Posts Tagged Licensing

The BBC has announced plans to launch its own streaming service, which would feature a mix of recorded tracks and live sessions taken from across the BBC’s TV and radio output. In addition, audiences would have the option to...

In one of the biggest slabs of industry news this month, the legal eagles are hovering as PRS for Music have announced that it is taking legal action against streaming service SoundCloud. As reported here by Music Week, PRS...

Kim Dotcom’s (pictured, looking like a villain from The Running Man) involvement in the music industry has to date closely resembled a badly directed 80’s action film, so its perhaps fitting that the streaming service he developed has now...

Mark Jones’s Wall of Sound label has signed a worldwide distribution deal with Believe Digital for the label’s new release catalogue. New projects from Wall of Sound include Liverpool two-piece Killaflaw, Rui da Silva, London based band Ekkoes and...

The UK Government has set out its stall with regard to its forthcoming review of the BBC’s Royal Charter, which will amount to a fundamental review of the corporation’s function, remit and funding model. The Royal Charter establishes the...

Enthusiasts of pan-European music licensing hubs will not be disappointed this week, as key collection societies PRS for Music (UK), STIM (Sweden) and GEMA (Germany) officially join forces. The combined venture will apparently increase the speed and accuracy of...

Astute readers of The Gen will have already noticed that plucky technology upstart Apple launched its new streaming service yesterday. Read on for The Gen’s initial impressions. More Lowe key than low key, in addition to a potentially Spotify...

Beggars Group supremo Martin Mills, whose labels include XL, Matador, Rough Trade and 4AD confirmed recently that the Group hasn’t currently licensed their catalogue to Apple Music, due to launch in a fortnight. In a memo sent to the label...