Sync generated £20m for labels in 2014

Tom Pakinkis

Income from music placed in British TV programmes, movies, adverts and video games rose by 6.4% in 2014, generating revenues of £20 million for major and independent record labels.
 
Figures from the BPI suggest that music synchronisation – using recorded music to enhance visual content – grew strongly in the TV, movie and advertising sectors where revenues increased significantly by 7.5%.
 
As reported earlier this year in Music Week, in advertising, Queen (pictured) emerged as the most synced ...



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