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BEEB-RUN GLOBAL BUSINESS WILL LICENSE SONY MUSIC PROGRAMMING AROUND THE WORLD
BBC Worldwide plots 3D music show as it signs with Sony
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BC Worldwide’s Music Television business has signed a new global deal
with Sony – as it reveals plans to ramp up its own original music TV content. The partnership places BBC
Worldwide as Sony Music Entertainment UK’s preferred and primary international distributor for its television content in a similar arrangement to the deal the Beeb has with Universal. Current Sony Music titles
being pitched for a licence fee to broadcasters in every corner of the world by BBC Worldwide include The Guest List (6 x 30- minute episodes), a series of single artist profiles and performances from artists including Manic Street Preachers, Kasabian and Miles Kane. Other shows include Judas
Priest – Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Arena (1 x 90 minutes); One Direction – A Year in the Making (1 x 55 minutes) a documentary about the first year in the lives of the boy band; and Il Divo: Live in London (1 x 55 minutes).
Samantha Sawyer, VP of
digital business, Sony Music Entertainment UK, said: “We have many great titles from UK acts including One Direction, Kasabian and Leona Lewis, and BBC Worldwide’s global sales
network will give them the exposure they deserve.” While the bedrock of BBC
Worldwide’s music content business has traditionally been brands such as Later … with Jools Holland and Top Of The
Kasabian: Columbia-signed band will feature on new Sony show The Guest List
“Four-and-a-half years ago, everyone told me music doesn’t rate on TV and we’d
never generate licence fees from it. It’s now a multi-million pound business for us”
SALIM MUKADDAM, BBC WORLDWIDE
Pops, the last four years have seen an expansion, with the business acquiring more content from major and independent music labels – including ad hoc licensing deals with EMI and Warner Music. Director of music at BBC
Worldwide Salim Mukaddam has overseen the changes. “When we started expanding
four-and-a-half years ago, I was told by virtually everyone I spoke to that music doesn’t rate on TV, that nobody wants it and that I’d never generate licence fees from it,” he told Music Week. “It’s now a multi-million
pound business for us; we have 110 broadcasters around the world that pay licence fees for music TV... I’m not going to kid anyone and say that we’re
replacing record sales in terms of revenue. But if a label is deciding whether to make a DVD, international TV revenue is an important consideration. This is a new revenue stream and it brings additional profile [to product launches] around the world.” Mukaddam revealed that
BBC Worldwide is now looking to create more original programming in tandem with independent production houses. These include a brand new
music series filmed in 3D and penciled in for next year – but it can’t be made without the industry’s help. “It’s still really early days and
obviously it’s quite an expensive project per hour, so any artists involved need to resonate internationally in a big way,” said Mukaddam. “But we think it’s a really
exciting proposition for music TV to work in both 2D and 3D and we see this being a long- term season. “It hasn’t been commissioned
yet; we’re talking to artists and labels about whether they want to be involved and obviously we’re talking to broadcasters.”
AIM launches new ‘Indie Con’ event in London this July
AIM will launch an all-new event to offer ‘unrivalled networking and learning opportunities’ for indie music businesses next month. Indie-Con is open to both
AIM members and non- members, and will run for a day- and-a-half: all day on July 5 and for the morning of July 6, with lunch provided to delegates on both days. AIM members will then be invited to stay on for the afternoon of July 6, for the AIM AGM. The event will offer a
programme of sessions aimed at helping independent artists and
Indie-Con speakers, from left: Dave Haynes (SoundCloud), Huw Stephens (Radio 1), Alison Wenham (AIM) and Matt Wilkinson (NME)
labels to grow their businesses and get their music heard. Sessions will include: Music
publishing 101; Fan engagement & online marketing; How to get your international royalties; Getting your music on the radio; Running a great small label; Music videos: making, promoting & monetising;
Around the World in 80 ways: funding for getting your artists and business overseas; Approaching the media & music PR; Managers roundtable; and On the road: creating a successful live career for your artist. More sessions will be announced in due course. Confirmed speakers include:
Dave Haynes (SoundCloud); Kurt Lane (Head of Digital, Domino); Joe Muggs (Writer, The Word, Wire, MixMag); Be Rozzo (MD, Barfly Group/The Fly); Eric Mackay (Director of Business Affairs, Vevo); Geoff Meall (Agent, The Agency Group); Alison Wenham (Chairman & CEO, AIM); Matt Wilkinson (New Music Editor, NME); Huw Stephens (Presenter, BBC Radio1); Phil Patterson (UKTI); Tim Ingham (Editor, Music Week); Ruth Barlow (Head of Live, Beggars Group); Charlie Phillips (Head of Legal & Business Affairs,
AIM); Matt Jamieson (Programme Director, Amazing Radio); and Rob Gruschke (Neighbouring Rights Manager, Beggars Group). Tickets are available from the
AIM website at
musicindie.com/indiecon2012, priced at £45+VAT for AIM members or £150+VAT for non- members, including lunch on both days. An exclusive early-bird rate of
£100+VAT for non-members applies until June 15. There are discounts for students, start-ups and members of affiliated organisations.
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