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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=795211616-19022002>Dear
All</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=795211616-19022002>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?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=795211616-19022002>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?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=795211616-19022002>Steve
Perry</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=795211616-19022002>Cross
Rhythms</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Lawrie Hallett
[mailto:lawrie@commedia.org.uk]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 18 February 2002
15:55<BR><B>To:</B> radioforum@commedia.org.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[CMA_Radioforum] Launch Dates, Copyright issues etc.<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>Dear
All,<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>PRS at <A
href="http://www.prs.co.uk/broadcasters"
eudora="autourl">http://www.prs.co.uk/broadcasters</A> (under the top tab
radio) has the following:<BR><BR>Access Radio <BR>The charge in respect of the
above is as follows, subject to an annual <BR>minimum charge of £500 plus VAT
and applies to 30th September
2002.<X-TAB> </X-TAB><BR>Net Broadcasting Revenue
(NBR) <X-TAB> </X-TAB>Rate of Royalty<BR>below £463,369
<X-TAB> </X-TAB>3%<BR>£463,369 to £926,737
<X-TAB> </X-TAB>4%<BR>£926,738 or more
<X-TAB> </X-TAB>5¼%<BR><BR>Note:<BR><BR>1.
The royalty is based on a percentage of NBR as per the above table.<BR><BR>2.
The definition of Net Broadcasting Revenue (NBR) is 85% of the gross
<BR>valuable consideration (before any deduction of agency commissions or any
other <BR>deductions) whether in money or money's worth derived and received
by the <BR>Licensee from broadcasts pursuant to this Licence including
advertising <BR>sponsorship subscription funding fees donations barter and
contra deals and <BR>other revenue directly related to the programmes
broadcast and then <BR>deducting external cost directly and reasonably
incurred by the licensee in <BR>producing sponsored Outside Broadcast events
provided that if such costs <BR>exceed the value of the sponsorship revenue
the value of the said <BR>sponsorship revenue shall be nil. The amount by
which such costs exceed <BR>sponsorship revenue may not be set off against
other non-sponsorship revenue.<BR><BR>3. The NBR bands are adjusted yearly by
reference to inflation (RPI).<BR>If you require more details or wish to apply
for a licence contact Lisa <BR>Feltham at lisa.feltham@prs.co.uk or fax 020
7306 4499 or tel. 020 7306 4261<BR><BR><BR>PPL at: <A
href="http://www.ppluk.com/ppl/ppl_fd.nsf/homeframer?openform&PG=Info"
eudora="autourl">http://www.ppluk.com/ppl/ppl_fd.nsf/homeframer?openform&PG=Info</A><BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Traditional Radio<BR>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).<BR><BR>Annual NBR up to
£455,881 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2%<BR>Annual NBR above
£455,881 to £911,764. . . . . . . . . . . .3%<BR>Annual NBR above £911,764. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5%<BR><BR>Test Transmission . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£227.94<BR><BR>For further advice
please contact the Broadcasting team at the details
below.<BR><BR><BR>Non-Traditional Radio<BR>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:<BR><BR>(a) Description of typical programme format including
ratio between music and other content <BR>(excluding advertisements)<BR>(b)
Intended audience<BR>(c) Method of funding<BR>(d) Delivery method<BR>(e) Area
of transmission<BR>(f) Name of service<BR>(g) Identity of proprietor<BR>(h)
Intended on-air date<BR>(i) Whether PPL-controlled recordings will be used
during test
transmissions<BR><BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB><BR>Contact
the Broadcasting team via e-mail to broadcasting.info@ppluk.com<BR>or
telephone 020 7534 1203<BR><BR>Their definitions of 'Traditional Radio' and
Net Broadcasting Revenue can be found at:<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.ppluk.com/ppl/ppl_lc.nsf/0000/9d406c67fbf6ffc2802569ad004a6212?OpenDocument"
eudora="autourl">http://www.ppluk.com/ppl/ppl_lc.nsf/0000/9d406c67fbf6ffc2802569ad004a6212?OpenDocument</A><BR><BR>Traditional
Radio<BR>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<BR><BR><BR>Net Broadcast Revenue<BR>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.<BR><BR>If anyone wants to talk about
these issues, by all means call me at the CMA offices between now and
Thursday.<BR><BR>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:<BR><BR>lawrie@commedia.org.uk<BR><BR>I look forward
to speaking with some of you before I leave the country!<BR><BR>With best
regards;<BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR><BR>Lawrie.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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