MUMBAI: To deal with the growing number of digital service, Universal Music Publishing Group has tied up with Crunch Digital for its PDX Service which manages data for selected cloud and internet streaming music services.
Crunch Digital's Publisher Data Exchange Service centralizes data flow from publishers to the licensed music services and improves the accuracy of royalty reporting. The PDX Service provides publishers with a way to make catalog information available to digital service providers (DSP) under their direct licenses, capture song usage for reporting purposes and issue statements based on usage and licensed deal terms.
Crunch Digital CEO Keith Bernstein said, We found that the reporting and collection methods in the marketplace for music publishers licensing digital services aren't working. Inaccurate reporting means less money going into the pockets of publishers and songwriters. Universal is one of the largest music copyright owners, so choosing Crunch Digital as a data partner can help simplify reporting for the digital music services while improving Universal's collections....