Accurate metadata facilitates accurate reporting and royalty payments. Incomplete metadata leads to undercounting and missed royalties. According to the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), incomplete metadata can cost artists over $100 million per year.
Luminate’s Data Management technology analyzes catalogs to find unclaimed works, which maximizes revenue collections and forecasting.
Confirm reporting metrics are comprehensive and accurate.
Ensure consumption activity is accurately recorded and attributed.
Verify that royalty payments or receipts are accurate.
Disambiguate, clean up and aggregate artist or repertoire catalogs.
Link recordings (ISRC) and works (ISWC) to the proper artists and publishers.
Register ISNI, ISRC and BOWI for any incomplete songs or works.
Accurate measurement, royalty forecasting and payment calculation can be difficult in the 100,000-new-songs-uploaded-daily digital music landscape.
Luminate scans an artist’s catalog or a firm’s repertoire to find and repair gaps in the metadata, which can mean tens of thousands of dollars in unclaimed earnings for an artist, songwriter, publisher or rights-holder.
As entertainment’s preeminent data and insights company, our services unlock the most trustworthy information across music, film and television.
