Deals
- Create Music Group has acquired Cr2 Holdings Group, which includes the dance label Cr2 Records, MBMB Publishing and its music education division, Sample Tools by Cr2. (CA)
- FKA Twigs has signed with UTA for worldwide representation across all areas. (Variety)
- Wasserman has signed Calvin Harris for worldwide representation in all areas. (IQ)
- Karma Artists and Payday Music Publishing announced the signing of a publishing agreement for artist, DJ, producer, and songwriter, Benji. (RotD)
- Armada Music has struck a song-rights partnership with London-born singer and DJ Sonique. (DMN)
- Gryffin has returned to WME seven months after making a jump to Wasserman. (Billboard)
- Milk & Honey acquires Bigfoot Music Management, citing underground electronic music as 'top priority'. Bigfoot staff, along with clients including Adam Beyer and Joris Voorn, are now part of the Milk & Honey team and artist roster. (Billboard)
- Armada Music Publishing announced the signing of techno producer Adam Beyer to an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement. (RotD)
- Tatyana Jane signs to Ed Banger Records. (DJ Mag)
- The Circuit Group, a collective of artist managers, announced the launch of Red Wire Publishing, a new division dedicated to providing boutique music publishing services to artists and songwriters worldwide. (RotD)
- Bad Boy Chiller Crew have signed to Irish label Greenback Records. (RotD)
- Electronic music veteran Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never) has signed a global deal with the classics and screen division of Universal Music Publishing Group. (DMN)
- Minds On Fire signs global admin deal with Sony Music Publishing. (MW)
- CTM Outlander has acquired the majority of EDM artist Yellow Claw’s publishing rights. (RotD)
- Kobalt have signed a global publishing deal Disco Neil, one half of the production duo Bashment Sound. (RotD)
- Armada Music's BEAT has acquired the entire master catalogue of Mixmash Records, the label co-founded by Olga Heijns and Laidback Luke. (RotD)
- Producer and composer Daniel Avery has signed to Domino Recordings. (TLoBF)
- Defected Label Group has signed producer Anthony Gorry and M People's Andrew "Shovell" Lovell for their debut album, marking the dance music label's first move into the therapeutic music market. (RotD)
- Armada Music Publishing announced a strategic partnership with Joris Voorn’s music label, Spectrum Music, to launch Spectrum Music Publishing. (RotD)
- Producer and composer Danny L Harle has signed with XL Recordings. (TLoBF)
- Virtual artist Deathpixie signs to Deadmau5’s Mau5trap, releases ‘Raise Your Weapon’ cover and announces new EP. (Variety)
- Rinse FM launches new in-house label, Ingram. (Mixmag)
- Tomorrowland Music & 1001 Tracklists Launch New Label, 1001 Recordings. (Billboard)
- The New Delhi-born composer, producer and graphic artist Sijya has signed with One Little Independent Records. (DJmag)
- American electronic music producer and singer ZHU has signed with Broke Records. (OQC)
- Downtown Neighbouring Rights has signed Brazilian DJ and producer Zerb and DJ Marky's label Innerground Music. (RotD)
- Sofi Tukker and Palm Tree Management partner to form Animal Talk Management and lifestyle brand. (Billboard)
- Reservoir Media announced a multifaceted deal with independent record label Fool’s Gold Records, acquiring the catalogue master rights of the label’s artists, including A-Trak and Danny Brown. (RotD)
- Armada Music has signing of a long-term recordings deal with UK dance artist SILK. (RotD)
- Producer, DJ and remixer Bob Sinclar has signed a global administration and sub-publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music, covers a catalogue of more than 350 works. (RotD)
- Sony Music Publishing announced the worldwide signing of songwriter, producer, artist, remixer and DJ Tino Piontek, professionally known as Purple Disco Machine, to an exclusive songwriter agreement. (RotD)
- Round Hill Music has acquired the catalogue of Swedish DJ Linus Eklow. (RotD)
- Getter has signed with United Talent Agency. (EDM)
- Marlon Hoffstadt signs with Capitol Records: ‘Im so damn ready for it’ (Billboard)
- Illenium has signed with Republic. (Billboard)
- Armada Music announce a joint venture deal with Dutch electronic artist Joris Voorn. (RotD)
