MCPS has announced new 2015 production music rates
TV production companies to get better value for music rights
MCPS has announced new production music rates for independent television production company licences that will apply to productions delivered on or after 2 January 2015.
The new rates have been developed through discussions between Pact, the television production community, MCPS and its service provider, PRS for Music.
As part of our overhaul of music licensing, we have recognised that our licences need to meet the increasingly sophisticated demands of the television production marketplace. We have been working closely with our partners, such as Pact, to develop new rates which meet the industry’s requirement for simple licences offering multiple rights. Our mantra going forward is ‘more rights, in more repertoire, more easily’. This is our first step towards ensuring our goal becomes a reality.
The new rates offer fixed price series deals and competitive annual deals covering all media, worldwide rights whilst providing the widest choice of high quality production music.
MCPS and PRS for Music, much like Pact, are seeking to create a sustainable model that rewards creative work and the value of copyright so we are fully supportive of this new cost effective approach. We are keen to see the unique relationship between our two industries develop and build in the coming years.
New Rate Card
| Licence category | Worldwide (all media) |
|---|---|
| Single cue | £70 |
| Single track | £150 |
| Single production | £550 |
| Single series (up to 8 productions) | £2,000 |
| Annual deal - single IPC | From £5,000 |
| Annual deal - group IPC | By negotiation: Call +44 (0)20 3741 4101 |
Through its service agreement with PRS for Music, MCPS administers the rights for over 200 production music publishers with a total of 860,000 high quality tracks written by professional songwriters and composers and spanning all genres of music designed to complement TV productions.
IPC TV licence application forms and a full list of library publisher members and their music catalogues can be found on the production music page.
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Licence enquiries contact:
IPC TV production music team
tvprogrammes@prsformusic.com
+44 (0)20 3741 4101
Press enquiries contact:
Olivia Chapman, Media Relations Manager
olivia.chapman@prsformusic.com
+44 (0)20 3741 4229
Pact enquiries:
Amber Vassiliou, Communications Manager
amber@pact.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7380 8230
pact.co.uk
About PRS for Music
PRS for Music represents the rights of over 155,000 songwriters, composers, and music publishers in the UK and around the world. On behalf of its members, it works to grow and protect the value of their rights and ensure that creators are paid transparently and efficiently whenever their musical compositions and songs are streamed, downloaded, broadcast, performed and played in public. In 2020, 22.4 trillion performances of music were reported to PRS for Music, with £699m paid out in royalties to its members, making it one of the world’s leading music collective management organisations.
PRS for Music’s public performance licensing is now carried out on PRS for Music’s behalf by PPL PRS Ltd, the joint venture between PPL and PRS for Music.
