Songtradr Acquires Tunefind, a Film, TV, And Gaming Music Data Platform
Songtradr | April 28, 2021
Songtradr, the world's largest B2B music licensing marketplace, announced today the acquisition of Tunefind, a music technology, and data firm. Tunefind is the most extensive database and free archive of information for music in television, film, and video games in the world.
"Tunefind is a well-known and trusted industry resource for music used in all major entertainment formats. Its database depth and coverage are unmatched "Songtradr CEO Paul Wiltshire says "As we pursue our goal of creating the best B2B music discovery resources, Tunefind's database of music used in TV, film, and gaming has substantial unrealized value, and our comprehensive data from advertising music usage will broaden the Tunefind offering."
Tunefind collaborates with over 250 of the world's leading Music Supervisors to procure song data directly from the professionals responsible for choosing music to be used in TV shows, films, and video games, in addition to an active group of millions of monthly users. The interviews with Music Supervisors on Tunefind highlight the craft and appreciate their crucial role in storytelling.
"We're excited for this new stage in the Tunefind journey," said Amanda Byers, Tunefind's Managing Director. "The Songtradr ecosystem and technology accelerate Tunefind in terms of product and data, allowing us to remain the industry's best resource."
Tunefind also offers API data services to clients such as Plex, Chartmetric, and other major music industry partners on a contract basis. Furthermore, the platform is responsible for the Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter TV Music Charts.
Tunefind is Songtradr's second music data venture, following its investment in Jaxsta Limited in September 2020. Songtradr and Jaxsta recently finished their first merger, allowing Jaxsta users to claim Neighboring Rights through jaxsta.com, the world's largest music credits database.
ABOUT SONGTRADR
Songtradr is the world's largest B2B music licensing marketplace, offering song artists and content owners a full tech-enabled solution for rights management and monetization, as well as B2B music users such as brands, advertisers, filmmakers, SVOD and broadcast networks, gaming, streaming, and social media platforms highly-efficient, AI-driven access to music.
ABOUT TUNEFIND
Tunefind is the most extensive source of information on music in TV, film, and video games on the Internet. Tunefind, established in 2005 and serving over 30 million unique users each year, is the go-to destination for music usage (sync) data for the music industry and TV audiences alike. The platform has an active and engaged user community, song previews, scene descriptions, and other features, as well as a versatile API that is used by industry partners. Tunefind data is used to fuel the monthly Billboard/The Hollywood Reporter Top TV Music chart, TV partner app features, and music industry analytics products.