Gulf-based music rights organisation ESMAA is partnering with music tech company Audoo to rollout Audoo's music recognition technology, the Audio Meters, in the Middle East to accurately capture public performances. ESMAA said the partnership will "enhance management and distribution of music royalties in the region."

Abu Dhabi–based ESMAA will integrate Audoo’s Audio Meters and its insights platform into its operational framework. Audoo's technology is already deployed in the UK, Europe, Au...

ISO, the International Organisation for Standardisation, has joined international data standards' organisation DDEX as Liaison member. ISO is a Geneva, Switzerland-based independent, non-governmental international organisation with a membership of 169 national standards bodies.

Through its members, ISO brings together experts "to share knowledge and develop voluntary, consensus-based, market relevant International Standards that support innovation and provide solutions to global challenges....

London-based music royalty software provider Backbeat Solutions has launched a new royalty management system dedicate to production music that is expected to streamline global copyright registration.

The Global Rights And Royalty Exchange (G-RREX) will see metadata uploaded to the Backbeat database automatically pushed to sub-publishers around the world and then further to local performance rights societies in each territory.

“G-RREX is a pioneering system that will enable production mu...