SPORTS & MEDIA RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL

SAVE AS MUCH AS 60% ON YOUR MUSIC RIGHTS CHARGES

Since 2003 Sports and Media Rights International (SMRI) has been advising Hotels, Restaurants, Pubs, Nightclubs, Broadcasters, Retail premises indeed anywhere that provides music and sports programming to their clients and we identify where savings can be made. To date we have saved our clients over one million euros in annual rights charges.

Virtually all Premises reopening after COVID-19 or who have been operating during the pandemic will be due significant refunds and credits from IMRO, PPI, Sky & MPLC.

We can also provide solutions that can result in up to a 60% reduction in your background music charges from IMRO, PPI and MPLC.

SMRI and SoundReef ( Royalties Made Easy) announce a new partnership

Sound Reef Media Services and SMRI are delighted to announce a new partnership that will provide quality rights cleared music, with up to 60% nett saving on your current background music rights costs.

SoundReef (Royalties Made Easy) manages the rights of over 43,000 songwriters and music publishers worldwide. Their music catalogue, licensed via SoundReef Media Service, is used in over 60,000 business premises of all types in 27 countries worldwide including major international hospitality brands.

So if you operate a Hotel, Restaurant, Gym, Spa, Retail Premises or indeed anywhere that uses music in Ireland or the United Kingdom contact us to see what savings we can achieve for you.

*This is a time-sensitive offer and needs to be done prior to your IMRO/PRS license renewal so check that date and contact us !

You can also try it for FREE for a month and then decide.

We also provide the following services.

It is more important now than ever for charges from IMRO, PPI, Sky, MPLC etc. to be reviewed not just for the period of the pandemic but also to be prepared for when society starts reopening. SMRI can secure all these refunds/credits/ savings and ensure that only the appropriate charges applied during COVID-19 and your charges going forward are kept to a minimum.

As we deal directly with these organisations, little of your time is taken up with these matters so you can concentrate on your business.

Annual reviews start from as little as €125 per annum or 50% of the savings we achieve ,so no annual savings no charge applies.

If you would like a free consultation to discuss the services we provide further, please feel free to contact us.

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UP TO 60% SAVINGS ON BACKGROUND MUSIC RIGHTS CHARGES FOR IRISH HOTEL FEDERATION (IHF) MEMBERS

SoundReef Media Service and SMRI are delighted to announce a new partnership,for Ireland & the United Kingdom, that will provide quality rights cleared music with up to 60% nett saving on your current background music rights costs.

Soundreef manages the rights of over 43,000 songwriters and music publishers worldwide. Their in-store music catalogue, licensed via Soundreef Media Service, is used in over 60,000 business premises of all types in 27 countries worldwide including also major international hotel brands.

Music

This extensive and exclusive repertoire covers all types of music genres and tempos and results in significant savings of up to 60% on your current music rights charges.

Genres include the following.

Acoustic-folk, Children, Country, Classical, Christmas, Dance-House, Electronic, Ethnic-World, Funk, HipHop, House, Latin, Lounge-Chill, Reggae, R & B-Soul, Jazz, Pop, Relax-Ambient, Rock, Piano Only,

Fee

The first year’s annual fee, exclusively for IHF members, is based on 40% of your current background music rights charges, resulting in a net saving of 60% in year one.

This is a time-sensitive offer - Sign-up before IMRO July renewal.

To secure this 60% cost saving, your hotel would need to change over to SoundReef prior to your IMRO renewal date, which for most hotels is July 2021. So try it for FREE in June and then you can decide.

What services are provided?

Soundreef provide the following.

Annual certificates to broadcasts their works.
Music advice from the Sound design Department.
Personalised customer care.
Legal support with full indemnity.

Signing Up

Signing up is easy and up to 10 music genres can be listened to simultaneously from the web radio throughout the various areas of your premises such as restaurant, reception leisure centre etc.

Try it for FREE.

We are so confident in the quality of this music that you can try our service for free for the first month and cancel at any time during that month if it is not a fit, but we believe it will be.

SPORTS & MEDIA RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES

With over 25 years of experience in Music and Sports rights SMRI are best placed to provide clear advice to our customers with regard to music and sports rights charges which can be an area that creates confusion in the hospitality industry

CONSULTATION

We will review your IMRO ,PPI , Sky and MPLC charges and ensure that only the appropriate charges are applied.

Annual reviews start from as little as €125 per annum.

ANNUAL REVIEW OF CHARGES

Ensuring that only the appropriate charges apply throughout the year and that none of you or your teams time is taken up with such issues. On average over 10 hours of a companies time is spent dealing with IMRO, PPI, Sky and MPLC per annum.

IS YOUR HOTEL OR PUBLIC HOUSE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR SKY AND MUSIC RIGHTS

Most hospitality premises in Ireland will receive IMRO credit notes and invoicing as premises start to reopen. Sky may have also started invoicing some premises that are now open.

As a result of the various opening and closing of hospitality due to the pandemic, it can be confusing to establish if the appropriate credits and refunds have been applied to your account.

We provide the following services to ensure all the appropriate credits, refunds, etc are applied to your IMRO and Sky accounts:

IMRO & PPI

IMRO will be issuing Invoices and credit notes to many premsies as we start to reopen. We will check these invoices and credit notes to ensure all appropriate IMRO and PPI credits / refunds are applied to your account due to the various Covid-19 Closures and reduced music use. We will also ensure that the charges going forward are appropriate to your music use.
If your premises stayed open for Outdoor dining ,Healthcare Workers or people self-isolating etc, we can ensure only the appropriate charges are applied to your account as some of IMRO’s charging parameters will have been affected by social distancing etc.

Sky Sports

Review all Sky Sports credits and refunds during the various closure periods. We have dealt with many hotels and have found in some cases that the appropriate credits and refunds were not applied. We can also identify if a change in contract can result in further savings.
Some premises Sky Charges are based on the hotels bar's turnover so we will ensure that the charges going forward reflect the reduced turnover because of Covid 19 when the publicans’ licenses are issued in September.

Our charge for these services is 50% of any annual credits /savings we achieve so there is no charge if we do not secure further savings for you.

Please feel free to contact us for a free consultation to discuss our services in more detail.

UPDATE ON SKY FOR PUBLIC HOUSES

Pubs and Clubs contracts are based on excise duty, which relates to turnover. When licenses are issued in September 2021 Sky have agreed to backdate their charges for 12 months in line with the excise duty of the license.

Obviously with the impact of COVID-19 turnover has been significantly affected and therefore Public Houses will be due back dated credits from Sky in September and reduced charges going forward.

We will analyse the credits you have received to date from Sky and make sure they are the appropriate credits, as is some cases the credits have been understated. We will also in September 2021 make sure that all the backdated credits due on Pubs and Clubs accounts are secured and that the reduced charge is applied to the account going forward. Our fee for this service is €150 and we would not expect payment of any kind until your premises is open to the public,

COVID 19

As a result of the various opening and closures that have taken place in the hospitality industry it is more important now then ever for charges to IMRO ,PPI, Sky, MPLC etc. to be reviewed.

In most cases premises will be due significant credits and we can ensure that only the appropriate charges apply.

We can also provide music solutions that can result in savings of 60% on your background music charges.

Our Charge will be based on what services your require however we will spread payments over a 12 month period and not expect any payments unless your premises is open for business.

We will review all charges, credits, refunds due etc and ensure that you are only charged appropriately so none of your time is taken up with such matters and you can concentrate on when your business reopens.