We keep you informed!
In the ever-changing and fast-moving Entertainment Business, with new developments and exploitation formats emerging on a daily basis, the number one challenge is to stay on top of these changes and ensure you are getting the services you require in a way that is efficient, secure and cost effective.
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Spotlight On
A Team Member
Elbert de Hoog
Elbert is the newest member of our organisation, having joined our financial team earlier this year as group controller.
Having worked for several years with a number of companies in the music business, his understanding of the financial set-ups and organisations is quite outstanding.
Elbert is currently responsible for reporting and analysing, and once he is fully familiar with the company systems, he will be coordinating the entire royalty department.
Elbert is a big music fan and in his spare time, he likes nothing more than to play his beloved electric guitar!
Feel free to contact Elbert and his team at accounts@the-source.eu
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iTunes Introduces Artist Images
Artist images and photos can now be added to the iTunes store, with the pictures visible throughout iTunes wherever the relevant artist and artist music appears, as well as in the customer's iTunes library.
You can upload one photo to represent your artist as well as an unlimited number of gallery photos which can be grouped by time, period, theme, etc.
Photos and data can also be changed to include promotional photos to coincide with new releases, etc.
If you are interested in uploading pictures for your artist, please contact your label manager so that we can set-up the appropriate account with iTunes.
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An Explanation Regarding Negative Amounts On Royalty Statements It is possible that you may have seen credit and debit units/amounts for sales in Australia and Japan in the royalty statements for 1206. This is due to a withholding tax correction. Most portals deduct these amounts from the royalties but Apple deducts it from the payments. We have been trying to claim these amounts back but have so far been unsuccessful due to the tax treaty between Japan and Holland, and Australia and Holland. We have applied the same exchange rate as historically used and each correction contains two entries. If the original sale was 100 AUD you will find an entry for -100 and one for +90 leaving a credit amount of 10. Should you have any questions please contact the royalty department.
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Juke Launches New iPad App With Dolby Enhanced Sound Quality
Juke has launched an iPad app in order to increase the exposure of its service to iPad users, adding to its existing services for mobile devices which already includes smartphone iOs and android app.
Juke users will have access to a dedicated iPad version with a social media sharing function, full synchronisation of MyJUKE favourites between various devices, PayPal payment function, performance optimisation and expanded sound quality.
The Juke iPad app also allows the user's playlists to be mobile and available offline.
Also, Juke is taking audio quality for low data streaming to brand new levels thanks to Dolby PulseŽ, providing CD-quality music for which there is also a premium version available on the web.
Juke continues to appeal to consumers with the advertising-free service, and now boasts a library containing 18 million songs!
For more information, click here.
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Traxsource In Exclusive Cooperation With Leading Anti Piracy Platform muso.com
Traxsource, the music store which was borne out of the need to provide a legal alternative to the consumer for underground music only found, at the time (2003), on illegal file sharing sites, has been looking for ways to tackle piracy since its inception.
After lengthy and extensive research into the prevention of piracy, including consultation with major content providers and legal professionals, Traxsource has chosen muso.com as the simplest and most cost-effective solution available today in order to remove content from illegal sites.
It is generally recognised that the most effective way to tackle piracy is by issuing DMCA Takedown Notifications to the hosts of pirated files. However, according to DMCA laws, these notifications must be issued by the Master Rights holder or their legally designated agent.
As a Traxsource content provider, The Source, and its suppliers are eligible to utilise muso.com's core services with a special 25% discount.
If you are interested in taking advantage of this offer please contact muso.com directly via the 'Sign Up Now' buttons on this page, or click here to find out more about muso.com.
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Amazon Launches in Italy And Spain (And Canada, Maybe...)
Amazon have annouced the launch of their all new Amazon MP3 stores in Italy and Spain, as well as the possibility of a Canadian store opening in the near future.
Amazon have also announced the launch of their international EU Cloud Player, due to make an appearance sometime soon, although a date has yet to be specified.
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