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Television, streaming, and national advertising. We've cleared music for every format, every market, and every deadline.
Clearing music for broadcast campaigns requires navigating rights holders, negotiating sync fees, and ensuring the agreed terms are documented before a spot airs. The labels, publishers, and administrators involved in major catalog music have their own timelines, approval chains, and fee expectations, and knowing how to approach them efficiently makes a significant difference when a campaign has a hard air date.
Clearinghouse Sync handles the negotiation of sync fees for broadcast use. We identify the correct rights holders, initiate outreach, negotiate the fee that will be paid to use the music in the spot, and issue a deal summary outlining the agreed terms before launch. Ongoing performance royalties for broadcast are typically managed separately by the agency of record in coordination with the relevant performing rights organizations. Our focus is the sync fee negotiation, getting the right terms in place so the campaign proceeds on schedule.
When the air date doesn't move
We specialize in
high-pressure timelines.
Broadcast campaigns don't always know they need music clearance until the edit is locked and the air date is set. We know how to move, who to call, and what levers to pull. We've shipped clearances in 24 hours when the situation demanded speed.
We'll handle everything else.
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