All Entries Tagged With: "UGC"
New PRS Streaming Rates: What Do They Mean for Artists and Streaming Businesses Alike?
Last weeks announcement by PRS that they were cutting the streaming rate by almost 75% down from £0.022p to £0.0085p per stream raises more questions than it answers. Does it signal the society capitulating to the bullying power of Google over the Youtube standoff, or does it signify a readiness to embrace new models and [...]
YouTube Vs. PRS – Whoever Wins, It Will Probably Be Bad News For Content Owners
Hot music business topic of the moment – YouTube and its removal of all premium music videos from its UK site – has seen accusation’s fly from all angles. TMV analyses the dispute from all perspectives and finds it hard for YouTube to justify its actions. Let’s go back in time a little to when [...]







Apple’s iTunes Store gave labels much-needed succour after its launch in 2003, slowing down big losses by replicating physical’s per-track purchase paradigm in digital. But now, even after many such services have abandoned copy locks, growth in downloads has largely flatlined, or even worse. The new promised land lays in...


