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CRC is oldest and largest state-owned record label in China. It is a group of cultural
enterprises managed by the central authority. CRC, which has always adhered to the orientation of "serving socialism and serving the people,"
inherited the splendid tradition of national culture, boosted artistic and literary creation and made good use of the advanced equipment of science and technology.
Through the constantly renewed media carriers of records, audio and video cassette tapes and compact discs, CRC has truthfully
recorded and distributed, in hundreds of millions of units, the works of excellent music, songs, traditional operas and local arts,
along with those of literature, film, television drama and dance, and even scientific and educational programs and documents.
For more than 60 years, CRC has recorded over one thousand artistic troupes and 5,000 performing artists. These products,
which can be found all over the country, include tens of thousands of titles with the total sale of over one billion units.
In the past several decades, CRC has accumulated and collected perhaps hundreds of thousands of record masters that feature all
the excellent and treasured works in the fields of creation and performance of music, traditional operas and local arts.
Some of them are the only existing masters and have become the nation's treasured cultural resources and audio and video
archives of high historic value.
IODA was created by people who are passionate about independent music and dedicated to
making the digital music world lucrative for the independent community. They provide easy access for rightsholders to their
digital catalogs, royalty and account data, and make independent music readily available to over 80 digital retail services,
40 promotional service partners through IODA Promonet as well as partnerships with over 3,000 Blog and Podcast sites worldwide.
IODA aims to ensure that independents are represented in every service across the globe, using collective bargaining power
to benefit the entire independent community. Partnered with CRC Jianian, IODA plays a pivotal role in the digital distribution
of China's music to the rest of the world.
ICG is an independent global copyright licensing and administration
company founded in 1990. ICG has become a significant leader in the
music publishing community by providing full administration services
for hundreds of publishing company members throughout the world. The
purpose of ICG is to manage all types of musical copyrights to their
maximum potential through fair, yet aggressive licensing; to produce
and maintain organized legal records and documents for these songs;
to collect and distribute income accurately and on a timely basis;
and to comprehensively audit and report on all copyright activity. ICG officially administers the CRC Jianian
music catalog in the U.S.
BMI is a performing right organization: It collects license fees
on behalf of its songwriters, composers and music publishers and distributes
them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed.
As a performing right organization, BMI issues licenses to various
users of music. It then tracks public performances of its members'
music, and collects and distributes licensing revenues for those performances
as royalties to the more than over 350,000 songwriters, composers and
music publishers it represents, as well as the thousands of creators
from around the world who have chosen BMI for representation in the
U.S. BMI currently represents some more than 6.5 million compositions.
As a leading provider of business music, Muzak creates experiences that
reach more than 100 million people daily. Some of the biggest brands in
business, from Ann Taylor to AT&T to McDonald’s, work with Muzak to
enhance their brand image in hundreds of thousands of client locations.
Muzak creates a wide variety of core and custom music experiences for
clients around the world. Muzak creates custom on-hold and in-store
voice messages, and designs and installs professional sound systems,
commercial television, drive-thru systems, digital signage, soundmasking
systems and more through its national network of sales and service
locations.
Rumblefish, Inc. has been a pioneer in the development of strategic
sonic branding and music licensing services since its founding in 1996.
The multi-disciplinary agency helps organizations build stronger customer
relationships through music -- first, by developing distinct music
identities that express clients' unique brand attributes; and second, by
creating music branding programs that enrich their customers' brand
experiences. Rumblefish recently launched the first online Music
Licensing Store(SM) (MLS) to make licensing music fast, easy and
affordable. MLS offers a broad range of authentic, independent music for
use on television programs, films, Web sites, podcasts and more.
Rumblefish clients include NBC-Universal, HBO, Nike, The North Face,
Adidas Originals, Red Bull, MTV, Mitsubishi and Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Gracenote® powers the biggest names in digital media enabling their
products with Gracenote's leading edge solutions. Gracenote MusicID®
is the essential ingredient for digital media recognition of CDs, digital
music files, and streaming audio. Gracenote Media Database contains
information for more than 80 million tracks and 6 million CDs in 80
natural languages. Gracenote also offers a convenient and integrated
way to access related content. Gracenote's goal is to make it easy
for consumers to discover new media. Additionally, Gracenote Discover™
is a global music recommendation engine that helps consumers find new
music that suits their mood and tastes. Their solutions are embedded
in leading media players, including Apple iTunes, Yahoo Music Engine,
Winamp and Napster.
Shazam Entertainment is a privately held company headquartered in London.
The company's music recognition service boasts over 3 million tracks which date back to the early 1950s.
The Shazam service is one of very few truly innovative and compelling mobile data applications that are available
for today's basic wireless technologies: voice and SMS. Additionally, they have launched a complimentary music
search service, which provides users with an additional way to access a wealth of music information and an
opportunity to purchase relevant products and services. Available both on web and WAP portals, users can purchase
mobile content (ringtones, wallpaper etc), full track music downloads and CD's.
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