- Artist, producer and entrepreneur DJ Khaled and Influence Media Partners announced they are to produce original content across film and television, as well as commercial ventures; and Influence will also expand commercial opportunities for Khaled with name, image and likeness (NIL) rights in certain exclusive categories. Influence also has invested in the rights to Khaled’s music catalogue. (Variety)
- Bucks Music Group has signed DJ and music producer Man Power to an exclusive worldwide publishing deal. (RotD)
- Warner Chappell Music has signed a worldwide administration deal with DJ, record producer, and label executive, Diplo. (RotD)
- Armada Music Publishing announced new deals with Bloom Twins, Shells and Trance Wax, as well as the extension of its partnership with Da Beatfreakz. (RotD)
- Swedish House Mafia have signed with SUPERHUMAN, a Stockholm-based label and multidisciplinary creative company. (EDM)
- Kobalt has struck a global publishing administration deal with dance and electronic label Thrive Music. (Variety)
- Downtown Artist & Label Services has signed DJ duo Sofi Tukker. (RotD)
- Kobalt announced a partnership with electronic music artist Anyma. (RotD)
- Armada Music Group’s dance music investment vehicle Beat Music Fund has acquired the rights to a large portion of the catalogue of Canadian DJ, producer and Turbo Recordings founder Tiga. (HR)
- Ministry of Sound has signed an extensive partnership deal with ticketing platform Dice. (RotD)
- Create Music Group has acquired the Deadmau5 catalogue and label in deal reportedly worth more than $55m. (DMN)
- Sydney electronic act trio Mansionair has signed with Sony Music on a worldwide basis, with label partners RCA in the UK and Arista in the US. (TMN)
- Reservoir Media announced the acquisition of UK dance and electronic label New State. The deal includes New State’s entire recorded music catalogue of over 13,000 tracks. The acquisition will also see Reservoir continue to market and release new music by New State artists via Reservoir-owned Chrysalis Records. (RotD)
- Armada Music has signed an exclusive recordings deal with Manchester-born British DJ and producer D.O.D. (RotD)
- Three Six Zero Recordings has signed a global distribution deal with ADA. (RotD)
- Warner Chappell Music has signed an exclusive worldwide administration deal with singer/songwriter Luke Steele from Australian electronic group Empire of the Sun. (RotD)
- ADA has extended its partnership with Sonny Fodera's label Solotoko. (RotD)
- Axtone Records has been acquired by Pophouse Entertainment. (DJMag)
- Palestinian-American producer DJ Habibeats signs with EMPIRE. (Billboard)
- Deadmau5 signs with CAA in all areas. (Billboard)
- Universal Music Publishing Group, in collaboration with dance music publisher Organized Chaos, announced the extension of its exclusive, worldwide publishing deal with songwriter Tim Powell, a member of the writing and production company Xenomania. (RotD)
- Tomorrowland Music, the music division behind the festival Tomorrowland, has announced an exclusive global agreement with BMG to manage and administer the company's music publishing rights and co-sign new songwriters and producers. (RotD)
- The Circuit Group, launched last year to acquire stakes in song catalogues, has partnered with Kobalt on global publishing administration services. (MBW)
- Armada Music Group's BEAT Music Fund announced catalogue acquisition deals with Kevin Saunderson, Markus Schulz and Robbie Rivera. (RotD)
- HE.SHE.THEY. Records announced a new global electronic partnership with music distribution disruptors Too Lost. (RotD)
- 'UK viral DJ sensation' Fish56Octagon has officially set up his own record label, partnering with Another Rhythm Records (a subdivision of The Other Songs) to launch Octagon Discs. (RotD)
- Warner Chappell Music UK has teamed up with Defected Records to exclusively administer the publishing roster and catalogue of the British dance label. (RotD)
- The UK office of Believe has signed a global services deal with electronic music brand Fabric. (RotD)
- Armada Music has partnered with Warner Music Africa and Africori to launch 'Ampiano To Ibiza', a concept EP comprising amapiano reinterpretations of classic "Ibiza" house tracks. (RotD)
- Calvin Harris sold his publishing catalogue to Vine Alternative Investments in October 2020 in a deal rumoured to be worth around $100m. Now the catalogue is changing hands again as Shamrock Capital Advisors snaps up a broad tranche of IP. (DMN)
