DDEX Announces BMAT As Newest Charter Member

15 May 2025 - Press release

 

DDEX, the international standards-setting organization dedicated to improving the exchange of data and information across the music industry, has announced BMAT Music Innovators, the Barcelona-based company, will become a DDEX Charter Member from June 1. BMAT becomes the newest Charter Member since Meta in 2021. 

BMAT joins DDEX’s current roster of 20 Charter Members Amazon, Apple, ASCAP, BMI, Downtown Music Holdings, META, GEMA, Google, Kobalt, Pandora, PPL, PRS for Music, SCPP, SACEM, SOCAN, Sony Music Entertainment, SoundExchange, Spotify, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group. BMAT joining them will bring the number of Charter Members to its maximum under the DDEX statutes.

“BMAT has continued to raise the bar with music innovations and technologies and the DDEX Board is greatly looking forward to BMAT becoming a Charter Member.” said Mark Isherwood, DDEX Secretatiat. “Their prespective and expertise will be incredibly useful to the DDEX membership as the organisation moves forward in its mission.”

“We’re incredibly honored to become a Charter Member and join the DDEX Board,” said Iñigo Ugarteburu, BMAT CEO. “We’ve always aimed to stay ahead by embracing and supporting new industry standards, and this is a meaningful chance to continue learning and contributing. We’re excited to play a greater role and look forward to what we’ll build together."

DDEX Charter Members are entitled to a wide range of benefits within the organization, chief of which is the ability to nominate a member to the DDEX Board of Directors. The DDEX Board provides the strategy and foresight and forms an integral part of the DDEX governance. This ensures that DDEX can harness an atmosphere of consensus and cooperation amongst its membership which enables the organisation to keep publishing vital standards that have the buy-in of its 140+ members.

Membership to DDEX is open to any organization with a business interest in digital media content; there are currently over 150 members worldwide. While a company does not need to become a member to implement any of the DDEX standards, being a member of DDEX provides the opportunity to participate in and influence the development of international standards in the digital value chain. Information about membership of DDEX is available at https://ddex.net/membership/.

 

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