Licence-Free Background Music Service MusicStream Set To Save UK Retailers Millions.

Online, February 1, 2012 (Newswire.com) - U.K. retailers and shopping centres spend an estimated £50m per annum on PRS and PPL music licences. Both a PPL music licence and a PRS music licence is required for the right to play licensed music on premises. The MusicStream digital music service, the world's first exclusively PRS free and PPL free digital music service designed for retailers, is launching at Spring Fair International at the N.E.C. on February 5th 2012. Developed by music industry professionals, MusicStream gives retailers a credible PRS free and PPL free alternative for the first time. Forecast to save U.K. retailers £3m in 2012 and £25m over the next 5 years.

Full Release

MusicStream, pioneer of royalty free music solutions, officially launches its MusicStream service at the 2012 Spring Fair International at the N.E.C., February 5th-9th. MusicStream is the world's first exclusively rights-free digital background music service. The music and management control features have been designed specifically for retail, leisure & hospitality business use.

MusicStream was developed in response to the growing demand for royalty free music (a.k.a. licence free music), observed by one of the company's founders, ex-Mezzoforte guitarist, session musician, composer and iChill music label owner, Fridrik Karlsson. Karlsson recalls, "I've been creating and marketing a range of royalty free CDs for 10 years and I was receiving more and more emails and calls from my web-site, from retailers who wanted to avoid PPL and PRS music licence costs"

A 100 store retail chain using a licensed background music service could save as much as £100,000 per year, representing a saving of over 70%. MusicStream CEO Jeff Stewart adds, "If we achieve our expected number of new sites in 2012, we will save those customers a total of £3m in year 1 alone. It's significantly more cost effective than licensed options and we believe the music speaks for itself"

MusicStream will be demonstrating the service at Spring Fair 2012. Spring Fair visitors will be offered a 28-day free trial. "Our number one priority has always been to deliver on music quality," says Stewart. "We decided the simplest way to showcase the music was to let businesses live with the service and all the current music for a while, with no obligation to sign up." MusicStream 'soft launched' in the latter half of 2011, and successfully tested all aspects of the service with clients ranging from Marta Jonsson's shoes on London's Kings Road, to Bannatyne Spas nationwide. The official launch will see MusicStream made available to the wider market.

The idea of combining a library of high-quality, licence free music, with a web-based digital music service, emerged in 2010 during conversations with Louis Langerman, a South African sound engineer, composer and software developer, who was marketing his own range of royalty free spa music at the time. Jeff Stewart, MD of New Age Music label New World Music, made up a trio of founders.

Service and feature summary (How MusicStream works)

• The MusicStream software works on PC, laptop, Mac, or Android device.
• Access to a huge choice of high quality, PRS and PPL free background music.
• New music is added every month.
• Music can be streamed via wireless broadband OR downloaded & played offline
• Music organised into expertly compiled playlists, which can be edited easily.
• Music controlled from one central location for consistency across multiple outlets
• A weekly schedule can be created, by hour by day.
• Supports multi-zoned music systems - enables different playlists in different zones
• Supports promotional and staff messaging.

For more information or to arrange an interview contact Neil Boote, Sales & Marketing Director

M: +44(0)7903 984362 - Email: [email protected]

Company website: http://www.musicstreamplayer.com