[cma-l] Community Radio Joint Music Licence

Fri Jul 15 15:06:55 BST 2016

Story-time 

Once upon a time there was Mr H Dumpty

He suggested a Fixed Fee

All the good and lovely jubbly people of PRS/PPL and Community Radio
Noddyland had tea and cup cakes and discussed what was fair and reasonable)

It was decided that it would make good sense and common sense to have No
Net/Gross reporting as with a fixed fee there is nothing to report as
nothing changes and everything else has no bearing.

So one payment and / or S/O would solve the matter. Unfortunately the Big
Bad Wolf didn't sprinkle a great deal of '''common sense dust''' on the
2002/03 Radio Bill so all the good people were a bit higgledy piggledy at
first, but after more cup cakes and tea they managed to work it out.

Jack and Jill went up the Hill and came back down with a Fixed Fee that was
in the same ball park area but to include T'Internet / DAB      if a Station
decides to have them (at no extra cost)

So after all the commotion all the Kings Horses and all the Kings men DID
put Humpty and Community Radio together again

Everyone lived happily ever after

The End          :-)

Mr Jackanory

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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: 14 July 2016 14:39
To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
Subject: [cma-l] Community Radio Joint Music Licence

Dear Members & Supporters

You will recently have received a letter from PPL and/or PRSfM informing you
that the two societies intend to launch a new joint community radio licence
(the "Joint Licence")

The intention of the Joint Licence is to simplify the licensing process for
Ofcom-licensed community radio stations. In a similar manner to the recently
announced Joint Venture
<http://www.prsformusic.com/aboutus/press/latestpressreleases/pages/prs-for-
music-and-ppl-confirm-plan-to-create-new-joint-venture-for-public-performanc
e-licensing.aspx>  between the two societies, the Joint Licence will
streamline the licensing process for this sector, creating a single point of
contact for licensees. 

When proposing new licensing schemes, both PPL and PRSfM have advised the
CMA that they are both committed to fair, reasonable and proportionate
consultation with the relevant sector, as outlined in detail in each
society's Code of Conduct. Links are provided here for reference:

*  http://www.prsformusic.com/codeofconduct

*  http://www.ppluk.com/About-Us/Who-We-Are/PPL-Code-of-Conduct

PPL and PRSfM have asked for an initial phase in which the CMA's Board will
consider the proposals in detail before these are discussed more widely.
Licensees will have the opportunity to provide comments directly to PPL and
PRSfM on the proposed Joint Licence after discussions between the CMA, PPL
and PRSfM.

In order to inform the CMA's discussion with PPL and PRSfM the CMA has
published an online survey seeking views from members and the wider sector
on the proposed Joint Licence from PRSfM and PPL. Additionally, should any
CMA members wish to share any particular views we would very much like to
hear from you via this form:

http://bit.ly/PPLPRS2016

PPL and PRSfM have asked for the CMA's initial formal, written response to
the Joint Licence and the terms proposed by 18 July 2016. The CMA therefore
has a short time left to seek advice, opinion, and counsel from its members
and Board prior to submitting a full response to the Joint Licence proposal.

PPL and PRSfM will then respond to the CMA in full before communicating with
the wider market, providing full details of the Joint Licence. PPL and PRSfM
explained that any deliberation with the CMA would need to be finalised
during the week commencing 1 August 2016 in order to allow time to prepare
for the launch of the Joint Licence on 1 January 2017.

As far as we know at this stage, each of PPL and PRSfM independently
confirmed the intention to continue with each societies' respective current
fee structures, whereby licence fees are calculated as a share of Net
Broadcast Revenue subject to annual minimum fees. Although presented as a
Joint Licence, both societies will continue to independently set individual
licence fees and tariffs. As such, discussions around each society's fees
will continue to remain strictly confidential to each society.

Best regards

Community Media Association
http://www.commedia.org.uk/
http://twitter.com/community_media
https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation

Book your tickets now for the Community Media Conference 2016:
<http://bit.ly/2016CMAConf> http://bit.ly/2016CMAConf

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