Everything You Need To Know

KV Online Limited is a music brokerage. We help rights holders sell or finance their music catalogues by reviewing the catalogue, advising on suitable deal structures, and introducing it to relevant partners in our network.

• Catalogue performance. We analyse historical earnings and work out the average annual revenue the catalogue generates. Using our internal tools and market data, we can typically give an indicative valuation within one business day of receiving the required information.
• Catalogue health. We look at growth, stability and decline patterns, to understand how partners are likely to assess the asset and which valuation multiples may be achievable.
• Rights and contractual position. We review the underlying agreements, including ownership, transferability, restrictions on sale and any termination provisions. This helps us identify the most suitable partners and the transaction structures likely to be available.

Our preliminary findings, indicative valuation parameters, suitable transaction structures, and our recommendations on next steps.

No. The initial review is free of charge. We can only start it once our brokerage agreement has been fully executed.

Subject to receiving the required documents and an executed brokerage agreement, we can typically complete the initial review and provide an indicative valuation within one business day.

Once we have agreed a suitable transaction strategy with you, we begin approaching relevant partners from our network. Initial offers can often be received within about seven days, depending on the catalogue and partner appetite. After a preferred partner and structure are chosen, transactions can complete anywhere from 10 to 60 days, depending on the partner, deal type, due diligence requirements and contractual complexity.

Only after the brokerage agreement has been executed and the catalogue review is complete.

Our preferred starting point is the royalty reports. If the catalogue has third-party contractual restrictions (for example, recording agreements with a label), we would ideally receive the royalty data and the relevant recording agreements together, as both matter for assessing value, ownership position and marketability. For independently controlled catalogues with no third-party restrictions, we can begin with royalty data alone. You can share documents in stages if that is more convenient.

• Track title and artist name
• ISRC
• Number of streams
• Date of activity
• Revenue generated
• Platform or source of income
• Territory or country

CSV, TSV, XLS and XLSX are all acceptable.

We are unable to provide sample royalty statements because of our confidentiality obligations. The data list above shows what the reports should contain.

Royalty data and recording agreements can be shared securely through a Google Drive link. Identification documents for KYC and compliance can be sent directly by email.

Our Business Affairs team carries out standard KYC and compliance checks to make sure we are engaging with the right person and entity. We require a government-issued photo ID and, if you are acting for a company, company registration documents confirming your authority to act on its behalf. Once received and verified, KYC is typically completed within one working day.

After KYC is successfully completed, we issue the final agreement to sign electronically through DocuSign.

We follow strict confidentiality procedures throughout the process. We regularly enter into NDAs with prospective partners before any sensitive information is shared.

Our partner network is mainly across America, the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia.