prize . A further two Top 10 singles followed: " Don't Look Any Further " (a cover of the Dennis Edwards song, the video for which was shot in Berlin ) in December, and "Renaissance" which was used as the theme tune to the BBC 2 show, The Living Soap , sending
1540-508: The US, the BBC's second largest non-UK news market behind India. In June 2023, BBC Studios announced the acquisition of Scandinavian production company STV (not to be confused with Scotland's STV Group ). The Copenhagen-based company will be rebranded BBC Studios Nordic Productions. In October 2023, press reports confirmed that BBC Studios had reached a multi-million pound financial settlement to compensate Top Gear presenter Freddie Flintoff for
1595-591: The album was " Open Your Heart ", which became their seventh consecutive Top Ten hit in two years and at the Brit Awards '95 they collaborated with Sting on his track " If You Love Somebody Set Them Free ". Their third single " Search for the Hero " was later used in the TV advertising campaign for the Peugeot 406 . The song got to number 9 in the chart . In 1995, the band embarked on their first world tour entitled
1650-493: The change, BBC Studios will handle international distribution and advertising sales for BBC World News , while the public service BBC News operation will assume editorial control of the channel. More recently, the studio had set up a development deal with EbonyLife Media, which was affiliated with Sony Pictures Television , headed by Mo Abudu . In August 2022, it was revealed that BBC Studios planned to launch an international newsletter business, initially focusing on Canada and
1705-668: The chart until April 1997, becoming one of the biggest selling albums of the decade. They made some outdoor live UK performances called the Summer M Parties in June 1996, at Crystal Palace , Alton Towers plus a televised performance on BBC 1 on 29 June 1996 from Old Trafford , Manchester for The Crowd are on the Pitch: The Euro '96 Extravanganza , where they performed along with bands Dodgy , Madness and fellow Mancunians Simply Red and comedians Nick Hancock and Jo Brand to
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1760-600: The choice of the latter song to cover drew negative comments from the media. In the United States, their biggest success was on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where they achieved five Top 5 singles, four of which hit number one . After touring and promotion of Bizarre Fruit II for 18 months the band took a break in 1996. The album, having been released in November 1995, did not leave
1815-465: The companies agreed to break apart their UKTV joint venture, with Discovery (which had acquired a stake in UKTV after its purchase of Scripps Networks Interactive ) acquiring the BBC's stake in UKTV's lifestyle channels, and BBC Studios likewise acquiring Discovery's stakes in UKTV's entertainment channels and the video on-demand service UKTV Play . In addition, Discovery announced a 10-year agreement with
1870-482: The creation of BBC Studios as a commercial subsidiary, with the process expected to be completed in April 2017. On 29 November 2017, the BBC announced that BBC Worldwide would be merged into BBC Studios effective 1 April 2018. The BBC stated that by handling both the production and sales of its programming within one unit, it would improve efficiency and be in line with the "global norms" of other major international media companies. Technically, BBC Ventures Group Ltd.
1925-480: The direct release of recorded material, instead licensing its products to other companies. BBC Worldwide was merged into BBC Studios from 2018, which now licenses the use of the BBC logo on commercial recordings. BritBox is an over-the-top subscription video on-demand brand, which includes original programming commissioned or acquired by the company, and third-party content licensed from other UK channels such as BBC , ITV , Channel 4 and Channel 5 . The service
1980-479: The distinctive vocalist of the group. She had been in the English soul band Hot House , which had released a number of critically acclaimed records without scoring any major success. Their first release came in the form of " Colour My Life ", a limited white label pressing which got them some recognition, but it was the first official single " How Can I Love You More? " that gave them their first Top 30 hit and
2035-530: The end of January and provided the band with their first Top 10 single, peaking at number 8. While this single was in the chart the band were working on new material for the second album to be released that autumn; a preliminary single, " One Night in Heaven " was released in the summer and peaked at number 6. It provided them with a dance/pop success that set up a bigger worldwide hit with the second single, " Moving On Up ". The album Elegant Slumming went into
2090-405: The files with professional audio analyzing software such as Adobe Audition and Audacity, to find that all the frequencies of the recordings were cut off at 16 kHz. The blog Superdeluxeedition had put these claims to the manager of Edsel Records, Val Jennings, who vehemently refuted the claims. Superdeluxeedition asked producer Nick Watson (who had worked for The Kinks , Faith No More , and
2145-562: The five days. The other acts included Status Quo , Will Young , James Morrison and the Gipsy Kings . M People performed a 60-minute set on Wednesday 4 July supported by Chic featuring Nile Rodgers . In April 2013, it was announced that the band would undertake an extensive fourteen date Greatest Hits Tour in October to mark 20 years since the release of the Mercury Music Prize -winning album Elegant Slumming . This
2200-482: The injuries he sustained in a car crash when filming a Top Gear episode in December 2022. In March 2024, BBC Studios had announced that they have acquired Melbourne-based Australian live-action production powerhouse company Werner Film Productions based and placed the acquired company under their Australian division BBC Studios Productions Australia expanding their operations in Australia. BBC Studios has built up
2255-496: The merger of the BBC's commercial production arm and the BBC's commercial international distribution arm, BBC Worldwide . BBC Studios creates, develops, produces, distributes, broadcasts, finances and sells content around the world, returning around £ 200 million to the BBC annually in dividends and content investment. BBC Studios Productions brings together the majority of BBC Television 's former in-house production departments; Factual, Drama, Comedy (both combined as Scripted in
