PolyGram

PolyGram was the name from 1972 of the major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1998, it was sold to Seagram and made part of Universal Music Group.

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In 1929, Decca Records (London) licensed record shop owner H.W. van Zoelen as a distributor in the Netherlands. By 1931, his company Hollandsche Decca Distributie (HDD) had become exclusive Decca

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distributor for all of the Netherlands and its colonies. Over the course of

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the 1930s, HDD put together its own facilities for A&R, recording and

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Philips: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Dutch Philips Electronics Ltd.), usually known as Philips, is one of the largest consumer electronics producers in the world. In 2004, their sales were € 30.3 billion and they employed 161,586 people in more than 60 countries. Philips is organized in ...