[cma-l] PPL & PRS for Music Joint Licence for Community Radio

[Bill Best]

Thanks Nick.

We welcome the introduction of a single point of contract for licensing and
the reduced requirement for reporting reducing the administrative burden on
community radio stations. Furthermore, payments can be spread over the year
in monthly installments.

The CMA also argued hard, and successfully, for the deal struck for
small-scale DAB simulcasters.

Additionally,  the number of Internet simulcast tiers has been reduced from
three to two and the threshold for the lowest band has been increased to
200 concurrent streams - which will cover the majority of community radio
Internet simulcasts for the short to medium term.

Of course, the CMA argued for a reduction in fees - especially when PPL and
PRS might eventually see some savings in administration of the Joint
Licence in the longer term. However if there were any cost savings in
administration for the licensing agencies then they are beholden to passing
on those savings to their members, the rights holders.

The consultation with the sector was largely supportive of the new
Joint Licence and we reflected all received responses, both for and
against, back to PPL and PRSfM.

The CMA will continue to put the community radio sector's case to the
licensing agencies and maintain a dialogue with them to ensure that they
are aware of our sector's concerns and perspective.

Best regards

Bill
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Operations Manager
Community Media Association
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On 1 December 2016 at 14:23, Canalside's The Thread <office at thethread.org.uk
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> Team
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> Do we have comments and thoughts from the CMA on this please ??     good,
> bad, indifferent, so/so, OK         thoughts please ?
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> Nick
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> *From:* cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:
> cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] *On Behalf Of *CMA-L
> *Sent:* 01 December 2016 13:18
> *To:* cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> *Subject:* [cma-l] PPL & PRS for Music Joint Licence for Community Radio
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> On 15 September 2016, PPL and PRS for Music began a four-week consultation
> on the proposed introduction of a joint PPL and PRS for Music Community
> Radio Licence for Ofcom-licensed community radio stations from 1 January
> 2017 (the “Joint Licence”). This document
> <http://www.ppluk.com/Global/Summary%20of%20Consultation%20Responses.pdf>
> summarises the responses received and sets out what will happen next.
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> This consultation was undertaken in accordance with PPL
> <http://www.ppluk.com/About-Us/Who-We-Are/PPL-Code-of-Conduct/> and PRS
> <http://www.prsformusic.com/codeofconduct> for Music’s separate Codes of
> Conduct, which state that whenever new tariffs are introduced or
> significant amendments to existing tariffs are made, a fair, reasonable and
> proportionate approach to consultation will be undertaken.
>
> PPL and PRS for Music initially consulted with the Community Media
> Association (“the CMA”) to seek its views on the proposed Joint Licence.
> Following positive discussions, the CMA responded to the Joint Licence
> proposal advising that it acknowledges the proposed headline terms and
> welcomes the simplified approach and reduced administration for the
> community radio sector.
>
> To complete the consultation process, PPL and PRS for Music invited
> individual licensees to review and comment on the proposal. All on-air
> stations holding a PPL Community Radio Licence and/or PRS for Music
> Community Radio Licence and organisations holding an Ofcom Community Radio
> Licence that are yet to launch on AM or FM were contacted via email and
> provided with response forms that could be completed and returned either by
> email or post.
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> PPL also set up a dedicated area on its website where the relevant
> information (including the consultation document and response form) was
> made available to read and download along with a dedicated email address
> allowing any comments or queries to be submitted. A summary was also
> provided on the PRS for Music website, linking to the relevant part of the
> PPL website. The CMA consulted independently with the sector and the
> responses received were collated and made available to PPL and PRSfM.
>
> PPL and PRS for Music have independently considered the responses received
> and have finalised the proposed terms of the Joint Licence.
>
> The finalised headline terms of the Joint Licence will take effect from 1
> January 2017 and are confirmed in Section 3 (page 9) of this document
> <http://www.ppluk.com/Global/Summary%20of%20Consultation%20Responses.pdf>.
>
> A summary of the consultation responses, including details of the headline
> terms, is now available to review online:
>
> http://www.ppluk.com/Global/Summary%20of%20Consultation%20Responses.pdf
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