NEA Media S.A. (correct spelling without the hyphen) was a CD and DVD manufacturer operating from 1997 to ca. 2012 in Volos, Greece, with a studio facility in Athens for premastering, formatting and mastering.
Also known as Nea Media ΑΕΒΕ it was partially owned (18.5%) by MLS Informatiki SA from 2001 to at least 2008.
In 2007 NEA Media advised it had installed a Mastering machine from Singulus Mastering, allowing NEA Media to produce everything in-house.
According to their website services included:
"Premastering / formatting (in our studio in Athens)
Μastering (in our studio in Athens)
Stamper production
Disc production (CD & DVD)
Paper printing
Film production
CD and DVD printing
Packing / special packing
Logistics
Dispatching in customer’s ware house
Drop shipment
On line data via satellite (500 kbps)
Mechanical rights clearance (AEPI)
Licenses for classic and low budget international music"
If found in the mirror band:
Add this label to LCCN "Manufactured By" with the sequential identifying number* in the mirror band
If there is more than one CD, credit per above for each sequential identifying number* as a separate LCCN entry.
*Nea Media sequential identifying numbers come in three basic arrangements as follows.
(counters are numeric unless noted: # is a set count, @ is an alpha-numeric disc count (0-9 then A-Z), & is a series count, $ is an alpha-numeric series count (sequence not certain), % is a CD count in set, yy is year last two digits, ++ is a record label ID, ?? are not yet known):
P11-yy&&##-%
??P++@@-yy
PS$$$++###-%%%%When entering runouts:
The mould SID codes (if present) are very small (2-3mm long) and hard to find. They will begin with "Z5".
For releases which credit (or also credit) "NEA Media" preceded by the swirl logo or as "Εκτύπωση CD:" please use (or also use) Nea Media
For releases which also credit "www.nea-media.gr", please also see www.nea-media.gr
For releases which credit "Nea Media AEBE", please see Nea Media ΑΕΒΕ