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BPI connects record labels with new tech through Innovation Hub
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 21 November 2016
Record industry trade group the BPI has launched new initiative called the BPI Innovation Hub, a new forum where labels and tech companies can meet to present and discuss new ideas. Led by one of the BPI Council’s indie label members Vanessa Higgins, the first quarterly meeting of the Hub recently saw nineteen companies come together.
“The relationship between technology and record labels has always been important, and never more so than right now in today’s rapidly changing landscape”, says Higgins. “With the help of leading minds in both fields, we are bringing together forward-thinking labels of all sizes with emerging technology companies, developing ideas across a plethora of areas”.
She continues: “We want to shape the future of the music industry, not react to the rules thrust upon us. The BPI Innovation Hub is here to facilitate and foster these exciting potential partnerships”.
BPI chief exec Geoff Taylor adds: “The music business lives at the nexus of creativity, innovation and technology. Labels continually reinvent themselves to take advantage of new possibilities. So I’m delighted that Vanessa has taken on the key role of leading the BPI’s Innovation Hub. It is clear from the first Hub session that there are many exciting opportunities to collaborate with start-ups to create new experiences for fans and to find new, more efficient ways of doing business. The BPI is committed to helping member labels grow through innovation and collaboration”.
Among the tech companies to present at the first BPI Innovation Hub were metadata cleaning company Beetroot, VR company Mativision, direct-to-fan streaming platform SupaPass, and location-specific digital content platform Landmrk.