- Boutique London-based music publisher Inverted Music UK is to represent the complete catalogue of electronic music pioneer John Mills-Cockell. (MW)
- Believe has taken a 25% stake in Romania-based Global Records, with plans on ‘building a global leader in dance music’. (DMN)
- Armada Music announced a long-term partnership with Amsterdam-based DJ and producer KI/KI and her self-founded label, slash. (RotD)
- PPL has signed Kenya Grace for the collection of international neighbouring rights royalties. (RotD)
- Sentric has signed music production and DJ duo Banx & Ranx to an exclusive administration deal covering future works, as part of its joint venture with Tileyard Music Publishing. (RotD)
- Sony Music Publishing UK announced the renewal of its exclusive global publishing agreement with electronic/dance music duo Gorgon City. Additionally, Gorgon City has launched REALM Publishing in partnership with SMP and announced Realm’s first signing with producer and DJ Riordan. (RotD)
- Armada's BEAT Music Fund acquires share of Jax Jones' catalogue. (MW)
- BEAT Music Fund, the first-ever dance investment fund from Armada Music, announced the acquisition of Amsterdam-based music publisher, Cloud 9 Music. As part of the acquisition, the teams of Armada Music’s existing publishing company, Armada Publishing BV, and Cloud 9 Music will merge to form Armada Music Publishing. (RotD)
- Armada Music has relaunched the Black- and LGTBQ-led house music label King Street Sounds. (RotD)
- Beggars Music has acquired the London-based label Hyperdub's publishing catalogue, taking over the administration, and "working collaboratively" on new, future signings. (DJMag)
- DJ and producer Robin Schulz has extended his long-standing global publishing deal with BMG. (RotD)
- Idris Elba signs to Defected Records. (EDM)
- Brazilian producer Zerb has signed a deal with Warner Chappell Music. (Hits)
- Armada Music has signed a deal with Bristol-born, Detroit-based multi-faceted artist Will Clarke. (RotD)
- Lilly Palmer secures dual record deal with Armada Music and Kontor Records. (Armada)
- Warner Chappell Music has signed an exclusive worldwide administration agreement with electronic/alt pop artist, producer, and songwriter Kenya Grace. (RotD)
- Helix & PayDay Records and SoundCloud announced a partnership, with the aim to discover, nurture, and invest in emerging electronic and hip-hop music artists. (RotD)
- BEAT Music Fund, the dance music investment company from Armada Music, has acquired the back catalogue of tech house label Sola Records. (RotD) Additionally, BEAT has acquired a large portion of UK-based dance label Steve Lawler’s VIVa MUSiC catalogue.
- Universal Music Publishing Group has signed an exclusive global administration deal with British producer, songwriter, and composer Danny L Harle. (DMN)
- Universal Music Publishing Group has announced a new joint venture with DnB Allstars, focusing on drum 'n' bass talent. (DMN)
- Music engine and delivery platform Reactional Music has signed a deal with Defected Records to bring its dance music into games. (RotD)
- CAA signs EXIT Echosystem talent Lanna. (Pollstar)
- BMG has acquired around 130 tracks of the recorded catalogue of French DJ and electronic music artist Martin Solveig, including some of his biggest hits. (RotD)
- Kobalt has signed UK songwriter and producer Toby Scott to a worldwide publishing agreement, including global synch and creative services. (RotD)
- Sentric signs Amon Tobin to global publishing deal. (MW)
- Artist building company The Circuit Group announced a joint venture with management and production company Pivot Music and DJ and producer Rebūke. (RotD)
- Universal Music Publishing Group has signed artist and producer Fred Again (Fred Gibson) to an exclusive, worldwide publishing agreement. (DMN)
- London and LA-based independent music publisher OTM announced the signing of DJ and producer Sub Focus, as well as the expansion of its US office. (RotD)
- Alesso signs with CAA. (Billboard)
- Peggy Gou signs with WME for global representation. (Billboard)
- The Chemical Brothers have consolidated their entire publishing catalogue to BMG. (RotD)
- b:electronic, the global dance & electronic imprint of Believe, announced it has signed both mobilee records and Feathers & Bones, the new label from electronic artist Rodriguez Jr. (RotD)
