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Originally Posted by photon
Is that for licensing, or is that just because everyone picks the most popular songs?
I guess I have no idea how much it would cost to license a song to be a goal song.
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I think it's definitely for licensing.
Pay the licensing fee for say, 30 - 50 songs, use them in all your related media exposures (EA Sports games, Arena Music, highlight packages, NHL Awards ceremony etc.) and operate on a cheaper overhead than individually licensing specific tracks from arenas that you may not be able to use in re-broadcast.
It streamlines their media and law departments in a big way.
I do not know the specifics of course, but, were I in charge with the pressure on, that's how I'd run things.
Every year, I think since the lockout, the majority of tracks played in an American Arena have come from the EA NHL playlist. Obviously EA is not dictating the music to the NHL.