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PPL launch new video library service
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 12 February 2010
Recording rights royalty brigade PPL has launched an interesting new B2B content delivery service for TV broadcasters which will make it much easier for telly firms to access broadcast quality videos over the internet. The service, powered by French content delivery people Akamedia, has been developed in response to feedback from the collecting society’s broadcast licensees who have requested quicker and easier access to content made available by PPL licences (well, technically speaking, by VPL licences, as this is video).
Confirming the new service, which will be at pplvideostore.com, PPL Director Of Licensing Tony Clark told CMU: “The great thing about PPL Video Store is the ease of service for customers. The store provides a one-stop-shop where users can browse, preview and download music videos for use in television broadcasting. It brings the distribution of music videos into the 21st century. Our broadcast licensees have confirmed to us there is a need for such a service and we hope to see growing use of music videos as a result”.
The service will also be available to some PPL licencees outside the broadcast arena, including video jukebox companies. Of course the new service won’t be available to online music video services, because PPL don’t currently have the remit from record labels to licence content – audio or video – to internet-based music services. Which is a shame, because major labels are notorious for negotiating licencing deals with music video websites and then failing to provide half their content to their licencees.
