News
Sunlight CMS Version Upgrade
15th March 2010
Sunshine HQ Technical Director, Harpreet Singh announced today that all Sunlight stores have benefitted from upgraded features and functionality. The occurrence of over 35 upgrades to the system means an even more intuitive ability to serve client needs.
Harpreet commented, "This is really something special in the digital technology space - the architecture of Sunlight means the front end design and text of the stores and websites can work independently from any back end restrictions which are notoriously problematic and inflexible with other e-commerce systems. It's so exciting to see several years of hard work come to fruition - it is everything that we knew it could be and the recent upgrades are a huge step forward in terms of demonstrating the sheer scalability of the platform - without any compromise."
The upgrade includes more reports and analysis, sub category release control including featured, latest and most popular releases for all digital and physical products.
Barry Gilbey, Operations Director of Sunshine HQ is delighted with the response from the Sunlight client user base, "On the basis that you get the ultimate of bespoke flexibility, yet evolution from a single database driven platform, at zero cost is revolutionising the way our clients are capitalising on the benefits of their 'direct to fan' relationship in order to promote, exploit and therefore monetize their content. The fact that our clients retain their rights and receive the fan data, provides a solid framework for a long term successful business model - and they are thriving."
Sunshine HQ is leading the way in the technology sector of the music industry by providing a long awaited framework that provides the wide range of solutions necessary for content owners to embrace a quickly changing economic landscape. Managing Director, Will Machin confirmed phase II of Sunlight CMS is at the testing stage and is due to be rolled out at the end of Spring 2010. System specification requirements have already been produced to take Sunlight through no less than 10 phases over the coming 18 months.
Sunshine HQ Technical Director, Harpreet Singh announced today that all Sunlight stores have benefitted from upgraded features and functionality. The occurrence of over 35 upgrades to the system means an even more intuitive ability to serve client needs.
Harpreet commented, "This is really something special in the digital technology space - the architecture of Sunlight means the front end design and text of the stores and websites can work independently from any back end restrictions which are notoriously problematic and inflexible with other e-commerce systems. It's so exciting to see several years of hard work come to fruition - it is everything that we knew it could be and the recent upgrades are a huge step forward in terms of demonstrating the sheer scalability of the platform - without any compromise."
The upgrade includes more reports and analysis, sub category release control including featured, latest and most popular releases for all digital and physical products.
Barry Gilbey, Operations Director of Sunshine HQ is delighted with the response from the Sunlight client user base, "On the basis that you get the ultimate of bespoke flexibility, yet evolution from a single database driven platform, at zero cost is revolutionising the way our clients are capitalising on the benefits of their 'direct to fan' relationship in order to promote, exploit and therefore monetize their content. The fact that our clients retain their rights and receive the fan data, provides a solid framework for a long term successful business model - and they are thriving."
Sunshine HQ is leading the way in the technology sector of the music industry by providing a long awaited framework that provides the wide range of solutions necessary for content owners to embrace a quickly changing economic landscape. Managing Director, Will Machin confirmed phase II of Sunlight CMS is at the testing stage and is due to be rolled out at the end of Spring 2010. System specification requirements have already been produced to take Sunlight through no less than 10 phases over the coming 18 months.
Sunshine congratulates partner on Brit award
4th March 2010
Sunshine HQ would like to congratulate Barry Grint, from one of our great mastering partners Alchemy, who mastered Oasis' '(What's The Story) Morning Glory'. The album recently won the Brit award for the best album of the last 30 years.
Sunshine HQ would like to congratulate Barry Grint, from one of our great mastering partners Alchemy, who mastered Oasis' '(What's The Story) Morning Glory'. The album recently won the Brit award for the best album of the last 30 years.
Sunshine HQ forms partnership with South Yorkshire Filmmaker’s Network
26th February 2010
Music media and entertainment solution provider Sunshine HQ has announced a partnership with the South Yorkshire Filmmaker’s Network in order to provide music supervision services for their various projects.
Sunshine HQ will offer access to its extensive catalogue of music from a wide variety of genres in return for the soundtrack rights to the relevant projects, thereby both supporting the network and stimulating the local economy. The regions film makers are invited to contact Sunshine HQ through SYFN to discuss their project.
