HMV Group PLC
The name HMV is still used by the chain of entertainment shops founded by Gramophone Company in the UK and Canada, which continued to expand internationally through the 1990s.
In 1998 HMV Media was created as a separate company leaving EMI with a 43% stake. The firm bought the Waterstones chain of bookshops and merged them with Dillons.
In 2002 it floated on the London Stock Exchange as HMV Group plc, leaving EMI with only a token holding. HMV shops in Australia, Ireland and the UK also use Nipper. HMV applied for trademark status in order to use Nipper at HMV stores in Canada but abandoned the application in 2010, presumably because the rights to Nipper in Canada are part of the RCA brand portfolio now owned by Technicolor SA and licensed to other companies.
As of August 2006, there are over 400 HMV stores worldwide, plus the website hmv.com, which is operated by HMV Guernsey.
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