C Major Announces Deals on Elton John Special

BERLIN, December 6: Broadcasters in more than ten markets
have come on board for Elton John’s performance from the AVO Session music
festival in Basel, Switzerland, distributed by the recently launched C Major
Entertainment.

Produced by Swiss Television SF, the two-hour special, Elton
John plays AVO Session from Basel, filmed
November 18, has scored deals in Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Finland, the Czech
Republic, Slovenia, Hungary and China, among others. Other performances from
the acclaimed music festival in Basel available for international broadcasters
include Miriam Makeba, Shaggy and Cassandra Wilson.

C Major is a new company providing consulting, marketing and
distribution services for music programming. In addition to working with the
organizers of AVO Session, C Major is distributing the UNITEL catalogue,
featuring performances by the likes of Leonard Bernstein and Placido Domingo,
among others.