Universal Music TV

In 2016, UMTV relaunched as "Universal Music On Demand",[5] with specialised projects, in the first few years of UMOD, including the launch of the British version of Kidz Bop (Kidz Bop Kids),[6] Pete Tong[7] and Jules Buckley's albums of orchestral reworkings of classic dance tracks,[8] and Tommy Blaize's debut album Life & Soul.[9][10] UMOD were also involved with Swedish distribution platform Spinnup, and found Forest of Dean-based singer Devon Cassells on the platform, signing him in order to issue a single called "I Don’t Want 2 B Ur Friend".[11][12][13] Other artists signed to UMOD from Spinnup included A.T. (a London-based Nigerian pop artist) and Italian house producer Manuel Costa.[14][15]

UMOD dance compilation partners AATW Productions also owned and operated four music TV channels on Freeview called Clubland TV, Now 70s, Now 80s and Now 90s, all of which became owned and run by Universal Music after they bought out joint-venture partners Cris Nuttall and Matt Cadman of AATW, with Nuttall and Cadman relaunching their dance music label under the Xploded Music name.

By 2023, their Now! That's What I Call Music albums had gone back to being released by EMI, the label which first released[16] the compilation series in November 1983[17] (now in a joint venture with Sony Music CG), while greatest hits[18] releases had been moved over to UMR/Universal Music Recordings,[19] with projects like the Kirsty MacColl's See That Girl 1979-2000 boxset being on the schedule for autumn 2023.[20] UMR is also the division overseeing the back catalogue of acts like ABBA, Elton John and Queen.[21][22]