A result of the merging and multiple acquisition of several distinct specialist companies to form expert teams, Sunshine’s specialist services include Publishing, Digital & Physical Distribution, E-Commerce & Internet Solutions, Marketing, Label Management, Licensing, and Bespoke Technological Development. Significantly for this partnership, Sunshine also holds an international presence as a synchronisation agent and music supervisor, having been part of various film and TV projects around the world. The company holds the UK’s most credible boutique music catalogue, hand-picked for its diversity and appeal for synchronisation into TV and film, and looks forward to a long a fruitful partnership with the South Yorkshire Filmmaker’s Network.
Please contact the SYFN or Roo Pigott (roo.pigott@sunshinehq.com) at Sunshine HQ to discuss the opportunity in more detail.
Music media and entertainment solution provider Sunshine HQ has announced a partnership with the South Yorkshire Filmmaker’s Network in order to provide music supervision services for their various projects.
Sunshine HQ will offer access to its extensive catalogue of music from a wide variety of genres in return for the soundtrack rights to the relevant projects, thereby both supporting the network and stimulating the local economy. The regions film makers are invited to contact Sunshine HQ through SYFN to discuss their project.
A result of the merging and multiple acquisition of several distinct specialist companies to form expert teams, Sunshine’s specialist services include Publishing, Digital & Physical Distribution, E-Commerce & Internet Solutions, Marketing, Label Management, Licensing, and Bespoke Technological Development. Significantly for this partnership, Sunshine also holds an international presence as a synchronisation agent and music supervisor, having been part of various film and TV projects around the world. The company holds the UK’s most credible boutique music catalogue, hand-picked for its diversity and appeal for synchronisation into TV and film, and looks forward to a long a fruitful partnership with the South Yorkshire Filmmaker’s Network.
Please contact the SYFN or Roo Pigott (roo.pigott@sunshinehq.com) at Sunshine HQ to discuss the opportunity in more detail.
Sunshine HQ Welcomes Steph Reid to the team
23rd February 2010
We are pleased to announce that Steph Reid has joined the Sunshine HQ business development team. With 20 years experience in the industry in the US and UK markets, Steph has an incredible ability to organise and oversee projects to their finish. Everyone at Sunshine wishes Steph every success with us in a long and fruitful partnership.
We are pleased to announce that Steph Reid has joined the Sunshine HQ business development team. With 20 years experience in the industry in the US and UK markets, Steph has an incredible ability to organise and oversee projects to their finish. Everyone at Sunshine wishes Steph every success with us in a long and fruitful partnership.
International Music Consultancy (IMC) Partners with Sunshine HQ
12th February 2010
Sunshine HQ is very pleased to have won the global R&D contract for International Music Consultancy (IMC) to provide the tech infrastructure to the highly anticipated artist and consultant global network. Sunshine HQ will provide a system whereby artists and consultants can be automatically and strategically connected to each other, via an online filter & correlation system. Aspects of the system will be integrated into Sunlight, on a license basis for the unique intelligent payment gateway to span the global macro and micropayment markets.
Sunshine HQ is very pleased to have won the global R&D contract for International Music Consultancy (IMC) to provide the tech infrastructure to the highly anticipated artist and consultant global network. Sunshine HQ will provide a system whereby artists and consultants can be automatically and strategically connected to each other, via an online filter & correlation system. Aspects of the system will be integrated into Sunlight, on a license basis for the unique intelligent payment gateway to span the global macro and micropayment markets.
Sunlight HQ global e-commerce and CMS platform is shining brightly at launch
30th November 2009
Sunshine HQ has just seen its new version of the end to end direct to consumer retail platform, Sunlight HQ go live in the last 2 months. It is sophisticated (mobile friendly/compatible) online retail software that has been designed and built for music, media and entertainment companies, wanting to communicate and distribute content direct to their audience/fan base.
Harpreet Singh, tech director comments "We at Sunshine are incredibly proud of delivering the ultimate direct to fan platform. It includes a raft of features within the CMS that can easily control and add value to any release, promo, event or campaign. The platform is also built in the newest version of the .NET code, therefore, allowing us to scale up and / or provide flexible bespoke developments, upgrades and flexible 3rd party integration efficiently, which dramatically cuts the cost of tech services".
Sunshine HQ Director, Mark Debenham noted that "It also retains all fan/end user demographics and KPI's in great detail, enabling clients to understand who is visiting and buying from your own ‘branded’ store front, thus facilitating a direct relationship with the fan base, this then has longer term advantages to induce further repeat business ongoing." In terms of the platform's uniqueness, the "features such as territory restriction by continent and an intelligent payment gateway which maximises the supply chain margin, are just a few of the USP's of Sunlight"
The Sunlight retail platform has is a 360degree online music retail solution. It allows maximum flexibility and robustness.
