EMI & BBC agree to release archive
EMI Music and BBC Worldwide have struck a deal that will see thousands of hours of pop and rock music content, locked away for years, released to the public for the very first time.
Which is great news for us Depeche Mode fans who have been wanting to get our hands on those BBC concert recordings which may now see an official release. We’re not sure of all the details, especially with regards to Depeche Mode, but the fact that this is now available is great news. Too bad this comes after the DM remasters as these would have been another great extra had they been included.
The arrangement allows the British-owned music company and its artists to release material from the corporation’s extensive archive of TV and radio recordings across multiple platforms including digital. In return BBC Worldwide has the opportunity to use EMI artists’ performances to create new programming which can be sold to international broadcasters and consumers. BBC Worldwide has also acquired the rights to distribute the content direct to consumers via any of their own future digital services.
EMI and BBC Worldwide are identifying programme material relating to artists in the EMI family which can be used to create a wide range of products for global release across multiple platforms. The EMI family includes artists such as Kylie Minogue, The Beach Boys, David Bowie, Coldplay, Paul McCartney, Lily Allen and Pink Floyd.
Under the deal EMI will have the opportunity to include BBC recordings from their artists as part of DVDs, CDs and digital downloads whilst BBC Worldwide has the opportunity to drive revenue through international radio and TV programme sales, as well as on-demand streaming from those very same artists. Both companies will also receive reciprocal royalties for each other’s sales.
This unlocking of the BBC archive will make vast quantities of content available in all formats for consumers to enjoy both in the UK and internationally. The deal is part of BBC Worldwide Music’s strategy to derive greater value from the wealth of music-related material in the corporation’s archive. The BBC archive covers the entire history of rock and pop.
The deal will look to build upon the release of BBC content previously licensed to EMI by artists such as Coldplay, David Bowie, Queen, Roxy Music and Depeche Mode.
Pete Duckworth, Senior Vice President, Catalogue, EMI Music UK & Ireland says: “We are very excited about this agreement. In the BBC vaults there is a wealth of unreleased and high quality material from EMI artists that we will now be able to bring to fans. At the same time, we can offer new revenue opportunities to our artists that simply weren’t there before.” Duckworth added that all release proposals will be cleared with the relevant artist.
Paul Dempsey, Director of Audio & Music, BBC Worldwide, says: “We’re delighted to be working with EMI and we see this as a terrific partnership. This deal is a prime example of the commercial opportunities available to artists, their labels and BBC Worldwide when we work together to release this incredibly rich archive of content. It’s also great news for music fans who are always hungry for more content from their favourite artist or band.”
11 Comments
16 June 08 at 2:42am
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i hope this dvd on dts and diferent tracks
16 June 08 at 8:05am
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Big Country, who were on Mercury are also releasing a 2 cd set of BBC material. Read a couple of weeks ago that it was works in progress. About time eh?
16 June 08 at 2:11pm
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:-)) This is all about making more money, that is all, instead chekcin' out new bands and helping them out to expose their music they are dealing with already billions of times heard and seen stuff, afcourse ''the footege is unseen before'', sure, well very few people have seen them naked, hat would be something new... MONEY MONEY MONEY, hats all hey care about, its ironic that this site's name is EMPTY WORLD-wow how stupid people can be, such a waste of time...
16 June 08 at 5:36pm
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The grabbing hands grab all they can...
16 June 08 at 5:38pm
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Yeah, I get that attitude, but it's a biz and money will always be apart of it. Whenever something like this comes up they get blasted for doing it for money, even the remasters got that, but whatever. Can't you be happy that these recordings will now be available to the fans?
17 June 08 at 5:30am
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Music buisiness needs more money, in this case EMI knows that cd sales are decreasing even more so they look for different ways of receiving more incomes. I'm expecting for the early DM BBC live recordings to be officially released, full setlists.
17 June 08 at 7:28am
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At the end of teh day, live releases, especially ones like the BBC material, will have a limited appeal imo. So, its going to cost money to make sure they are 21st century standard ie overloaded to hell and when you consider there must be thousands upon thousands of recordings, I wonder how many will actually see the light of day. I personally would be surprised to see a DM release priort to a new album and tour, so maybe 3 years at least.
17 June 08 at 5:07pm
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I cant wait for the archive releases.be kewl to see sum old memorabilia of my fav band.depeche mode.
18 June 08 at 2:14pm
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Can't wait. I was at the DM concert in 1993 that the BBC recorded, I'd love to have a copy. It was also the first time Dave's son saw him play live too.
19 June 08 at 2:26am
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...would this possibly mean releases of TOTP performances? that would make me very happy!
21 July 08 at 1:49pm
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I am happy for DM fans to be able to access previously unreleased material,or from whatever band of interest, but yes it must be mentioned that it´s a bit of a desperately strategic move,and they could´ve come up with that 15 years ago.After dropping a lot of its major artists,EMI released all sorts of stuff by (ex)artists.It´s a bit of a sell out really.