Music Used in 450+ TV Shows
Songwriter's share of public performance royalties for a catalog of music that has been placed in over 450 television shows.
- Closed December 29, 2016
- Life-of-rights term
- Musical Composition
- ASCAP
About This Auction
- $7,962
- Musical Composition
- Public Performance
- No
- Distributors
- ASCAP
- Sources
- Internet Streaming, AM/FM & Satellite Radio, TV/Film/Commercial Performances, etc.
- Life of author + 70 years
- First Payment
- January 2017
- Fees
- $75 ASCAP Assignment Fee
- Starting Price
- $16,000
- Bidding Increment
- $500
- Closing Price
- $37,000
- End Date
- December 29, 2016, 3:03 PM MST
Description
Up for auction is a catalog of production music that has successful placements in television shows like Girl Code, Love and Hip Hop Atlanta, True Life, and more. Production music, while sometimes overlooked by the audience, can be a consistent royalty income producer. For example, four of the shows that use music from this catalog have contributed royalties each quarter since 2013.
Music in this catalog is being pitched through music publishers and licensing companies that work to find new placements in upcoming television programming. If these songs get placed in additional television shows, this creates new opportunities for you to collect royalties!
In the last 12 months, this catalog generated $7,962. The next check comes out in January 2017 so when you win this auction you won't have to wait long to collect your first royalty check!
What is being sold?
100% of Seller's interest in the of royalties attributable to the musical works in Seller's ASCAP catalog. See the “Financials” tab for a full track list.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Possession of the songwriter’s portion of this asset must be taken via a trust, which is required due to ASCAP’s assignment policy. Please see the Post-Auction Process tab for further information.
How does this asset make money?
Every time a network airs a television show that uses any of the songs in this catalog the asset generates a royalty. This means every time an episode of Girl Code, or any other show, uses a song from this catalog and airs on television, you earn money. ASCAP makes payments quarterly. The next ASCAP domestic payment is scheduled for January 2017 and the international royalties payment is scheduled for February 2017 .
About the Royalty Distributor
ASCAP is the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), a membership association of more than 575,000 composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with affiliated international societies, ASCAP also represents hundreds of thousands of music creators worldwide.
Historic royalty income is no indication of future royalty income. Future royalty income is dependent upon future sales and licensing revenue generated by the sound recordings or compositions associated with this listing.
Financials
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Earnings over time, and where they came from.
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Media
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Videos, audio and images from the catalog.