- Eric Prydz signs with WME in all areas. (Billboard)
- Steve Angello’s Size Records enters into a partnership with Astralwerks. (Billboard)
- Afrojack signs with Moe Shalizi & The Shalizi Group for management. (Billboard)
- Armada Music's BEAT Music Fund, has entered the acquisition of King Street Sounds and the master and publishing catalogue of Chocolate Puma’s René ter Horst and Gaston Steenkist. (RotD)
- Afterlife, the house and techno label from Italian electronic duo Tale Of Us, has entered a partnership with Interscope Records. (Billboard)
- Believe and dance label Cr2 Records has signed an exclusive long-term artist deal with artist and producer Matt Sassari. (RotD)
- Belfast DJ Pearce Kelly has signed a deal with Atlantic Records. (HotPress)
- Defected signs dance collective Yours featuring Maverick Sabre and producer New Machine. (MW)
- Pnau have signed to Sony Music. (MW)
- DJ, producer and singer-songwriter Nia Archives has signed a worldwide publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music. (RotD)
- Pendulum sign worldwide deal with Mushroom Group and Virgin Music. (RotD)
- Ministry Of Sound has signed an exclusive recording deal with Scottish DJ/production duo LF System. (RotD)
- Warner Chappell Music has signed Oliver Tree to a global publishing deal. (Variety)
- The UK office of Believe has signed a long-term label solutions partnership with drum'n'bass label Hospital Records. (RotD)
- Ultra International Music Publishing announced a new collaboration with Los Angeles based producer Diamond Pistols, to launch a music publishing company, Hidden Gem. (RotD)
- DJ, broadcaster, and selector Jaguar has launched record label Utopia, with the first release comes from Scotland's Van Damn. (RotD)
- Perfect Havoc signs global distribution deal with The Orchard. (MW)
- Warner Chappell Music UK has signed a publishing deal with up and coming DJ, producer and songwriter Morgan Cole.
- Diplo’s Mad Decent Publishing has sold its catalogue to music rights and brand management company Iconoclast. (Billboard)
- Sentric Music, has signed Dutch producer and DJ Iason Chronis, aka Mason, to an exclusive administration deal. (RotD)
- Ultra International Music Publishing announced an expansion of its growing Afrobeat operations and a new creative hub in Nigeria. (RotD)
- Polydor has signed KIMMIC, two DJ/producers from Angus, Scotland. (OltNews)
- DJ Khaled announced an exclusive partnership with Def Jam Recordings for his We The Best label and future releases. (Variety)
- Get Physical Music to manage the recording and publishing catalogues of Definitive Recordings, the house and techno label founded in 1992 by John Acquaviva, Karl Kowalski and Richie Hawtin. (CMU)
- Ultra International Music Publishing announced a new agreement with Atlanta-based songwriter and producer Zaytoven. (RotD)
- Leftfield have signed a worldwide publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music, covering Neil Barnes’ share of Leftfield’s catalogue and future songwriting projects. (RotD)
- Insomniac Music Group have entered into an exclusive global partnership with full-service B2B distributor FUGA. (RotD)
- Producer and DJ, Nick van de Wall, also known by his stage name Afrojack, has extended his exclusive worldwide publishing deal with BMG. (RotD)
- Commercial dance label and artist management agency Perfect Havoc has signed New York producer and DJ PS1 to its management roster. (RotD)
- Claude VonStroke’s Dirtybird label has been acquired By EMPIRE. (Billboard)
- Armada Music has signed electronic music trio Lufthaus, which features vocalist Robbie Williams and his longtime collaborators Tim Metcalfe and Flynn Francis. (RotD)
- The family and estate of DJ, songwriter, producer and composer Avicii (born Tim Bergling) has concluded an agreement with Pophouse Entertainment, the Stockholm-based entertainment company. It has acquired a 75% ownership in the artist’s master recordings and publishing, with Avicii’s family and estate maintaining ownership of the remaining 25%. (RotD)
- Universal Music Publishing Group has signed electronic music producer/songwriter/DJ duo Bicep to an exclusive, global publishing agreement. (RotD) Lisa Marxen has been promoted to Managing Director of Bicep's management company This Is Music.
