MUSIC

If you own music rights - whether you’re a broadcaster, production company, or global brand producing original content - there’s a simple question you should be asking:

Are you collecting all the money your music is earning?

Many rights holders unknowingly leave significant revenue on the table. That’s because collecting global publishing income is complex - especially in an age where music is used across countless platforms, in multiple countries, and tracked by hundreds of societies and systems around the world.

At Audio Network, we specialise in solving that problem.

25 Years of Expertise, Millions Collected

We’ve spent the last two and a half decades collecting publishing revenue for our own world-class catalogue of music, used in everything from global advertising campaigns to award-winning television series.

Now, we bring that same industry-leading expertise to our clients - ensuring that if your music is out there earning, you’re getting what you’re owed.

Why Choose Audio Network?

We’re not a generic administrator or a rights aggregator. We're music rights specialists in audio visual content - and we’ve built one of the most advanced, efficient, and transparent revenue collection services in the world.

Here’s what sets Audio Network apart:

• Unrivalled accuracy
• Global reach
• Real human expertise
• Complete transparency

Unrivalled Accuracy

We use cutting-edge technology and proprietary data-matching tools to track and identify your music usage across global platforms. If it’s been used, we’ll find it.

Global Reach

We collect your royalties across our vast global publishing network.

Whether your music is playing in prime-time TV in Germany, streaming in Southeast Asia, or airing on a niche channel in Canada - we’ve got it covered.

Real Human Expertise

Technology only takes you so far. Our in-house team of music rights experts manually validate claims, resolve disputes, and navigate local rules and metadata inconsistencies to make sure no revenue slips through the cracks.

Complete Transparency

Our reporting is clear, detailed, and client-friendly. You’ll always know where your music was used, how much it earned, and when the money is coming.

Who This Is For

You should talk to us if:

• You’ve commissioned bespoke music for your content
• You’re a broadcaster that owns publishing on in-house or co-produced shows
• You’re a brand producing original content with custom music
• You’re unsure if your existing admin partner is collecting everything you’re owed

In short - if you own the music, we’ll make sure it pays you back.

How It Works

Hear from Andy Williams | Chief Operating Officer

Andy shares how we position the service for clients and why it fills a real industry gap.

Which types of clients tend to benefit the most from Audio Network’s new admin publishing service, and why?

Audio Network are specialists in providing a publishing administration service for audio visual content. So, any company that produces and owns audio visual content can benefit from a expert in this field to help them maximise their publishing royalties from Performing Rights Organisations (PROs), as well as royalties earned from digital platforms and sound recordings.

They would include companies across the media and entertainment sector including film and TV studios, production companies and broadcasters, as well as Brands and businesses that rely heavily on multimedia content.

How would you explain the value and importance of having a specialised music publishing admin service?

The key point here is that we are Audio Visual (AV) admin publishing specialists, which requires a different set of skills and expertise from regular music publishing.  The latter is focused on the management of rights and royalties for musical compositions, however AV specialists are focused on multimedia content.

Over and above the standard services carried out by a admin publisher such as registering works with PROs and collecting and accounting royalties, our service goes much deeper including cue sheet checking and delivery, composer contract checking and production slate and distribution analysis. Our forensic approach to these important additional services, which we have been applying to our own repertoire for the last 25 years, enables us to maximise revenues for our clients and speed up the payment of funds.

What are the common concerns or questions you hear from clients about music publishing revenue, and how do you address them?

I think the most common situation we come across is that clients are typically locked into long term contracts with their admin publishing provider and they are simply not aware there are any alternative suppliers in the market who specialise in managing AV content and who could be generating substantially more income for them across a whole variety of channels.

Hear from Alec Martin | Senior Manager, Publishing Administration

Alec gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how our team tracks global usage, works with collection societies, and ensures no revenue is left unclaimed.

How does the publishing team at Audio Network track music usage across so many different platforms and territories to make sure nothing gets missed?

There are three main methods that we use to track global music usage. Many of our clients share their sales & distribution data with us - this allows us to capture exploitation of their repertoire across our global publishing network and collect royalties from the point of airing. We combine these reports with the use of Music Recognition Technology to further pinpoint usage.

Finally, we analyse suspense and missing cue sheet reports from collection societies around the world, to make sure that any suspended income for our clients is released. Anything missing from incoming royalty statements is picked up by our Royalty Tracking team, who communicate directly with the relevant societies to resolve the matter.

What are the biggest challenges when working with multiple global collection societies, and how does your team overcome them?

The biggest challenge is dealing with the sheer volume of data we receive from many sources in a wide range of formats. We use several trackers to monitor the status of incoming data while it is processed and the subsequent actions that are taken by the team.

Most crucially, while our administration deals are global, they are serviced centrally from our London office. This avoids any cross-departmental or regional delays and allows our team to resolve any territorial issues quickly, efficiently and globally, by making use of our excellent society relationships.

What makes Audio Network’s music publishing administration process stand out from other services in the industry?

Audio Network’s service is tailored for music rightsholders in audio-visual media, which distinguishes it from a typical publishing administration deal that caters to commercial music. We have created a product based on 25 years of experience publishing our own repertoire, placing an emphasis on the additional needs of AV music rightsholders.

Our team play a key role in the post-production process for many of our clients, focusing on cue sheets - these are extremely important documents that can often be neglected, leading to sub-optimal (or non-existent!) royalty collections. Audio Network can oversee the entire cue sheets process, from creation to submission, ensuring optimal royalty collection from the first exploitation.

Combined, the features we have discussed create a boutique publishing service for AV music rightsholders and an exciting new option for their music rights.

Start Collecting What’s Yours

You’ve invested in great music. Now it’s time to unlock its full value.

Talk to us today to find out how Audio Network can help you maximise your music’s publishing revenue - globally, accurately, and transparently. Get in touch.