NBA Channel

[Alan]

Can anyone share what kind of back end the NBA channel generates? I’m ASCAP and I expect it’s a survey only channel but I haven’t seen any cue sheets yet or $$ yet. I ask because someone there has taken a liking to one of my tracks and uses it a lot. Tunesat will pick it up 5-15 times per day.
Should I plan on buying a cup of coffee or a software upgrade?
😉

[BEATSLINGER]

Good morning Alan, I can’t speak for ASCAP (SESAC here) but I have a feeling you will get a bigger Computer!

Look at it this way as well. This will lead you to even bigger things by “listing your placements for other Libraries/Catalogs to see!!”

Congratulations, and keep it moving!!

[Kubed]

Nice to hear that!Same story here,1 of my tracks was used widely during summer in the NBA channel.About 2-4 placements daily and each one of them got 1-2 repeats as well.It was used for the after-game commentary i think.
I’m with BMI,we’ll see how it goes.

Congrats Alan!

[BEATSLINGER]

Congratulations Brother Kubed!!

[Kubed]

Thanks buddy!

[Alan]

Here’s a follow up (wow, it’s been a year)
– Tunesat has detected 81 individual placements on the NBA channel for a total of 346 airings. Earliest was 4/2017, most recent was last week.
– About 50 of those placements have cue sheets filed with ASCAP
– I have received ZERO royalties from ASCAP

I spoke with an ASCAP representative over the summer who said I should see some payments on October 2018…..nope.

I will vent some more about ASCAP’s response today here:

ASCAP and their inadequate survey system

[White_Stripes]

Hey guys, any updates if you ever got paid and if so can you share some numbers?

[Alan]

Hey guys, any updates if you ever got paid and if so can you share some numbers?

Here are some solid NBA Channel numbers for you White_Stripes:
Time frame – Fall 2017 to Fall 2018
# of placements – 92, durations from 0:12 to 4:55
# of airings – Tunesat picked up about 450 airings
# of cue sheets filed with ASCAP- 58
Total income – $0

Did I contact ASCAP? Yes
Their reply? Sorry, it didn’t hit the survey, too small of a market. I’ve cone through the survey dates a few times and have never seen the NBA channel listed.
ASCAP Surveys can be found here:
https://www.ascap.com/help/royalties-and-payment/payment/cablesurveys

It’s particularly annoying when you learn a 2+ minute placement missed a survey by a matter of hours.

Sorry for the bad news White_Stripes

[White_Stripes]

oh damn, that survey system sounds horrible.
Im with BMI though, so lets see how things will go there.

[johnnyboy]

Yeah, it’s a bummer. I had 150 cue sheets turn on for a news show. Told me it didn’t show up on their radar. I think it’s time for this crap to stop. If a cue sheet is turn in, it should be enough to get paid. I sent a letter to Paul Williams awhile back. Didn’t receive a reply.

[Michael Nickolas]

Same here, zero payouts on at least 100 cue sheets. (ASCAP)

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