- Channel Tres signs to RCA. (EDM)
- L D R U signs with Warner Music. (Billboard)
- NFT-turned-digital-dance-act 11APE signs with E11EVEN Music. (DA)
- Sentric's dedicated electronic music division, Black Rock, is to administer Adesso Music's new publishing operation. (RotD)
- Virgin Records Germany and Universal Music Netherlands have announced the signing of DJ Afrojack, under a new partnership between the two labels. It's the first collaborative signing under Universal Music Central Europe’s newly launched dance and electronic music hub. (DMN)
- Three Six Zero have signed Grammy award-winning producer Ayo The Producer and multi-genre singer, rapper & songwriter RMR as management clients. (RotD)
- BMG has acquired the entire music publishing back catalogue of Jean-Michel Jarre, having previously acquired the sound recordings of Jarre's first three albums when it bought record label Francis Dreyfus Music in 2012. (RotD)
- Insomniac Music Group signs global admin partnership with Sony Music Publishing. (Billboard)
- Record label and management agency Perfect Havoc has signed commercial house music duo Just Kiddin to its management roster. (RotD)
- LP Giobbi has signed with Ninja Tune's renowned Counter Records imprint. (EDM)
- Concord Music Publishing has signed DJ/producer/remixer and recording artist Carl Cox, in a global deal covering his catalogue and new material. (RotD)
- Three Six Zero has signed Toronto-based duo Majid Jordan as a management client. (RotD)
- Downtown Music Services announced a global music publishing administration agreement with Brooklyn-based artist, composer and producer Daniel Lopatin, who performs as Oneohtrix Point Never. (RotD)
- Stockholm-based Pophouse Entertainment has acquired the master recordings and publishing catalogues of Swedish House Mafia. (RotD) The company has appointed former Capitol Music Group and Columbia Records head Steve Barnett to the company’s Investment Advisory Committee.
- Ultra Music Publishing announced an alliance with Warner Chappell Music. (RotD) WCM will become Ultra’s sub-publisher in the UK and be responsible for collecting the company’s digital income across Europe. Ultra, which has a network of studios around the world, will also explore opportunities for its roster of writers and producers with those represented by WCM.
- Downtown Music Services announced a global music publishing administration agreement with producer, singer, writer, DJ and visual artist Alejandra Ghersi Rodriguez, known professionally as Arca. (RotD)
- Universal Music Publishing Group announced the signing of British composer and producer Kieran Hebden, the man behind electronic act Four Tet, and founder of the Text Records label, to an exclusive, global publishing agreement. (RotD)
- Defected's publishing division signs DJ John Summit. (MW)
- PC Music signs new artist, Ö (RA)
- Reservoir has announced the acquisition of the publishing catalogue of the late Grammy-winning DJ, songwriter, and producer Fred Rister, including several collaborations with his creative partner David Guetta. (RotD)
- Downtown Music Services announced a global music publishing agreement with French artists AIR, covering their full back catalogue. (RotD)
- Universal Music Group’s electronic-focused arm Astralwerks have teamed up with Domino Recording Co. to secure a global partnership with American duo Bob Moses for their latest single ‘Time and Time Again’. (Mixmag)
- Warner Chappell Music has signed a worldwide publishing deal with DJ, producer and songwriter Toddla T. (RotD)
- Marshmello has signed to UTA for representation in all areas. (Billboard)
- Bucks Music Group has signed house DJ Lenny Fontana to a worldwide exclusive songwriting agreement. (RotD)
- Defected has renewed its deals with ADA and BMG. (MW)
- Subjective, the duo of Goldie and engineer-producer James Davidson, has signed to Three Six Zero Recordings. (RotD)
- Berlin DJ and producer Alle Farben has signed with Warner Music Central Europe. (RotD)
- Kobalt Music has signed Australian electronic music duo Cosmo's Midnight to a worldwide publishing deal. (RotD)
- Sentric Music Group has signed William Orbit to an exclusive administration agreement. (RotD)
- London-based independent publisher Psychotic Reaction Music has partnered with the independent music publishing company, Warp Publishing. (RotD)
- UK independent dance label Cr2 Records has signed a global distribution deal and partnership with Believe. (RotD)
- Sentric Music Group's electronic division announced the signing of PBH & JACK, in partnership with Nick Halkes. (RotD)
