麻豆社

Contents:

 - Music clearances and licenses  

 - Music reporting  

 - Auto-recognition  

 - 麻豆社 MusicBox 

This guidance applies to all 麻豆社-commissioned audio programmes, from all commissioning areas (including: 麻豆社 network radio; 麻豆社 Nations and local; 麻豆社 News including World Service).  

Music Selection and Compliance

The 麻豆社 does not ban artists or songs. However, all music broadcast across 麻豆社 services must take into account the time of day, audience expectation, and the editorial context in which it is scheduled.

Music selection must comply with 麻豆社 Editorial Guidelines and align with the expectations of the target audience at that time of day. Across daytime output, music is generally scheduled and managed by the network music teams, who ensure it is compliant for broadcast. Where producers wish to include additional tracks, Free plays, these must be listened to in full and editorially assessed and complied before they are included.

Daytime output should not contain strong or mandatory language. Producers must also consider the presence of other language or themes that may offend, including (but not limited to) misogynistic or derogatory language, mild swear words, references to drugs, violence, guns, criminal activity, sexual content, or language that targets or stereotypes individuals or groups. Where necessary, such content must be edited, removed, or masked. This may vary from station to station depending on the target audience and time of day.

As a general rule, any mandatory language in programmes 鈥� including racial slurs 鈥� must be edited out or referred to the relevant network team for guidance prior to transmission, unless there are clear editorial justification and appropriate approval.

Where a programme includes mandatory language that has been approved for broadcast, producers must ensure that:

鈥� an appropriate content warning is included at the start of the programme on-air; 

鈥� a clear warning is applied on 麻豆社 Sounds, so audiences are informed in advance.

As a general rule, any mandatory language in programmes 鈥� including racial slurs 鈥� must be edited out or referred to the relevant network team for guidance and approval prior to transmission.

For specialist programmes, typically broadcast after 19:00, and programmed by the production team and/or presenter, additional editorial care is required. While there may be scope to include some very strong language in these slots, this must be editorially justified, appropriate for the likely audience, and depending on the type of mandatory language it needs to be approved by the relevant Head of Station or Director of Music.

The strongest racial language, along with any other language that could cause serious offence, must always be referred to the Director of Music in advance, accompanied by a clear editorial justification, and may only be included with explicit approval before broadcast.

Music clearance and licenses 

The 麻豆社 has agreed 鈥榗ollective licence鈥� deals with collecting societies that represent composers, musicians, record companies and music publishers. These are called Music Blanket Agreements. 

These agreements allow the 麻豆社 to use music on its licence-fee funded Public Services. 

• They cover in-house and independent productions.  

• You don't need permission each time music is used/recorded (although music reporting is still required) 

• The cost is paid centrally and does not hit production budgets. 

Production must follow specific guidance if: 

• They are using music in Speech Audio Content 

• They are making visualised content for a 麻豆社 Public Service (which must be cleared through 麻豆社 MusicBox) or   

• They are intending to use a Commercial Recording as 鈥楽ignature鈥� music in two or more episodes of a series. Please contact  

• They are a 麻豆社 Studios or in-house production intending to commission new specially composed music for a programme.  

• They are an Independent Producer commissioning new specially composed music for the World Service, Radio 5 Live, 5 Live Sports Extra or 麻豆社 News. (please see Auto-Recognition guidance below) 

 Music Reporting 

The 麻豆社 is legally required to report music used to collecting societies, so composers and rights owners are paid. If the 麻豆社 does not report the music used in its content it is in breach of its agreements and could be subject to legal action. 

Production must report all music used - whether covered by 麻豆社 Music Blankets or not. Nil returns are also required for programmes to confirm no music has been used. 

You must report music within two weeks of transmission. 

Programme makers should complete reporting on the following systems. 

• For audio-only content:  

• VCS/dira! 鈥� for all live and pre-recorded music programmes (unless your commissioning/network colleague indicates otherwise) 

• Proteus 鈥� for all live and pre-recorded speech (unless your commissioning/network colleague indicates otherwise) 

• Music Master (Local Radio only) 

• For audiovisual content: Silvermouse, WhatsOn (trails, promos), Proteus 

For In-House production teams 鈥� please see systems guidance and information on these links: 

Proteus 

MusicMaster 

If you are In-House 麻豆社 Staff supplying music reporting for the Pop Networks, please see additional information on music reporting on Gateway . 

