5 December 2006
MAJOR ASIAN MUSIC CATALOGUE BACK IN THE FRAME
Moviebox, one of the world’s leading Asian music publishing companies has this week joined the composer/publisher collecting agency MCPS-PRS Alliance as a direct member for the world. A substantial and successful Asian music catalogue is now easily available for use by music users in their businesses, including broadcasters.
Music users with a PRS licence will have access to the entire Moviebox catalogue containing thousands of Asian music titles and portfolios from writer performers including Gurdas Maan, B21, Jazzy B, Sukshinder Shinda, Bally Jagpal, Shazia Manzoor, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and many more.
Kamraan Ahmed from MOVIEBOX, said, ‘It’s great to be on board with the PRS through our new publishing arm EMPIRE MUSIC LTD. We feel with our ever extending catalogue of popular works, we can look forward to a long term, successful relationship with the Alliance. We believe the news of our membership will be welcomed by all in the Asian music industry as well as major broadcasters like the BBC Asian Network. We can now benefit from royalties from this major Asian music broadcaster being paid on the basis of full census and we can also participate in PRS’ other income streams that derive from the use of Asian publishers and writers music’.
Moviebox will receive all the benefits of membership of the MCPS-PRS Alliance, ensuring that they and their writers will receive speedy payment of the royalties they earn from the UK and overseas. The MCPS-PRS Alliance directly represents 45,000 composer, songwriter and music publisher members and hundreds of thousands more from around the world. Ten million pieces of the world’s best music are available under licence from the Alliance for those wishing to use music as part of their business.
Steve Porter, Managing Director of the MCPS-PRS Alliance, said, We’re truly proud to be able to directly represent such an important Asian music catalogue. We look forward to working with users of music, including broadcasters, who will benefit from being able to quickly and easily access the music they need for their business.’
BBC Asian Network welcomed the announcement of this new relationship as it enables the BBC to have complete access to the Moviebox repertoire under their existing PRS licence.
Mark Strippel, Head of Music, BBC Asian Network said ‘ We are very pleased that BBC Asian Network listeners are now able to listen to artistes from the whole Moviebox repertoire. British Asian music is at the forefront of everything we do and Moviebox have been and remain, one of the key British Asian music companies of the past decade’.
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Contact:
Catherine George, The MCPS-PRS Alliance, 020 7306 4777
press@mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk
Notes to editors:
The MCPS-PRS Alliance. MCPS and PRS are the UK collecting societies that ensure composers, songwriters and publishers are paid royalties when their music is used: from live performance to TV and radio, CDs to DVDs, downloads, streams and everything in between. Royalties create a future for music by supporting creators while they continue to write. MCPS and PRS are committed to delivering maximum royalties and world-class service. They work together in an operational alliance to get the best value for the music use of composers and songwriters everywhere. www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk