His Master's Voice His Master's Voice is an entertainment trademark featuring a dog named Nipper, curiously peering into the horn of a wind-up gramophone. Painted by Francis Barraud in 1898, the image has since become a global symbol used across consumer elect ...

is an entertainment trademark.

Businesses

HMV HMV is an international music and entertainment retailer, founded in 1921. The brand is owned by Hilco Capital and operated by Sunrise Records, except in Japan, where it is owned and operated by Lawson. The inaugural shop was opened on Lo ...

, a music and entertainment retailer, referring to "His Master's Voice" ** HMV's Poll of Polls, the retailer's year-end poll of music albums *

Gramophone Company The Gramophone Company Limited was a British phonograph manufacturer and record label, founded in April 1898 by Emil Berliner. It was one of the earliest record labels. The company purchased the His Master's Voice painting and trademark righ ...

EMI EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At t ...

, the British company that used the "His Master's Voice" trademark for consumer electronics *

Victor Talking Machine Company The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American recording company and phonograph manufacturer, incorporated in 1901. Victor was an independent enterprise until 1929 when it was purchased by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and became ...

RCA RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded in 1919 as the Radio Corporation of America. It was initially a patent pool, patent trust owned by General Electric (GE), Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Westinghou ...

, the American company that used the "His Master's Voice" trademark for consumer electronics *

JVCKenwood , stylized as JVCKENWOOD, is a Japanese multinational electronics company headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was formed from the merger of Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC) and Kenwood Corporation on October 1, 2008. ...

, the Japanese company that owns the "His Master's Voice" trademark, and uses it for consumer electronics

Record labels

Europe

His Master's Voice (British record label) His Master's Voice was a British record label established in 1909. Whilst mainly releasing in the United Kingdom, the label also released in select European and African territories. Sister labels were also created, such as an Indian version, th ...

, the former British record label *

Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...

, the German record label that once traded as "His Master's Voice" *

Electrola Electrola is a German record label and subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Based in Munich, its roster has included Chumbawamba, Matthias Reim, Helene Fischer, Brings, Höhner and Santiano. History On 8 May 1925, the British Gramophone Com ...

, the German record label that once traded as "His Master's Voice" * La voce del padrone, the former Italian record label, meaning "His Master's Voice" * La Voix de son maître, the former French record label, meaning "His Master's Voice"

Asia

Saregama Saregama India Ltd is an Indian music record label and content company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is the oldest music label in India, established in 1901 as the Indian branch of the British Gramophone Company. It later became ...

, the Indian record label that once traded as "His Master's Voice" *

Victor Entertainment is a subsidiary of JVCKenwood that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It is known as JVC Entertainment in countries where Sony Music Entertainment operates the RC ...

, the Japanese music and entertainment distributor that uses the "His Master's Voice" trademark for its releases

Oceania

EMI Music Australia EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd (called EMI Music Australia until May 2013) is an Australian imprint of Universal Music Australia, formerly a subsidiary label of EMI Recordings Ltd and, between 1979 and 1996, that of Thorn EMI. It is Austr ...

, the Australian record label that once traded as "His Master's Voice" *

Universal Music New Zealand Universal Music New Zealand is the New Zealand subsidiary of the Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's largest music company. Universal Music New Zealand's corporate headquarters are located in Auckland, New Zealand. Universal Music New Ze ...

, the New Zealand record label that once traded as "His Master's Voice"

Other

* ''His Master's Voice'' (novel), a 1968 novel by Stanisław Lem * ''His Master's Voice'' (Hannu Rajaniemi story), short story by Hannu Rajaniemi * ''His Master's Voice'' (radio series), a satirical comedy series on BBC Radio 4 * ''His Master's Voice'' (1925 film), an American silent war drama film * ''His Master's Voice'' (2018 film), a Hungarian science-fiction film * "His Master's Voice", a song by Monsters of Folk from the 2009 album ''