For Independent Producers 鈥� please see systems guidance and information on these links: 

Proteus 

VCS/dira! 

Audible music must be reported, examples include:  

• Traditional or "out of copyright" music  

• Ice-cream vans  

• Football chants  

• Music in promotions/promos, background, live or locally recorded, music picked up on location e.g. crowds singing in the street - even humming two bars of 'Happy Birthday'.  

• Even one second of a tune  

• Production Library Music (e.g. KPM, Bruton, Carlin etc)  

• Background music  

• Jingles, Promotional fills  

• Music in "packages" e.g. GNS news packages  

• Any speech or sound-effect, such as from a Production Library or 麻豆社 catalogue.  

Enter a letter to represent one of the following categories, ie the origin of the music item: 

Secondary Codes 

These indicate how the music was used. Secondary Codes are mandatory for all music items in audiovisual content. 

The PRS have given us a concession regarding the reporting of actuality music. They societies expect "best endeavours" when reporting actuality music that is unintentionally broadcast. If impossible to identify they will accept "Unidentified actuality".  

Some music codes may need to be changed. For example: the live broadcast of "Last Night of the Proms" will have an "L" music code, but subsequent broadcasts will be an "R" (麻豆社 Recording) code. Other changes will be the costing/programme number, broadcast date and transmission time - if appropriate.  

Production Library music downloaded from 麻豆社 MusicBox is covered for bbc.co.uk, Sounds and social media, as is music that has been specially composed for a programme.  

If non-linear content contains new music (that isn't in the linear programme), the music needs to be reported. Full details are needed and can be entered under the specific channel, e.g. 麻豆社 2i.  

 Clips  

The reporting requirements are still in negotiation with the copyright societies. Please record all of the music that you have used in Silvermouse but do not submit the cue sheet. 

These include:  

• Music clips in quiz packages - Multiple music clips in one 鈥渃lip鈥�.eg 3 x 2 secs of different tracks in one quiz clip.  

• Commissioned music specifically created for bbc.co.uk and social media 

• Impromptu clips of members of the public whistling pop songs Music copyright can make judgements regarding this content.  

• 麻豆社 Teach 

• Bitesize  

• Live events e.g. Glastonbury 鈥� only clips of material not previously broadcast on linear must be recorded.  

• Online marketing promos (excluding Sounds and iPlayer) and trade shows. 

Fair Dealing Music 

If you wish to fair deal any music please reach out to the 麻豆社 Music Rights department. Independent Producers may need to take independent legal advice. Any music that is approved for fair dealing should not be reported on the music cue sheet or music report, but noted down in the copyrights section of the production paperwork. 

Auto-Recognition 鈥� 鈥淥ff-Air Reporting鈥� and Asset Upload 

鈥淥ff-Air Reporting鈥� 

The 麻豆社 uses Auto-Recognition 鈥渙ff-air reporting鈥� software from Soundmouse to manage the music reporting across some 麻豆社 services. In this scenario the entire service is monitored by the software, the music is identified, and then reporting sent to the collection societies. The following 麻豆社 services are reported in this way: 

• World Service 

• Radio 5 Live 

• 5 Live Sports Extra 

• 麻豆社 News Channel 

• 麻豆社 News International 

• 麻豆社 Parliament 

If you are commissioning any new Specially Composed music for the above services, the Composer MUST upload their master recordings to Soundmouse in order to enable Auto-Recognition and music reporting. More information can be found here: https://www.soundmouse.com/bbc/  

We encourage all media composers to upload their master recordings to Soundmouse to support Auto-Recognition across further 麻豆社 services and enable accurate and timely reporting. 

Asset Upload 

Producers of audiovisual content are able to make use of the Auto-Recognition Asset Upload tool. The rollout of this technology for producers of audio content will be communicated soon.  

/academy/proteusMusic Reporting FAQ  

Why do we have to report the programme if it does not contain any music? 

Our Music Reporting System assumes that a programme contains music unless it is told otherwise, so we are obliged to make a negative return to the copyright societies. 

I鈥檓 reporting a DJ mix 鈥� do I need to list every individual piece of music used in the mix? 