- Swedish House Mafia have signed with Republic Records after a brief stint at Columbia Records. (Variety)
- Black Rock has finalised a co-publishing partnership with Electric Ibiza – one of Ibiza’s biggest events, label and artist management companies. (RotD)
- Concord Music Publishing has signed DJ/producer Imanbek to a new worldwide publishing agreement. (RotD)
- Independent record label, Perfect Havoc has signed the house music producer Pink Panda for a three-single deal. (RotD)
- DJ and producer Robin Schulz has extended his long-standing global publishing deal with BMG, and also chosen BMG as sub-publisher for his new Mentalo Music imprint. His first signings are DJs and producers Loris Cimino, Dario Rodriguez, and WaveWave. (RotD)
- WME has signed Richie Hawtin, who performs as Plastikman, as a global client in all areas. (Billboard)
- Ninja Tune is to release, promote and distribute ODESZA's record company Foreign Family Collective’s catalogue worldwide. (RotD)
- Sentric’s electronic music publishing service, Black Rock, has added producers ANNA, Felix Da Housecat and Archie Hamilton to its roster, under exclusive songwriting agreements. (RotD)
- Producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist Jax Jones announced the launch of his record label WUGD, in partnership with long-time manager Dan Stacey of Loving Alliance, and Polydor Records. (RotD)
- Warner Chappell Music France has signed a worldwide deal with urban and electronic producer Ikaz Boi. (RotD)
- Warp Publishing tweeted it is "excited to announce that Loraine James (@LoJamMusic) has joined our roster".
- Kobalt announced the signing of Norwegian duo Seeb
to a global publishing deal, to include a full range of creative,
synch, and administration services for their catalogue and future works.
(RotD)
- Carl Cox has signed with BMG to release his forthcoming album. (RotD)
- Eric Prydz has signed with CAA and plans to bring "Holosphere" to the US. (EDM)
- Joel Zimmerman, more popularly known as Deadmau5, has launched Beathau5,
a dance music label specialising in providing music exclusively for
license to film, television, advertising and digital media. (Variety) Beathau5 is a collaboration between his Mau5trap label and the production library arm of Sony Music Publishing, Extreme Music.
- Martin Garrix and Maejor have signed with STMPD RCRDS/Hollywood Records (Disney Music Group) for their collaborative project AREA21. (RotD)
- Foodman, real name Takahide Higuchi, has signed to Hyperdub for a new album.(XLR8R)
- Imanbek signs with ICM Partners and Primary Talent International. (Billboard)
- Label and artist management agency Perfect Havoc has signed producer and DJ Alex Cramp aka Parx for a multi-single deal. (RotD)
- Swedish House Mafia has hired Wassim 'Sal' Slaiby, The Weeknd’s manager, to manage the group as it continues its comeback. (Billboard)
- Label group Because Music have entered an exclusive
partnership with David and Stephen Dewaele, aka Soulwax/2manydjs, to
create a new joint venture for the next phase of their label Deewee. (RotD)
- Camelphat are starting their own record label, and the duo are seeking submissions via email. (BBC)
- AWAL announced a worldwide deal with the UK electronic producer duo, Jungle. (RotD) An album and tour is forthcoming.
- Grimes signs to Columbia Records. (Billboard)
- @SimonDunmore tweeted "Announcing @DefectedRecords have acquired the global rights to the Spiller
- Groovejet. A classic that has not been widely available digitally due
to contractual reasons. We will be making the original versions
available this summer, whilst commissioning remixes later this year."
- Warner Records has won a competitive race to sign TikTok sensation The Stickmen.
- Rising dubstep music producer LEVEL UP has officially signed to United Talent Agency. (EDM.com)
- Sentric’s electronic music publishing division, Black Rock, has signed DJ and producer Roger Sanchez to an exclusive songwriting agreement. (RotD)
- DJ producer Jodie Harsh tweeted "I can’t believe I am writing this... I have signed to Warner Records. Bangers incoming!!!"
- Round Hill Music has acquired the back catalogue of Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall, founder members of Massive Attack. (RotD)
- German DJ/producer Purple Disco Machine has signed with CAA for worldwide representation. He remains managed by Matt Jagger of Europa Music Management. (Pollstar)
- Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK has renewed its worldwide deal and launched a joint publishing venture with CamelPhat. (RotD)
- Kobalt has signed Rüfüs Du Sol to an international neighbouring rights deal. (
