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September 21, 2019
Digital Media Digest: September 2019
$150k to the SPCO; Turns out online opera is a good idea; Knight Foundation launches $750,000 initiative for immersive technology for the arts; Bernstein's 'Mass' gets brilliant encore, bound for TV; What is Spotify thinking with its 'Dance Like Nobody's Paying' ad campaign?; Spotify tops 108 million paying subscribers; Spotify abruptly shuts down its direct upload & distribution plans; For new video game music, Salt Lake City is becoming a hotspot; Digital tools and community first — A bright future for the TSO; Taylor Swift says she will rerecord her old music. Here's how; U.S. copyright office awards mechanical licensing collective contract to NMPA bid; Amazon music has 32 million subscribers — and a 70% yearly growth rate; Is traditional radio about to crash?; Apple decides to invest in original podcasts — Putting a buzzkill on Spotify's expansion; Exploring an immersive future in classical music; Imagine being immersed in the OSM — without the orchestra present; Stanford researchesrs point to dramatic improvements in virtual reality sound; Apple music's analytics dashboard for artists is offically out of beta; Spotify, Apple, Pandora, Amazon, Google, warns against ditching PRO consent decrees; Spotify, Amazon, Pandora, Google/Alphabet protest streaming royalty rate increases; Commentary: Classical streaming has arrived. How do the new services stack up?;
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October 6, 2017
Wireless microphones: where are we now?
The League, as part of a larger Performing Arts Wireless Microphone Working Group, has recently been representing orchestras in a series of meetings at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and earlier this week filed joint comments to the FCC.
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May 5, 2020
Conference 2020: Innovating Digital Engagement
If you are responsible for marketing or involved at all in curating and creating your orchestra’s presence online, this package is for you. With videos containing ideas from across the field, research findings, and practical tips on livestreaming, you’ll acquire the baseline knowledge needed to succeed in this space.
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February 22, 2021
FCC Action on Wireless Microphones
The League is directly representing orchestras in order to protect their right to interference-free use of wireless microphones and other essential equipment as parts of the broadcast spectrum are auctioned off for other purposes.
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February 21, 2021
Electronic Media Policy Issues
Orchestras that use wireless microphones, either on stage or backstage, are subject to new rules set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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February 22, 2021
Take Action: Electronic Media Policy
Orchestras and other performing artists and presenters have used wireless microphones to provide unrestricted on-stage movement and to deliver clear and accurate sound to appreciative audiences.
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January 19, 2021
Digital Media Digest
With the accelerating pace of technological change, the League posts a monthly digest of relevant news and information regarding changes, trends, and developments that may affect the digital media activities that orchestras use to achieve their institutional missions. For each monthly digest, the League's digital media consultants, Michael Bronson and Joe Kluger, draw from a variety of websites and publications to provide excerpts or summaries of articles. (These do not necessarily represent the views of the League.)
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January 27, 2021
Electronic Media FAQ
The music publisher has asked for an additional music rental fee because we are broadcasting the copyrighted work on radio and streaming it on the Internet. Does copyright law require us to pay this fee?; Can we put a five-minute video clip of our orchestra on Facebook Live or YouTube?; Can we put five-minute audio clips of the music we will be performing on our Website, to promote ticket sales?; Does the use of a short audio or audio-visual clip on our Website or in some other electronic medium for promotional purposes meet the definition of “Fair Use” under Copyright Law (for which we do not need to seek permission from the copyright holder)?
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January 25, 2021
Electronic Media Rights Clearances
In order to use technology to capture and distribute your orchestra’s performances (full length or excerpts) in all formats of electronic media, you will need to obtain written permission from all of the artistic, technical and production personnel you employ, who are involved in the performance.
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January 27, 2021
Electronic Media Rights Clearances: Copyright Holder
The use of copyright material is one of the more complicating factors for symphony orchestras in the creation of electronic media activities.
