BMG Music Canada was the

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division of BMG, located in

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, Canada.

History

BMG was formed in 1970. In 1986, it acquired

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. In the acquisition, the company acquired RCA Victor Ltd. to form BMG Music Canada as part of a worldwide renaming of RCA's international division to BMG. The next year BMG created a Canadian division of

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with BMG International, N.V. Previously working for

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albums, it acquired the

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-based Interdisc Distribution Inc. to form BMG Québec, in 1990, originally as BMG Musique du Québec under the direction of Nicolas Ferrier. In the 1990s BMG released a number of dance compilation albums. In 1995, Paul Alofs was appointed President of BMG Canada, and former artist manager Keith Porteous was promoted to Vice President. Soon after, BMG arranged to be the Canadian distributor for the band

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. In 1998, Lisa Zbitnew who had served as General Manager the previous year, was appointed President. In 2004, the label merged with

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to create Sony BMG Music Canada Inc.

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Record labels established in 1970 Record labels disestablished in 2004 Bertelsmann subsidiaries Companies based in Toronto Defunct record labels of Canada {{Canada-record-label-stub

History

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