The Indian Performing Right Society Limited

Tariff Details- CRB: COMMUNITY RADIO BROADCAST

Scope of Tariff

Community radio station is one that is operated in the community, for the community, about the community and by the community. Community Radio broadcasts with the objective of serving the cause of the community in the service area and allows greater participation by the civil society on issues relating to development & social change. Programmes for broadcast are relevant to the educational, developmental, social and cultural needs of the community along with some entertainment through playing Music.General objectives of the community radio is to give voice to the people who normally have no access to the mass media nor opportunity to express their views on community development. Community Radio station is aimed at covering an area of 5-10km radius and is governed as per policy and guidelines set by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India.

This Tariff Applies to the Public Performance of Music on Community Radio within a specified geographical community by Non-profit Organizations/Universities and well established educational Institutions for non-commercial broadcast with a non profit objective.

General Conditions

This Tariff is subject to the Society’s General Conditions Applicable to Tariffs and Licenses.

The Institution/Organization shall be ‘Non-Profit’ entity.
The Institution/Organization shall not undertake transmission of sponsored programmes except the programmes sponsored by Central & State Governments and other organizations to broadcast public interest information.
The Institution/Organization shall undertake limited advertising and announcements relating to local events, local businesses and services and employment opportunities and the maximum duration of such limited advertising shall not exceed 5 (Five) minutes per hour of broadcast.
The Institution/Organization shall not exceed 120 minutes of playtime of music in a day.
Broadcast by Community Radio station shall be restricted to an area of 5-10 km radius.
This license will terminate automatically and immediately if the station engages in any commercial broadcasting; or if, for any reason, licensee fails to maintain its Ministry of Information and Broadcasting license as required.
Categorization of Institution/Organization:

Category ‘A’-‘Non-profit’ organizations like Civil Society and voluntary organizations registered under the societies act or any other relevant act.
Category ‘B’- Universities, Deemed Universities, Professional & Technical Institutes/Colleges, Research Institutes.
Category ‘C’- Well established educational institutions.

Royalty rates

The following Royalty Rates shall apply for:

Category ‘A’ Institution/Organization- Rs 150000 per annum or 5% of Gross Advertising Revenue which ever is higher.
Category ‘B’ Institution/Organization- Rs 100000 per annum or 5% of Gross Advertising Revenue which ever is higher.
Category ‘C’ Institution/Organization- Rs 50000 per annum or 5% of Gross Advertising Revenue which ever is higher.

Applicability of Tariff

This Tariff replaces all previous versions and comes into force from 1st April 2005 and applies to all royalties falling due on or after that date.
"Non-Compliant Licensees who seek to regularize past infringements / violations / breach of Society’s rights and licenses (including non-compliance with agreements, usage without license, vexatious litigation, etc), a penalty of 30% over the existing tariff shall be applied at the discretion of Society, where as compliant licensees will be charged license fees at a rate discounted at 5% at the discretion of the Society".
On each anniversary of this Tariff there will be an upward revision by 10% for the next 3 years.
All Royalties are exclusive of all taxes/levies and are charged in advance.

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