What is BDS?

"Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems is the world's leading provider of off-the-air music tracking for the entertainment industry. Employing a patented digital pattern recognition technology, Nielsen BDS captures in excess of 100 million song detections annually on more than 1,200 radio stations in over 130 markets in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico) and 22 Canadian markets." - BDS

Here's how it works:

Songs are encoded by a computer, which creates a digital "fingerprint" that is used by BDS monitor sites. These monitors listen to a station's frequency 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Whenever a song is played on one of these stations, BDS searches its "fingerprint" database and notes the time and date the station aired the song.

BDS is currently detecting over 1.5 million songs per week at radio.

Why is this important?

It ensures that you receive any and all royalties you are owed.

What do we do for you?

Deevel will get your music listed in BDS, ensuring that the major and indie labels know where and when you songs are played on the radio.