BBC archives

[John Bravin]

The BBC will make available to EMI all its television and radio archives 
of the record company�s acts in a five-year agreement under which the 
two will also collaborate on television productions.

EMI paid an unspecified advance for access to the BBC catalogue. Salim 
Mukaddam, head of commercial affairs, music, BBC Worldwide, said that 
the idea behind the deal was �more of a partnership where we are able to 
exploit each other�s catalogues better�. Included is a 1967 BBC radio 
recording of Pink Floyd performing songs from its first album The Piper 
At The Gates of Dawn - one of the first John Peel sessions.

� Copyright 2008 Times Newspapers Ltd.

John