Is Your Supplier Licensed to Broadcast Music in Your Store?

Does the company you employ to provide music to your store pay their broadcasting licence accordingly?
 

It’s simple maths, there is a set PPL and PRS fee, you must pay in order to play music in any public space. You pay your licences, but make sure the people in charge of your library, pay theirs too.

 

UK radio stations must obtain a PPL licence to play recorded music in their broadcasts.

  

PPL licenses radio stations in the UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands to play recorded music, on a variety of different platforms including AM/FM, DAB, satellite and online.

 

Licensed radio services include BBC and commercial radio stations such as Capital, Smooth FM and Absolute Radio, through to community, student, hospital and prison stations. PPL also license online radio services streaming in the UK.

 

It is a legal requirement to obtain a licence to play recorded music in a radio or TV broadcast. The permission of the copyright holder/s of recorded music is therefore required before that music can be broadcast. As a broadcaster you would have to obtain permission from potentially thousands of record companies before being able to play the recorded music – a PPL licence gives you this permission and allows you to play virtually all recorded music readily available in the UK simply, quickly and legally.

So make sure when speaking to ANY potential supplier that you get a full breakdown of licensing costs and when in a tender process make sure these prices are fixed across all companies, if one of those companies has a different price we would suggest challenging the company or contacting PPL for details.