The Orchard (company)

The Orchard is an American music and entertainment company, specializing in media distribution, marketing, and sales.[2][3] It is a subsidiary of Sony Music, based in New York City.[4] In 2019, the company sold off its film and television division, which was renamed 1091 Media.[5][6]

Orchard Enterprises NY, Inc.
Subsidiary
Industry
Founded1997 (1997)
FounderScott Cohen, Richard Gottehrer
Headquarters
New York City, New York
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
OwnerSony
ParentSony Music[1]
WebsiteTheOrchard.com

History

Founding

The company was founded in 1997 by Scott Cohen and Richard Gottehrer in New York City.

Dimensional Associates Acquisition

In early 2003, The Orchard was bought by Dimensional Associates. Danny Stein, the CEO of Dimensional Associates, was appointed Executive Chairman,[7] and Greg Scholl left management consulting firm McKinsey & Company to become The Orchard's CEO,[8] changing its strategy and operating model and building a new management team.

In 2009, The Orchard was named the 66th-fastest growing company in North America for the five-year period from 2004 to 2009.[9]

In 2009, Scholl accepted a position as President, Local Integrated Media at NBC Universal[10] and Brad Navin was appointed CEO.[11]

In 2012, Sony acquired a majority stake of 51% in the company in a cash and equity deal with an estimated total valuation of $100 million.[12]

In 2015, the remaining equity in the company was acquired by Sony Music Entertainment for over $200 million.[13]

Clients

Its clients include independent artists and labels such as JYP Entertainment,[14] Daptone Records,[15] Cleopatra Records,[16] and Frenchkiss Records,[17][18][19][20] who partnered with The Orchard in 2012 to create Frenchkiss Label Group in addition to their digital and physical deals with the company.[21] In 2014, the partnership expanded even further when The Orchard acquired Frenchkiss Records outright.[22]

The company also licenses music for use in advertising, television and film. Heineken,[23] Target, Southern Comfort,[24] and the LU family of brands[25] have used songs from The Orchard's catalogue in their advertisements. The Black Angels' "Yellow Elevator #2"[26] and The Raveonettes' "Aly, Walk With Me"[27] were featured on True Blood, Frankie Avalon's "Venus" was played on Dexter, the Dum Dum Girls' "Coming Down"[28] and Kina Grannis’ "The One You Say Goodnight To"[29] were heard on season 5 of Gossip Girl and various artists from The Orchard's catalog were heard throughout Season 2 of Vice on HBO.[30] Songs distributed by The Orchard that have made it into film soundtracks include Faye Adams' "Hurts Me To My Heart"[31] and Mozart's "Rondo No. 2 in C Major for Violin and Orchestra, K.373: Allegretto Grazioso" in Lee Daniels' The Butler[32] The Red Army Choir of Alexandrov's "Soviet National Anthem" in X-Men: First Class,[33] Frankie Avalon's classic "Swingin' on a Rainbow" in The Help[34] and Macon Greyson's "Black Light" in The Wrestler.[35]

On June 1, 2017, Sony Music announced that it would merge RED Distribution and Red Essential into The Orchard, which would have a U.S. market share of 6% with $350 million in annual revenue.[36][37][38]

In February 2019, co-founder Scott Cohen retired from The Orchard and joined the senior management team at Warner Music Group.[39]

IODA
IODA logo

IODA (Independent Online Distribution Alliance) was a global sales, marketing and distribution company with majority stake owned by Sony. The subsidiary serviced independent artists, labels, filmmakers and other content providers on digital and mobile outlets, including making copyright claims on online content.[40] Founded in 2003, IODA provided various distribution, marketing, publishing and administrative services to selected independent record labels, physical distributors, video companies, recording artists, filmmakers, print media publishers and independent authors, including license negotiations, media encoding and metadata management, royalty payment administration and reporting, and marketing and promotional support. IODA had relationships with major mobile and online download retailers including iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody and Amazon.com.

On July 1, 2009, Sony Music Entertainment and IODA announced their global strategic partnership to leverage combined worldwide online retail distribution networks and complementary technologies to support independent labels and music rightsholders.[41][42][43]

On March 5, 2012, Sony acquired the remaining stake of IODA. The company's operations were merged with the Orchard.[44][45]

YouTube programming

The Orchard's YouTube multi-channel network has more than 1,000 channels across the globe and uses technology, built in-house, called B.A.C.O.N. (Bulk Automated Claiming on The Orchard Network) to crawl, claim and track YouTube videos to monetize for their clients.[46] It was ranked 7th in the U.S. in July 2014.[47]

Distributed labels

The Orchard owns the catalogues of TVT Records, Premium Latin Music (home to Aventura),[48] Blind Pig Records,[49] ViiiZUALEYES MEDIA GROUP & RECORDINGS INC., Frenchkiss Records, Mexican label Discos Joey, JDub Records, Xanadu Records, and Shrapnel Records.

Some of the better known record labels distributed by The Orchard are Atypeek Music, Black River Entertainment, Cleopatra Records, Eclipse Records, Frontiers Records, Heaven Music, Hope Music Group, InVogue Records, Lakeshore Records, MCFL Entertainment, Lamon Records, Lojinx, LRC/ Groove Merchant, Mystic Records, Pure Noise Records, Robbins Entertainment, Relapse Records, Southern Fried Records, The Spicy Effect, Third Man Records, ARY Records [50], Flo & Eddie inc.[51]and Concore Entertainment.

Film distribution

In 2019, the Orchard Film was sold and renamed 1091 Media.

BalconyTV
BalconyTV
Available inEnglish, French, German, Italian, Polish
FoundedJune 2006
OwnerSony
Founder(s)Stephen O'Regan, Tom Millett, Pauline Freeman
Industrywebsite
URLBalconyTV.com
Current statusActive

BalconyTV is an online music channel launched in June 2006, featuring acoustic performances on balconies around the world. In 2007, it won Best Music Website at the Irish Digital Media Awards,[52] and was nominated for Best Viral Video Content at the Webby Awards in 2008.[53][54] Since then, the channel has expanded to hosting over 12,000 shows in over 50 cities, and more than 25 countries.

The channel was acquired by The Orchard in 2014.[55]

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