Yes, each individual piece of music within a mix needs to be reported along with the duration of each piece of music. Where there is overlap between music items production must use their own judgment to decide when one music item ends and the next one begins. 

I鈥檝e finished adding in all the music durations for my programme and it鈥檚 longer than the programme episode duration 鈥� am I OK to submit? 

No, you must not submit cue sheets/music reports where the duration of music is longer than the duration of the programme episode. The societies do not pay out programmes where the music duration is longer than the episode. Any programmes with excessive music that are paid out in error by the societies reduce the royalty pool available for other artists and composers. 

I鈥檓 not sure of the correct programme number 鈥� what should I do? 

Production need to ensure they report their music against the programme number as per the schedule. It is essential that the correct programme number is used to ensure that the correct music report can be matched to the correct programme. Any incorrect music reports will need to be redone by production. 

 Do I need to submit a music report for each repeat? 

No, identical repeats do not require additional reports. The original music report will simply match to any repeat. 

I鈥檝e created two versions of my programme 鈥� what do I do? 

If you鈥檝e edited a programme by: 

• adding new music 

• removing music 

• changing the duration of any music  

• changing the duration of the programme episode  

You will need to submit a new music report with the new programme number of the edited version. 

My audio programme has now been visualised on iPlayer 鈥� do I need to submit a new report? 

Yes, separate reporting is required for audio and audiovisual content. Even if all details are exactly the same. 

Do I have to fill in the music reporting for each day, or will one report for all the programmes in the week do? 

One music report/cue sheet per programme is needed.  

Do we have to report "out of copyright" music? 

Yes.  

My Producer hasn鈥檛 given me any details of the music that was used. What do I do to report it? 

The collecting societies take the view that the 麻豆社 should not use music which it cannot report. Every effort must be made to contact the producer and, if unsuccessful, enlist the help of someone who may recognise the music used. If you just have artist and title, try our database links for help in getting other details. 

Where can I find the Composer, Publisher and record details? 

You can find this information attached to the relevant track in 麻豆社 MusicBox. 

We used the Channel Ident (e.g 麻豆社 2 symbol). Do we need to report it? 

Yes, every ident/trail needs to be reported as and when it is used. 

I鈥檝e only used one second of a piece of music. Do I need to report it? 

Yes. There is no minimum duration. 

Do I put the time in and time out, or the duration of the music? 

For audio programmes just the duration is needed currently. For aAudiovisual programmes Silvermouse requires the time in and time out (it will then calculate the duration for you). 

Do I need to report sound effects? 

Yes, if they are from commercial recordings or Production Music Libraries. 麻豆社 Sound Archives discs may also contain music which needs to be reported. 

My programme is a mixture of co-production items in a 麻豆社 Production. What Programme Type do I put in? 

Put an "A" for 麻豆社 Production. Clips or items from another source do not constitute a co-production. Your Production Manager should know whether the programme is co-produced (financed) with another source. 

Contacts 

For music rights queries please contact the Music Rights team:  

For music reporting queries please contact the Music Reporting Team:   

麻豆社 MusicBox 

麻豆社 MusicBox is a digital music library and clearance tool for production teams sourcing music for 麻豆社 programmes. 

麻豆社 MusicBox is hosted by Soundmouse and provides access to millions of commercial tracks sourced direct from record labels, and hundreds of MCPS and Non-MCPS registered production music libraries in one place to provide a go-to music source across all popular and niche music genres. If a track is not found in the library there is a request process within the system for users to request specific tracks. 

Radio users can use the 鈥榩ublish to playout鈥� function in MusicBox to send music contained in MusicBox to playout systems 

The clearance tool has been configured so that only music the 麻豆社 has the rights to use in the programme you are making can be cleared. Where the clearance process is more complex the system will enable users to refer to the Music Rights team to investigate the query. 

The integrated clearance system performs automatic PRS and PPL clearance checks, for speech programmes distributed on RSS and Visualised content. After answering a brief set of questions a traffic light system will tell you whether your tracks are cleared, referred or denied. 

Accessing MusicBox 

• Go to 麻豆社 MusicBox 

New users can request access via this . 

Training and contacts 

Training helpcards are available on the 麻豆社 Academy website. 

For technical queries about the system please contact .