EMI Music Publishing has announced two deals which see the company further expand from being a company that administers the royalties of songwriters, to a company that proactively seeks to exploit any music related copyrights.
The first deal will see EMI represent the music catalogue of Abbey Home Media, a company which owns or manages numerous kids TV and literary brands, like Postman Pat, Thomas The Tank Engine and the work of Roald Dahl.
The second deal is with Chorion plc, a leading owner of 'classic literary based brands' like Agatha Christie, Georges Simenon, Enid Blyton, Roger Hargreaves and Raymond Chandler. EMI will now administer Chorion's music catalogues through media exploitation such as television, audio, multi-media and other licensing agreements.
Confirming the deal, EMI Music Publishing Senior VP Media & Business Development told CMU: "I am delighted to conclude the deal with Chorion. The company perfectly fits into the type of media company with whom we want to develop relationships as we look to aggressively expand our representation of significant media brands with the added ability to market our copyrights and expand our areas of business".
EMI Music Publishing MD Guy Moot added: "These two deals are great examples of the type of partners with whom we are looking to work and illustrate how the company here is diversifying and expanding into new areas and media outlets. We have the resource and people and we will continue to broaden our range of branded services into the areas of broadcast and media and explore new creative channels and revenue streams for our writers and artists."