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Hi folks,
I've lurked for some time without posting but I know what you're all up to

I've just noticed that Tunesat is showing about 40 plays of a co-write (with my good mate cosmicdolphin) and it looks like its from a trailer for a show on CNN (a promo featuring an excerpt from an upcoming episode). I've searched on the forums and it seems to be heads or tails whether trailers generate any royalties, but if anyone has a more definite answer on that I'd be interested to know. Either way though, I'm happy to have the placement, and especially if it means the track is used in the actual episode that's featured in the trailer.

Cheers,
Graham.

Presuming that you mean the kind of trailer that are promo ads for upcoming tv shows.

I have had two of those kind of placements and the second one just paid but the first one didn't.
Both seemed to be on decent channels where I have seen payments before.

Just checked back and noticed that the paying placement was a network channel and the other a cable.
No idea if that is relevant but it's 50/50 for me so far.

Actually asked the same question around the time I saw the first one crop up on tunesat but got no responses to it.

I honestly Don't know
JP's post Could be of help: topic145721.html

Thanks fellas. Seems its still heads or tails.

I eventually found the answer myself whilst browsing through info on the BMI website (my PRO). In a section describing non-payment sources it says that they don't make payments for promotional announcements. Oh well, it would have been nice to see something back for those forty-two broadcasts but never mind .

[EDIT] Later, I also found this on the BMI website, so now I'm really confused.

BMI will pay for music used in promotional announcements aired on both Network and Cable Television where performance information is provided to BMI.

Sounds like you mean promos, not trailers. I don't know a lot about it but I have heard some people have had trouble getting paid for promos and they've had to do a lot of their own leg work to get paid. You might want to call your PRO and discuss it with someone there. Most PROs don't accept Tunesat detections as proof of broadcast but there may be other ways.

Good luck!
Casey

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Fri Nov 20, 2020 12:30 am

Wow, that would be insane if there was no money coming from that!

There were over 100 detected plays in the end.

Thanks Casey. I wasn't sure what to call it when they run a little section of an upcoming show. Perhaps using the word 'trailer' was a bad choice that could confuse a lot of people. I've edited the thread title now to include the word 'promos'.

I could be wrong (and strangely that happens a lot) but the answer seems pretty clear judging by the BMI info.

Thanks for updating me on the fact that we'll miss out on >100 plays now Mark (Cosmicdolphin, the cowriter on this track) . It'll be interesting to see whether your PRO (not BMI) picks it up. I hope so.

Interesting find!

I thought it explained my limited promo experience but checked again and both promos were on cable channels (MTV (nothing) & Paramount Network (paid))

I am with PRS and the payment come via BMI under "USA (BMI) General & Broadcasting" and both tracks in question were originally registered under BMI by a US publisher.

So still confused!
btw - the Paramount promo that paid out had only 2 TS detections - the MTV one had 32 and if it had paid out at the same rate it would have been close to $1K.

Not complaining as MTV have been my biggest payer.

Just curious.

According to the sheets I have from my pro, promo use is usually included in sync fees. So I would think they plan to use the song in the show also, as that would probably clear the promo use.