Music Business News: Austria

Tilmann Richter joins Sony Music Germany as Vice President Live Ventures

Richter will lead Sony Music's live division and the development of live campaigns for Sony Music artists

Deezer teams with European telco A1 Telekom to launch new co-branded streaming service, A1 Xplore Music, across Eastern Europe and Austria

New service will be available to around 8.5m A1 customers in Austria, Slovenia and Bulgaria

Spotify expands Discover Weekly brand sponsorship into 9 EMEA markets

'Now advertisers can own the discover moment on Spotify.'

Austrian Supreme Court rules against secondary ticket seller Viagogo, forcing transparency on platforms

Ruling forces Viagogo or similar websites to disclose the identity of ticket sellers

As concert income drops, could fan investments create a new revenue stream for artists?

Swiss Estus AG invests $1.7m in Austrian fan-funding startup Global Rockstar

Schubert Music, best known as a publisher, launches 10 record labels, inks Orchard deal

Each label will specialize in specific genres, from Alternative to Pop, Dance and Post-Punk to Latin

SoundCloud Go+ launches in Austria

Platform's premium tier is now available in 15 countries

UMPG names Thomas Vidovic as MD, Germany and SVP, Austria & Switzerland; Diana Muñoz promoted to SVP, Finance and Administration

Both promotions are effective immediately