REVENUE RECOGNITION |
NOTE 4. REVENUE RECOGNITION For the Company’s operating segments, Music Publishing and Recorded Music, the Company accounts for a contract when it has legally enforceable rights and obligations and collectability of consideration is probable. The Company identifies the performance obligations and determines the transaction price associated with the contract. Revenue is recognized when, or as, control of the promised services or goods is transferred to the Company’s customers, and in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company is contractually due in exchange for those services or goods. Certain of the Company’s arrangements include licenses of intellectual property with consideration in the form of sales- and usage-based royalties. Royalty revenue is recognized when the subsequent sale or usage occurs using the best estimates available of the amounts that will be received by the Company. The Company recognized revenue of $3,682,276 and $3,478,970 from performance obligations satisfied in previous periods for the nine months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Revenue recognized from performance obligations satisfied in previous periods for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 was impacted by an update to estimated Music Publishing royalties based on the Company’s estimate of effects arising from the July 2022 ruling by the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board (the “CRB”) to affirm increases to the statutory royalty rate structure for mechanical royalties in the U.S. for the period 2018 to 2022. For much of the period between 2018 and 2022, most digital service providers accounted and submitted payment to the Company using the applicable 2017 rate while the remand process took place. Disaggregation of Revenue The Company’s revenue consisted of the following categories during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Three Months Ended December 31, | | Nine Months Ended December 31, | | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2023 | | 2022 | Revenue by Type | | | | | | | | | | | | | Digital | | $ | 13,938,412 | | $ | 10,717,506 | | $ | 38,594,301 | | $ | 32,428,357 | Performance | | | 4,272,420 | | | 4,407,361 | | | 15,280,829 | | | 12,355,228 | Synchronization | | | 4,012,451 | | | 3,670,065 | | | 11,512,976 | | | 11,382,565 | Mechanical | | | 390,831 | | | 589,209 | | | 2,202,140 | | | 2,104,190 | Other | | | 529,496 | | | 770,990 | | | 2,252,741 | | | 2,394,879 | Total Music Publishing | | | 23,143,610 | | | 20,155,131 | | | 69,842,987 | | | 60,665,219 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Digital | | | 6,589,119 | | | 5,246,986 | | | 19,476,308 | | | 16,122,688 | Physical | | | 1,671,093 | | | 1,104,207 | | | 7,138,031 | | | 3,252,740 | Neighboring rights | | | 956,984 | | | 822,106 | | | 2,618,529 | | | 2,248,387 | Synchronization | | | 782,224 | | | 388,305 | | | 1,978,668 | | | 2,402,179 | Total Recorded Music | | | 9,999,420 | | | 7,561,604 | | | 31,211,536 | | | 24,025,994 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Other revenue | | | 2,333,142 | | | 2,214,678 | | | 4,655,535 | | | 2,784,681 | Total revenue | | $ | 35,476,172 | | $ | 29,931,413 | | $ | 105,710,058 | | $ | 87,475,894 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Three Months Ended December 31, | | Nine Months Ended December 31, | | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2023 | | 2022 | Revenue by Geographical Location | | | | | | | | | | | | | United States Music Publishing | | $ | 14,063,281 | | $ | 11,187,010 | | $ | 41,435,627 | | $ | 35,946,459 | United States Recorded Music | | | 5,315,263 | | | 4,188,061 | | | 16,722,726 | | | 12,958,074 | United States other revenue | | | 2,333,142 | | | 2,214,678 | | | 4,655,535 | | | 2,784,681 | Total United States | | | 21,711,686 | | | 17,589,749 | | | 62,813,888 | | | 51,689,214 | International Music Publishing | | | 9,080,329 | | | 8,968,121 | | | 28,407,360 | | | 24,718,760 | International Recorded Music | | | 4,684,157 | | | 3,373,543 | | | 14,488,810 | | | 11,067,920 | Total International | | | 13,764,486 | | | 12,341,664 | | | 42,896,170 | | | 35,786,680 | Total revenue | | $ | 35,476,172 | | $ | 29,931,413 | | $ | 105,710,058 | | $ | 87,475,894 |
Only the United States represented 10% or more of the Company’s total revenues in the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022. Deferred Revenue The following table reflects the change in deferred revenue during the nine months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022: | | | | | | | | | 2023 | | 2022 | Balance at beginning of period | | $ | 2,151,889 | | $ | 1,103,664 | Cash received during period | | | 3,029,695 | | | 4,977,624 | Revenue recognized during period | | | (3,243,934) | | | (3,337,864) | Balance at end of period | | $ | 1,937,650 | | $ | 2,743,424 |
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