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Setlist: PRS livestreaming rates – the controversy continues

By Andy Malt and Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 10 May 2021

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the new controversy over PRS For Music’s new livestreaming licence after it was revised to address previous controversy, plus media regulator Ofcom’s consultation on its view that BBC Sounds is no threat to anyone in commercial radio and podcasting.

SECTION TIMES
01: PRS livestream tariff (00:05:15)
02: BBC Sounds (00:31:07)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• PRS proposes revised livestream licence after ‘call for views’, but still criticised by artists and managers
• OfCom opens consultation on its view BBC Sounds is not a threat to commercial radio

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