Wondering about music, technology and life in between.


That Thing We Do

May 9, 2024

Acquiring MMS from Media Consultants to amplify advertising intelligence and global reach in Italy

AD Control of BMAT Music Innovators has acquired a majority stake in Metro Media System (MMS) from Media Consultants, marking a strategic leap toward amplifying the Italian advertising inte [...]

March 20, 2024

Collaborating with RTP to champion fair compensation from public TV broadcasting for the Portuguese music community

RTP – Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the Portuguese public broadcaster, has started a multi-year partnership with BMAT Music Innovators to enhance and automate music reporting process [...]

December 4, 2023

Joining forces with the Japan Music Copyright Association (JASRAC) to enhance the identification accuracy of JASRAC-managed songs on YouTube

JASRAC – Japan Music Copyright Association – has joined forces with BMAT Music Innovators to enhance the identification accuracy of JASRAC-managed songs on YouTube. Accurate identification  [...]

September 19, 2022

Assembling the Copyright Admin component of our Music Operating System – MAM BMAT

Manage Ad Music – MAM – a company specializing in the collection of music royalties founded by Nan Wilson in 2000, has been acquired by BMAT Music Innovators. As a result of the acquisition [...]

September 12, 2022

The state of TV music usage across the US

We uncovered which types of music get the most screen time in the US, mapping how production, commercial and other types of music are used in 47 high-rating channels from February to March  [...]

April 19, 2022

Partnering with Audible Magic to deliver global music rights administration services to the Metaverse

BMAT Music Innovators teams up with Audible Magic to deliver a world-class rights and royalty administration service to Digital Service Providers. Music licensing is quickly evolv [...]

February 18, 2022

Strengthening royalties distribution model for Performance Rights Organisation Eshkolot to help 43,621 Israeli artists

BMAT Music Innovators and Eshkolot announce partnership to improve the royalties distribution model and music usage reporting for Israeli radio and TVs – helping Eshkolot distribute more ro [...]

November 18, 2021

The state of TV music usage across the UK

We checked out which types of music get the most screen time in the UK, mapping how production, commercial and other types of music are used in 6 high-rating channels from September to Octo [...]

November 2, 2021

Improving digital music royalties distribution with Greek Rightholders Association EDEM

BMAT Music Innovators and EDEM Rightholders Association join forces to power a new, improved royalties distribution model for Digital Service Providers operating in Greece. BMAT now monitor [...]

October 4, 2021

The state of TV music usage across France and Germany

 We went deep diving with IPMG into the use of music across TV channels in France and Germany throughout March 2021. We put our findings, b-sides and rarities included, into a public r [...]

September 21, 2021

BMAT helps launch Royalties Calculator for artists

Created by engineer Gabi Ferraté – a Barcelona-born, globally-based engineer and music nerd working at BMAT Music Innovators – this music Royalties Calculator brings transparency to how muc [...]

July 26, 2021

BMAT offers 30 talent scholarships to aspiring music biz leaders

BMAT Music Innovators are partnering with IMB International Music Business School to call forward aspiring young professionals to work on real challenges and help better the music sector th [...]

April 16, 2021

The Music Operating System

Since 2006, we’ve been turning our love for music into a rocketing business by putting our tech to good use – helping create a healthy music industry which is able to last forever. Our [...]

May 17, 2020

It’s time to get your hit together

“Get your hit together” is a 4-episode web series which aims to help independent artists make sure they get paid royalties for every play. Musicians are faced with the challenge of tracking [...]

April 22, 2020

The show must go on (air)

Music means a lot to us. We want to keep it alive. With The Show Must Go On Air, we’re trying to help musicians who’ve had gigs cancelled in Barcelona, our hometown, due to COVID-19—especia [...]

February 24, 2020

Music reporting for busy broadcasters

Our audio fingerprint, along with the post-transmission EPG data we receive, automates music reporting for TV programs. We’re sensitive beings. We’re often reaching for the tissues while li [...]

March 19, 2019

Music recognition in ads – from radio jingles to TV commercials

How we use our music recognition technology to detect music in advertisements. Since the radio’s invention in the 1920s, storytelling as an art form experienced a resurgence in popularity & [...]

December 20, 2018

Behind the scenes at SUMMUS

When I first heard about SUMMUS, I thought it was a misspelling of ‘zumos’ (juices, in Spanish), but as we started to get ready for the 3rd biennial event, it dawned on me that SUMMUS goes  [...]

December 5, 2018

How venues turn into revenues

Music identification impacts the artists’ revenues. After a night out on the town, we decided to research how music identification systems used in venues impact the revenue gener [...]

February 7, 2018

Razzmatazz’s Lluís Torrents – ‘Club managers like to see how the fees they pay get to the artists they play’

We chatted to the co-CEO of Razzmatazz about the importance of music monitoring in clubs like his. Lluís Torrents, co-CEO of Razzmatazz, is to Barcelona as a bassist is to a rock song. Alth [...]