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To be honest Nick, much as I loathe PPL's approach, I don't see the problem with understanding the NET bit!
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The Copyright Tribunal, who's decision underpins all this, decided that copyright royalties should not be levied on a radio station's
<em>profits</em> (or for a non-profit body, its
<em>surpluses</em>), but would be based instead on its
<em>revenue,</em> whether or not the station manages to turn that into a profit or a loss. Otherwise no doubt big radio stations would do what big corporations do, and find creative ways of making their profits shrink for the purposes of taxes and royalties.
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However, to allow for the fact that a proportion of the revenue has to be spent on commission and other overheads, such as the expenses of sponsored OBs, it was agreed that radio stations would actually be assessed after deduction of 15% and other allowable expenses from their gross revenue. After the deductions that's the NET broadcasting revenue, NBR, which is then assessed for royalties.
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Nothing complicated - it's net in that it's what's left from your gross revenue after deduction of the assumed commission and allowed expenses. So it doesn't matter whether or not you are a 'non-profit', either by design or accident, PPL still gets its cut of your income derived from broadcasting (but not from grants, donations etc). A barter deal where you receive something in return for broadcasting something is also broadcast revenue.
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The DAB licence thing is of course another question. In my opinion there is no justification for PPL to ask for extra money for a simulcast by DAB (nor by Internet). If having the extra delivery method enhances the value of your station then that will be reflected in increased revenues and they will get their cut automatically under the existing NBR arrangements. I see no justification for any additional charge simply because you are available on two different types of radio.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">What I don’t understand and can’t get my head around with all this PPL malarkey is whether someone is listening via FM, Internet or DAB there is still only one of them    ie:- one person. I have never ever listened at the same time to a Radio Broadcast with all three in residence. In fact, there would be a milli-second delay between DAB and FM   I think ??   and in our case 30 seconds out of sync on the Internet stream ……….so, unless someone can tell me otherwise, the person listening is still one person listening to one show via one mode. So why the extra charges anyway ????    sorry chaps, I don’t get that one ?</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I repeat again …………it’s a half legalised money making racket …………………… nothing more and nothing less</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I still have an issue with them   re:- reporting (contra deals)       we have a contra with the local Milkman, the local Newsagent and the local Printer … my job is very intense and I am extremely busy, I do not put ticking off how many milk bottles we have a day as a priority so that we can work out a contra cost. It’s a nonsense, as is all the reporting.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I have said this before and I will say it again, they do not understand what NET means         I’m not interested in dividing the square roooooot of 24 by 85% and then taking away the number you first thought of because our end result every year is ZERO      we are not for profit and all monies go back in the project. Likewise, when we were £9000 in the red four years ago, I don’t recall them offering a rebate.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">To be honest I am so confused with our Internet and FM and then Phase One another DAB = £500 on top plus reporting would possibly tip me over and I’d go doolally</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I have been trying to file our figures for the past two weeks ……the first quarter is on, but quarters 2,3 and 4 won’t let me as they keep saying already reported, which I don’’t think they have ….it’s all a waste of time and effort and just causes angst. I can only speak for myself of course    oh   and plenty of others who tell me so, but don’t make their feelings known.</span></span></p>
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