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2310-399: The new division), Entertainment, and Music & Events. BBC Children's production is set to move into BBC Studios Productions from April 2022 to increase the potential of taking British children's content to the wider global market, along with BBC Three 's in-house production team, which is joining from April 2021. BBC News and BBC Radio remain separate internal production divisions in
2365-498: The next revision to the BBC's charter, be spun-out as a for-profit subsidiary of the BBC. This proposal would allow the BBC's units to produce programmes for other broadcasters and digital outlets (which could be done in conjunction with its international distribution arm BBC Worldwide ) in addition to the BBC's publicly funded properties. As a for-profit company, BBC Studios would be allowed to pay higher wages to its executives and talent, and no longer face scrutiny over them as it did as
2420-411: The release of The Best of M People , the band took an extended hiatus. Heather Small recorded a successful solo album: Proud and it seemed that the band had split. However, a re-packaged greatest hits album entitled Ultimate Collection and released in 2005 led the band to embark on a short promotional tour of the UK. Small continued to pursue a solo career releasing her second solo album Close to
2475-450: The rights to produce its non-news programming, outside of top shows (such as Doctor Who ) assigned to BBC Studios. The re-organisation and formation of BBC Studios as a division of the BBC was completed in April 2016. In September 2016, the BBC announced that it would tender its non-news programmes over the next 11 years, beginning with programmes such as A Question of Sport , Holby City and Songs of Praise . In October 2016,
2530-508: The same year, for reissues of 1960s and 1970s albums. By 1982, Lauder had returned, and Demon had spawned further sub-labels, including Hi Records (the Memphis soul label) and Drop Out (psychedelic rock). Demon was also the home of sub-label Zippo, which released albums by American artists such as Dream Syndicate , Green on Red , True West , Rain Parade , Russ Tolman , amongst others in
2585-501: The service with ITVX . M People M People (stylised as People ) is an English dance music band that formed in 1990 and achieved success throughout most of the 1990s. The name M People is taken from the first letter of the first name of band member Mike Pickering, who formed the group. In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked them as the 83rd most successful dance act of all time. As of 2021, M People have sold over 11 million records worldwide Pickering had been
2640-618: The single to number 5 in the UK Singles Chart . In 1994 and 1995, M People won the BRIT Award for Best British Dance Act, the latter as a result of the release of Bizarre Fruit . The first single from that album was " Sight for Sore Eyes " which climbed to number 6, helping the album to enter the UK Albums Chart and peak at No. 4 and stay in the Top 10 for four months into the following year. The second single from
2695-468: The single, " Fantasy Island " (number 33) and went on a fifteen-date UK Tour supporting the album to rave reviews. The final single lifted off the album was " Angel St " which got to number 8 and earned them their tenth Top 10 chart hit in March 1998, making the band one of the most consistent hit-makers of the 1990s on both sales and airplay. During the middle of 1998, the band prepared for their fifth album,
2750-468: The top in April 2013. By the end 2020, Demon's Crimson Productions had charted numerous times over the previous two years with their Gold series of 3CD 'hits and mixes' albums (with Dr. Hook being new at number 54 on the albums chart of 3 December 2020). A small number of these chart-bound Gold compilations would be based upon catalogue already owned by DMG, though most utilised the masters owned by Sony Music , with collections by Bros , M People and
2805-421: Was announced by BBC Worldwide and ITV plc as a joint venture in 2016 and launched in 2017 in North America; the international service remains a joint venture of BBC Studios and ITV plc. A separately managed UK version of the service launched in 2019 but is now a fully owned subsidiary of ITV, after they announced in 2022 that they had bought out the BBC and its other partners with the intention of integrating
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#17327937056662860-438: Was named Firebird Pictures and signed an international distribution deal to distribute Firebird's programmes. Three years later in October 2022, BBC Studios announce that they had taken full control of independent drama production label Firebird Pictures by acquiring the remaining stake in the indie outfit and placed Firebird under their subsidiaries. In April 2019, BBC Studios announced various agreements with Discovery, Inc. ;
2915-419: Was released and went in the UK Albums Chart at number two, going on to sell 1.1 million copies and certified platinum. The band achieved their third multi-platinum selling album and this time appeared on Jools Holland's BBC 2 show, performing album tracks "Never Mind Love", " Angel St " and Small also performed, solo, the million-selling charity single that she appeared on, " Perfect Day ". Fresco also bore
2970-494: Was renamed BBC Studios Group Ltd. on 3 April 2018, and then BBC Studios Ltd. 1 October 2018; also in October, the production company established in 2015 was renamed BBC Studios Productions Ltd., and so did BBC Worldwide Ltd. , which was renamed BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. In February 2019, BBC Studios had announced that they've taken a 25% minority stake in the new independent drama production company founded by former BBC executives Elizabeth Kilgarriff and Craig Holleworth which
3025-437: Was the band's first UK Tour since 2005's Ultimate Collection Tour, although Pickering did not take part. In 2019, it was announced that a box set of the M People catalogue was scheduled to be released. The box set, titled Renaissance , was released in March 2020 and included all five of the group's albums, as well as a large selection of bonus remixes and two DVDs that presented the group's music videos and live performances from
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