John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Lenono Music & Ono Music Select TuneSat to Monitor Songs on Television and the Internet
June 4, 2012 – Lenono Music and Ono Music, the publishing companies that control the solo material of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, are using TuneSat to monitor the use of their iconic songs on broadcast TV stations and websites around the world. TuneSat’s proprietary technology will fingerprint all of the works from these catalogs and track their use on hundreds of broadcast channels in 13 countries as well as streaming audio, video, podcasts, flash, and other multimedia files on millions of websites. They will then be able to view detections in real time via TuneSat’s secure web portal, providing them with full transparency and accountability of when and where their music is used in each instance.
“John and I were both extremely detailed artists that put a lot of thought into not only how our music sounded but also how it was presented,” said Yoko Ono. “With the sheer number of broadcast TV stations and websites popping up around the world, it’s impossible to keep track of where and how our music is being used without the use of technology, which means it is often used in ways we don’t support. Now with TuneSat, I will be able to monitor the use of our tracks no matter where they’re played and make sure they are represented in the proper way.”
“John Lennon and Yoko Ono are true legends. It’s a privilege to work with them at TuneSat,” said Scott Schreer, CEO and founder of TuneSat.
Added Chris Woods, co-founder and TuneSat COO, “Up to this point, the rise of technology has meant that content owners have lost more and more control and knowledge of when and where their music is being played. TuneSat is excited to reverse that trend by using our technology to restore that control and knowledge to two of the biggest names in the music business.”
Since launching in 2009, TuneSat has helped rights holders of all sizes recover millions of dollars in revenue that might otherwise have been lost due to outdated reporting procedures and copyright infringement. With headquarters in New York City and satellite offices in Europe, TuneSat is actively monitoring hundreds of TV channels and millions of websites around the world. TuneSat serves many of the world’s premier publishing companies, record labels, broadcast networks, production companies, film studios, advertising agencies, and production music libraries, along with many composers, artists, managers, music supervisors, and others who need to monitor and protect copyrights. The Zappa Family Trust currently uses the service to monitor the extensive catalog of legendary rock star Frank Zappa, and NBC Sports uses TuneSat to track music usage during the Olympics, including Beijing and the upcoming London games.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono are two of music’s most iconic modern artists. Following his tenure with The Beatles, Lennon released a flurry of hit solo albums, including John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Imagine, and Double Fantasy, many of which were collaborations with Ono, his wife and musical partner. Together and separately, the pair produced songs including “Imagine,” “Give Peace a Chance,” and “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” that carried a message of love and unity that continues to reverberate today. Since Lennon’s death in 1980, Ono has fought to ensure that the music they created would live on, working with record label EMI to remaster and rerelease all eight of Lennon’s solo albums in 2010 to celebrate his 70th birthday. The project also included the creation of a single-disc greatest hits collection, a 4-CD collection based on the key themes of Lennon’s music, and an 11-CD box set featuring all eight Lennon albums, a disc of previously unreleased home demos and outtakes, an EP of non-album singles and B-sides, and much more.
About TuneSat LLC TuneSat employs its exclusive audio fingerprint technology to deftly detect music use on television broadcasts and the Internet. Led by tech-savvy composers and producers Scott Schreer and Chris Woods, TuneSat detects music in even the noisiest of broadcast environments, including under dialogue, sound effects, or voiceovers, and provides unrivaled, accurate reporting to its clients. With a TuneSat subscription, access to worldwide detection data is available 24/7/365 through a secure online portal. Detailed reports provide valuable information about when, where and how much music was used. TuneSat is actively monitoring hundreds of broadcast channels and millions of websites around the world. TuneSat LLC is based in New York City. For more information, please visit www.tunesat.com.
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