SPORTS & MEDIA RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL
SPORTS & MEDIA RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL
IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CLIMATE IT IS NOW MORE IMPORTANT THEN EVER TO HAVE A KEEN FOCUS ON WHERE SAVINGS CAN BE ACHIEVED.
AND IN THIS REGARD IMRO, PPI, MPLC & Sky CHARGES CAN BE SIGNIFICANT
Since 2003 Sports and Media Rights International (SMRI) has been advising Pubs, Hotels, Retail Premises indeed anywhere that uses music and sports programming, about IMRO, PRS, Sky & MPLC charges and we identify where savings can be made.
To date we have saved our clients over one million euros in annual rights charges
We provide the following services to ensure all the appropriate credits, refunds, etc are applied to your IMRO PRS ,PLC and Sky accounts:
IMRO & PRS
Since March 2022 IMRO/ PRS have fully recommenced its licensing and collection activities . Virtually all premises we have reviewed since March 2023 we have been able to secure further savings for our clients for the years 2020 to 2023. It is important to ensure that all appropriate credits/refunds are applied to your account arising from the various Covid 19 closures, reduced music use, social distancing etc.
Many of IMRO’s/PRS charging parameters have been affected by social distancing, reduced turnover etc – and, unless IMRO are advised of these changes, these types of credits cannot be applied to your account.
We can also ensure that charges going forward are appropriate given the fact that your premises may not be returning to the same levels of music use pre-Covid.
Please see link to the Irish Hotels Federation Supplier Hub article here
We also have music solutions ( SoundReef ) that can reduce your existing background music charges by 50%.
Sky Sports
Review all Sky Sports credits and refunds during the various closure periods. We have dealt with many premises 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.
We have also been successful in securing discounts on current charges for some hotels.
Motion Picture Licensing Company MPLC
Whilst MPLC do hold certain rights it is for quite specific uses of TV programming. We can establish for you if you in fact do have a MPLC liability and what that cost ,if any, would be.
Our Fee
Our charge is based on 50% of any further credits we secure so if we don’t secure any further credits no charge applies, and you will be secure in the knowledge that all credits you are due have been applied to your account.
Please feel free to contact us for a free consultation to discuss our services in more detail.
50% SAVINGS ON BACKGROUND MUSIC RIGHTS CHARGES FOR ALL HOTELS , LEISURE CENTERS AND RETAIL PREMISES IN IRELAND AND THE UK
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 50% net saving on your current background music rights(IMRO/PRS) 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 retail partners such as Walmart.
This extensive and exclusive repertoire covers all types of music genres and tempos and results in significant savings of up to 50% 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 is 50% of your current background music rights (IMRO/PRS) charges, and IMRO/PRS charges will no longer apply to your premises resulting in a net saving of 50% in year one.
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.
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.
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.
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 ,PRS , Sky and MPLC charges and ensure that only the appropriate charges are applied.
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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 will have received IMRO / PRS credit notes and invoicing as premises start to reopen. Sky have also started invoicing premises .
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,PRS and Sky accounts:
IMRO & PRS
IMRO/PRS since March 2022 have recommenced their licensing and collection activities .
We will check these invoices and credit notes to ensure all appropriate IMRO and PRS 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.
Sky Sports
Review all Sky Sports credits and refunds during the various closure periods. We have dealt with many premises and we 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.
Sky have now confirmed that they will be charging premises based on their 2019 publicans license excise duty cost again in 2023 meaning the significant reduction in turnover will not be reflected in the Sky charges. That is why it is more important then ever to review your Sky charges to see what can be done.
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 IN IRELAND
Pubs and Clubs contracts are based on excise duty, which relates to turnover.
In September 2022 revenue again started charging for excise duty on the publicans license
However Sky are still using the excise duty charge of 2019 when establishing the charge applicable to your premises for 2023.
If this has been the case with your account we would like to hear from you
To discuss further please feel free to contact us.
A SAMPLE OF OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS
