Administration Agreement with Village Productions
February 24, 2009
Music Copyright Solutions Plc ("MCS") the AIM listed music rights management company has announced the signing of a new rights administration agreement with Village Productions UK.
Village Productions was established in 1984 and has since become one of Europe's leading audio production and creative centres specialising in animation. Village has produced over 1,000 hours of programming.
Village Productions has worked with most of Europe's leading producers and broadcasters on all aspects of animation production. Since 2003 Village has expanded its business to include animation production. The agreement is for ancillary television rights administration and encompasses the BBC Children's animated series Rocket Boy & Toro (52 x 11 minute episodes), and France 5 and China Central TV (CCTV) for Butter Cup Wood (52 x 13 minute episodes).
Justin Sherry CEO of MCS said "I'm delighted that Village Productions has signed with MCS. Village are very much at the forefront of independent children's television production".
Tony Atkins Managing Director of Village Productions stated "I'm impressed with the depth of services that MCS can provide television producers and the experience that Justin and his team bring to the table. During the economic downturn there is a greater emphasis on producers like Village to maximise revenue yield from our catalogue and MCS is a cost effective means to achieve this goal".
For further information:
Music Copyright Solutions
Justin Sherry, CEO 020 8987 4150 / justin@mcsmusic.com
FinnCap
Matthew Robinson / Charlie Cunningham 020 7600 1658
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About MCS
MCS is a leading independent music publisher, and home to many of the world's finest composers and songwriters. Through its subsidiary Diamond Time, which is based in New York, MCS is also a major music copyright clearing agent in the United States. MCS's owned or part-owned catalogues contain work recorded by artists across the musical spectrum, including Ray Charles, Tom Jones, Bananarama, Metallica, Fat Boy Slim and the Frank Catanzaro television and sports entertainment catalogue. Royalty administration is undertaken for over 1,500 clients including Hearst, GRB, and many individual composers.