Sunlight powers full websites with digital stores or just the digital store, which can either be standalone with a unique domain name e.g. www.artist-release.com for a specific product release, or as a satellite site linked out from another/label website, or they can be seamlessly integrated into an existing site via a “Store” button link on your navigation bar.
All Sunlight stores:
Sunshine HQ has just seen its new version of the end to end direct to consumer retail platform, Sunlight HQ go live in the last 2 months. It is sophisticated (mobile friendly/compatible) online retail software that has been designed and built for music, media and entertainment companies, wanting to communicate and distribute content direct to their audience/fan base.
Harpreet Singh, tech director comments "We at Sunshine are incredibly proud of delivering the ultimate direct to fan platform. It includes a raft of features within the CMS that can easily control and add value to any release, promo, event or campaign. The platform is also built in the newest version of the .NET code, therefore, allowing us to scale up and / or provide flexible bespoke developments, upgrades and flexible 3rd party integration efficiently, which dramatically cuts the cost of tech services".
Sunshine HQ Director, Mark Debenham noted that "It also retains all fan/end user demographics and KPI's in great detail, enabling clients to understand who is visiting and buying from your own ‘branded’ store front, thus facilitating a direct relationship with the fan base, this then has longer term advantages to induce further repeat business ongoing." In terms of the platform's uniqueness, the "features such as territory restriction by continent and an intelligent payment gateway which maximises the supply chain margin, are just a few of the USP's of Sunlight"
The Sunlight retail platform has is a 360degree online music retail solution. It allows maximum flexibility and robustness.
Sunlight powers full websites with digital stores or just the digital store, which can either be standalone with a unique domain name e.g. www.artist-release.com for a specific product release, or as a satellite site linked out from another/label website, or they can be seamlessly integrated into an existing site via a “Store” button link on your navigation bar.
All Sunlight stores:
- Allow you to sell digital and physical products and merchandise through one check out
- Allow you to sell via SMS
- Allow you to set up a product subscription service
- Allow you to maximize user generated content
- Allow you to sell audio, video and other media in any format/file type.
- Allow you to set your own price
- Allow you to offer bundle products as well as single products
- Allow you to offer pin codes for brand promotions/ticketing solutions
- Allows you to create live / on demand low cost and high quality streams
- Allow you to create deep links (one click to your checkout from anywhere) that you can embed into any html supporting website.
- Allow you to create localized content and checkout in local currency
- Are MCPS/PRS registered
- Give you state of the art royalty accounting system – you can view this in ‘realtime’
- Gives you detailed end user demographics from all sales activity - you can view this in ‘realtime’
Sunshine HQ signs UK’s largest hip hop
and urban label group
and urban label group
25 November 2009
The Hip Hop Village digital distribution is now serviced by Sunshine HQ on behalf of RGS Entertainment. The catalogue brings with it an exciting roster including Snoop Dogg, Buster Rhymes, Kanye West, LL Cool J and Soulja Boy. The albums will be hitting all the big retail shelves very soon.
The Hip Hop Village digital distribution is now serviced by Sunshine HQ on behalf of RGS Entertainment. The catalogue brings with it an exciting roster including Snoop Dogg, Buster Rhymes, Kanye West, LL Cool J and Soulja Boy. The albums will be hitting all the big retail shelves very soon.
Sunshine HQ will be attending Midem 2010
25 November 2009
A specialist from each team will be attending Midem in 2010. You can view details of each on Midemworld - please feel free to get in touch if you want to discuss opportunities. You will be able to find us in the British at Midem stand, or in a pub!
A specialist from each team will be attending Midem in 2010. You can view details of each on Midemworld - please feel free to get in touch if you want to discuss opportunities. You will be able to find us in the British at Midem stand, or in a pub!
Sensoria 2010
25 November 2009
Sunshine HQ are once again consultants for the UK's premier film and TVfestival, Sensoria. Held annually the festival plays host to some of the industries heavy weight guests including Safta Jefferies, Heather Kreamer and Jason Alexander. Sensoria's 2010 pro day will take place on April 29th. For more details see http://www.sensoria.org.uk/
Sunshine HQ are once again consultants for the UK's premier film and TVfestival, Sensoria. Held annually the festival plays host to some of the industries heavy weight guests including Safta Jefferies, Heather Kreamer and Jason Alexander. Sensoria's 2010 pro day will take place on April 29th. For more details see http://www.sensoria.org.uk/
