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Digital
PRS announces licensing deal with Rdio
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 22 March 2012
UK publishing rights collecting society PRS For Music has announced it has signed a deal with US-based streaming music service Rdio, which will help the platform expand across Europe.
Rdio is already live in North America, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand, and recently added Germany, Spain and Portugal too. It now plans to roll out across the rest of Europe to take on local streaming platforms like Spotify, Rara.com and Deezer, and the PRS licence – covering the rights in songs – will help with that process because it covers multiple European territories for the repertoire that PRS represents beyond the UK.
Confirming the licence, PRS boss Robert Ashcroft told CMU: “Rdio’s service is more good news for the UK’s digital music users and creators alike. Rdio’s entry into the market provides more choice for consumers and is a vote of confidence in the growing licensed digital sector”.
Meanwhile, Rdio’s VP of Strategic & International Partnerships, Scott Bagby, added: “Working with PRS For Music further emphasises Rdio’s commitment to the global music community. We are very excited to bring our service to even more countries, and because Rdio is socially powered, music fans will discover local and international artists across the world”.
No word yet on a UK launch date for the recently revamped Rdio platform. There had been rumours it could arrive this week, though a spokesman told GigOM last week: “Unfortunately, the rumours aren’t true. Rdio is not launching in the UK on Monday. However, they will be at some point in the future”.
