Do I require a broadcasting licence?

banner-_Knowledge_Base

Online Audience is a UK-based company, therefore we do have to enforce online broadcasting regulations. This means you need written permission by all rights owners to the music you play or a license from the organisation that hands these out in your territory.

Do you only play royalty free music?

If that's the case, you won't need a broadcasting license. Do make sure to check all of the tracks you're playing are royalty free!

The following is required for our UK-based clients (as described above):
For online broadcast, two licences are required. One from PPL & one from PRS For Music - for both licences combined, it will cost you just over £300 for the bare minimum package.

For other countries we suggest to contact your local authorities or ask for suggestions in the community.

We do not force any of our users to purchase these licences and will not suspend any services if we find that they are not licenced. However, if we receive a complaint from PPL, PRS or a music artist/record label - we will be forced to remove the audio file which has been complained about. This could also lead to termination of the main account. You will be notified of this before anything is deleted from your account.

  • broadcasting licence, music, royalty free music, PPL
  • 21 Users Found This Useful
Was this answer helpful?

Related Articles

Do i need a Microphone ?

Though a microphone is not necessary for music broadcasting, either a built in microphone or an...

I have many DJs who will broadcast via my radio, can they have access to the service without full admin privelages?

Absolutely. You can create as many DJ usernames as you like. You can also set their access...

I Have my own Website/Blog Already, Can i Embed my Radio There ?

Absolutely, Your Panel provides a media player, requests feature, recently played and now playing...

Is there a way of checking my ratings or how many people listen to the station?

Is there a way of checking my ratings or how many people listen to the station? Your...

What is Auto DJ ?

With auto DJ the streaming is carried out from the Online Audience servers. Simply upload...