[CMA_Radioforum] Launch Dates, Copyright issues etc.

Tue Feb 19 16:56:47 GMT 2002

Dear All

Just wondering what the general consensus is on what to do about PRS and
PPL now. Are we all going act individually now or are there still things
to sort out as a group?

I do have to contact PRS and PPL soon anyway as they want to talk to me
about our satellite transmissions so I am very happy to talk to them
generally about the access radio project as a whole. What do you all
think?

Steve Perry
Cross Rhythms

-----Original Message-----
From: Lawrie Hallett [mailto:lawrie at commedia.org.uk]
Sent: 18 February 2002 15:55
To: radioforum at commedia.org.uk
Subject: [CMA_Radioforum] Launch Dates, Copyright issues etc.

Dear All,

Apologies for having been rather elusive over recent weeks - I have been
heavily involved in a local IT centre project up here in Sheffield which
has been taking more time than it should.

Congratulations to all of those carrying out test transmissions, or
about to do so!  For those of you still waiting on responses from the
RA, commiserations....  If there is anything you would like me to talk
about with them over the next few days, please e-mail me direct.

Most importantly, could I ask that each station e-mails me with an
update of your proposed launch date.  The CMA managed to organise a good
deal of publicity around the launch of the first TV RSL broadcasts and
we would like to try and do the same for your stations.

Copyright has been another matter which has not had as much input from
me as I would have liked.  It has been very difficult to get any direct
replies to e-mails sent to both PRS and PPL, but both organisations now
have details of their proposals on the web.

PRS at http://www.prs.co.uk/broadcasters (under the top tab radio) has
the following:

Access Radio 
The charge in respect of the above is as follows, subject to an annual 
minimum charge of £500 plus VAT and applies to 30th September 2002.     
Net Broadcasting Revenue (NBR)  Rate of Royalty
below £463,369  3%
£463,369 to £926,737    4%
£926,738 or more        5¼%

Note:

1. The royalty is based on a percentage of NBR as per the above table.

2. The definition of Net Broadcasting Revenue (NBR) is 85% of the gross 
valuable consideration (before any deduction of agency commissions or
any other 
deductions) whether in money or money's worth derived and received by
the 
Licensee from broadcasts pursuant to this Licence including advertising 
sponsorship subscription funding fees donations barter and contra deals
and 
other revenue directly related to the programmes broadcast and then 
deducting external cost directly and reasonably incurred by the licensee
in 
producing sponsored Outside Broadcast events provided that if such costs

exceed the value of the sponsorship revenue the value of the said 
sponsorship revenue shall be nil. The amount by which such costs exceed 
sponsorship revenue may not be set off against other non-sponsorship
revenue.

3. The NBR bands are adjusted yearly by reference to inflation (RPI).
If you require more details or wish to apply for a licence contact Lisa 
Feltham at lisa.feltham at prs.co.uk or fax 020 7306 4499 or tel. 020 7306
4261

PPL at:  http://www.ppluk.com/ppl/ppl_fd.nsf/homeframer?openform
<http://www.ppluk.com/ppl/ppl_fd.nsf/homeframer?openform&PG=Info>
&PG=Info

Radio broadcasts are licensed in a way appropriate to the nature and
intent of the service. This information applies, broadly, to all
delivery methods including analogue or digital terrestrial broadcasts,
cable or satellite radio. It does not, however, apply in respect of
internet radio which PPL is not in a position to license aside from
simulcasts of existing radio services.

Traditional Radio
One form or radio is what we term Traditional Radio. This encompasses
services which are not exclusively music only or music and
advertisements only, but have other content - typically a combination of
presenters, news, traffic and weather reports or other public service
elements etc. Such services are also primarily intended for residential
and in-car reception. These services are licensed in accordance with an
order of the Copyright Tribunal and pay a licence fee which is
calculated against Net Broadcast Revenue (NBR).

Annual NBR up to £455,881 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2%
Annual NBR above £455,881 to £911,764. . . . . . . . . . . .3%
Annual NBR above £911,764. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5%

Test Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.£227.94

For further advice please contact the Broadcasting team at the details
below.

Non-Traditional Radio
These are services which do not have significant content other than
music, or music and advertisements. As these services may be very
different from each other, we have no standard form of licence but look
at each service on a case-by-case basis. For further advice please
contact the Broadcasting team and provide a description of the service
in as full a manner as possible, but including at least the following
information:

(a) Description of typical programme format including ratio between
music and other content 
(excluding advertisements)
(b) Intended audience
(c) Method of funding
(d) Delivery method
(e) Area of transmission
(f) Name of service
(g) Identity of proprietor
(h) Intended on-air date
(i) Whether PPL-controlled recordings will be used during test
transmissions

Contact the Broadcasting team via e-mail to broadcasting.info at ppluk.com
or telephone 020 7534 1203

Their definitions of 'Traditional Radio' and Net Broadcasting Revenue
can be found at:

http://www.ppluk.com/ppl/ppl_lc.nsf/0000/9d406c67fbf6ffc2802569ad004a621
2?OpenDocument

Traditional Radio
a traditional radio station where the audio part of the station does not
exclusively or nearly exclusively consist of Sound Recordings and where
either they are frequently interspersed with other material such as, but
not limited to, presenters, advertising, news or travel information,
dramas or documentaries or where Sound Recordings form the minority of
the station service and, in both cases, where the programming is
transmitted sequentially

Net Broadcast Revenue
shall be calculated by taking 85% of the gross valuable consideration
(before any deduction of agency commissions or any other deductions)
whether in money or money's worth derived and received by the Licensee
from broadcasts pursuant to this Licence including advertising
Sponsorship Barter and Contra Deals and then deducting external costs
directly and reasonably incurred by the Licensee in producing sponsored
Outside Broadcast events provided that if such costs exceed the value of
the Sponsorship revenue the Sponsorship revenue shall be nil. The amount
by which such costs exceed Sponsorship revenue may not be set off
against other non-Sponsorship revenue.

If anyone wants to talk about these issues, by all means call me at the
CMA offices between now and Thursday.

My full-time work at the CMA finishes this week and as some of you may
know, I am off to Norway to carry out some radio related research funded
by the Research Council of Norway.  I'll be keeping in touch and back
for the CMA Festival in June.  I will still be reachable via my Commedia
e-mail address:

lawrie at commedia.org.uk

I look forward to speaking with some of you before I leave the country!

With best regards;
Sincerely,

Lawrie.

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[Community Media Assoc.]
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