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After months of preparation and after finally making ground with MCPS/PRS Alliance, and PPL, the UK's first internet radio licensing and hosting programme is about to launch.
LiveCast UK (http://www.live-cast.co.uk) launches on August 1st 2005.
After months of preparation and after finally making ground with MCPS/PRS Alliance, and PPL, the UK's first internet radio licensing and hosting programme is about to launch.
LiveCast UK (http://www.live-cast.co.uk) launches on August 1st 2005.
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Although the site does not appear to be finished yet.
Standard
Full Royalty Coverage
20 Concurrent 96kbps WMA streams
Per Month
Standard Plus
Full Royalty Coverage
50 Concurrent 96kbps WMA streams
Per Month
Gold
Full Royalty Coverage
100 Concurrent 96kbps WMA streams
Per Month
Cheers
I take it is like Live365 but a UK version that can be used in this country.
I'd be interested to know who is behind this.
Exactly right.
In regards to the over-complicated and expensive rules placed by MCPS and PPL, there have been lenghty and in-depth discussions to resolve the issue, and we have reached an agreement and understanding with both.
Do they have to log every song they play, and then send this data to you
Are they allowed to have adverts on their station and if so does any revenue earnt have to go back to Livecast
Is there any material that cannot be played on the station
What Bit rate are the streams, 24kbps, 48?
Also will there be upgrade options in the future to add a few morpe streams as required instead of having to upgrade packages. Cause at the moment the only difference in packages is the streams, there dont seem to be any more benefits.
As you can probably guess, there inevitably are tight rules and regulations, many of which are not imposed by ourselves, but by MCPS/PRS and PPL. All broadcasts would need to agree to our terms of service, and the MCPS/PRS and PPL terms of license.
We have negotiated into our reporting requirements that broadcasters will only have to send us a sample copy of their playlist averaging how many times a track has been played, one day a week.
Restrictions on earnings from streams are governed by MCPS/PRS and PPL. I believe you can earn upto around £6,000 before you would need to acquire a JOL license, seperate from LiveCast.
LiveCast has adopted the OFCOM Code of Conduct for broadcasts, and it clearly states what material can or can not be played, and when.
The bitrates are very high, 96kbps.
We can arrange custom packages, and or arrange future upgrades and 'bolt-ons for more streams, you just need to contact sales@live-cast.co.uk
is this system fundamentally flawed?, if a unlicensed and illigal brodcaster buys shows from LiveCast and by broadcasting this content would that mean that then the broadcaster does not need to pay for the various licences?
am i right in saying that only LiveCast is fully licensed and not the other broadcasters relaying thier material?.
im speaking about thier "Chart show"
if my thinking is correct then will the other stations relaying the websites shows still be obliged to pay the various licenseing fee's ?
Also, it will be free to listen without advertising.
Oof, that was a rather rushed cover up of your rather embarrassing original message, Lester!
Unfortunately, storing files on our servers would incur a dubbing fee, which would greatly increase the price of our licenses. We don't envisage that it will be something we would look to introduce at all in the near future.
We have however, secured the ability to offer MP3 streaming as well as our main WMA packages, contact us for details.
Thanks
Is this not included in the MCPS part of the license as thats what they deal with? I imagine that your deal covers station operators ripping music on their PCs for broadcast over your server, otherwise a lot of operators could find themselves in hot water later on.