<div dir="ltr">Bruce and all - I'm writing a piece on this for <a href="http://media.info">media.info</a>.<div><br></div><div>PPL have told me that PRS have not waived any fee, and are, in fact, charging £750. I'd be keen to understand whether that's the case, and would appreciate, in confidence, any scans or copies of emails from PRS that give me a little more certainty about what's gone on here.</div><div><br></div><div>//j</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 12:12 PM Bruce Rodger <<a href="mailto:bruce@celticmusicradio.net">bruce@celticmusicradio.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>(should we be thinking about setting up separate forum for those of us involved in the small-scale DB trials?)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Has anyone had any discussion/negotiation regarding PPL and the small-scale DAB pilot?</div><div><br></div><div>Shortly after the announcement, PRS contacted us saying that there would be no additional fees for the DAB pilot, assuming that the DAB service was a simulcast of our FM service. Good news.</div><div><br></div><div>PPL, on the other hand, contacted us today saying there would be a £500+VAT license for the 9 month period.</div><div><br></div><div>This is despite</div><div><br></div><div><ul><li>the DAB service is a pilot</li><li>the DAB service is a simulcast of our FM service</li><li>the DAB service covers broadly the same area as our FM service</li><li>The 500+VAT for 9 months for a pilot/development service is actually MORE than the equivalent fee for a production FM service! (159/quarter)</li></ul><div><br></div><div>Does anyone else have difficulty understanding how they justify this?</div><div><br></div><div>Bruce.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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