Studio · 1 March 2024

International sync placements, three broadcasters

Kangaroo Time has been sync-licensed by three international broadcasters since 2024. They are MSNBC The 11th Hour in the US, UFA Show + Factual in Germany, and Productions Mustang III in Canada. The masters are held with cleared sync rights, ready for studio communications and partner conversations.

Sync

Music can travel with film and television, but only when the rights are clear. Many catalogues stall at that step. A sync licence is permission to set the music, master and publishing, against visual content. The fee for each sync is separate from streaming or performance royalties. A sync placement signals that the catalogue is cleared. Bookers, A&R and music supervisors can use it.

WildWooHoo Studio holds the master and publishing splits on Kangaroo Time and Cabra da Peste. Documented agreements are available on request. APRA AMCOS membership is in progress as the studio's performing-rights interface.

Placements

MSNBC The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

United States. March 2024.

The MSNBC The 11th Hour segment used Kangaroo Time. The music video footage ran under Stephanie Ruhle's narration. On air she repeated the line, that the video is described as joyful madness.

The segment is publicly archived at the Internet Archive and embedded on the WildWooHoo News hub. Watch the broadcasts ↗

UFA Show + Factual, quiz-show segment

Germany. 2024.

A German UFA-produced quiz-show format featured Kangaroo Time. The segment used the music video in a light-entertainment quiz context, reaching audiences beyond science media. Sync rights were cleared with the broadcaster. The master clip is held by the studio.

The clip is not publicly archived. It is available on request to qualified press, broadcasters or partners. Request access ↗

Productions Mustang III, arts and culture

Canada. 2024.

A Canadian production picked up Kangaroo Time. It framed the song alongside queer festival material. Sync rights were cleared with the broadcaster. The master clip is held by the studio.

The clip is not publicly archived. It is available on request to qualified press, broadcasters or partners. Request access ↗

Proof

Sync agents and broadcasters tend to ask the same questions before any conversation starts. The three placements answer them plainly.

  • Rights are clean. Three international broadcasters cleared the music with WildWooHoo Studio and proceeded. Master and publishing splits are documented.
  • The work fits different formats. News at MSNBC, an entertainment quiz at UFA, arts and culture at Mustang III. The MSNBC segment ran the work as the story, not as a background bed.
  • The placements reach three markets. The US, Germany and Canada used the work in different programming contexts.
  • The studio is responsive. Requests for masters, stems, instrumental mixes or extended versions are handled directly with cleared turnaround.

Catalogue

Kangaroo Time and Cabra da Peste (G.O.A.T.) are open for sync. The full Performance set sits in 24-bit production masters at the studio. That set is Kangaroo Time Original, Fireflies, Horse With No Name and Feels Like Summer. Stems, vocal mixes, instrumentals and extended versions are available on request. Formats covered are television, film, documentary, advertising, brand work, sports, news and current affairs.

Two of the Performance set tracks are cover masters, A Horse With No Name and Feels Like Summer. APRA AMCOS or publisher clearance is required before any streaming release of those covers. The original-composition tracks have no such restriction.

Sources

  • WildWooHoo Studio sync-licence archive (2024), at ~/Legal/Sync-Licenses/: MSNBC, UFA, Productions Mustang III master clips and agreements.
  • Internet Archive MSNBC broadcast archive, segment hosted at archive.org.
  • Sean Cummings, "'Kangaroo Time' hops into top spot of Science's latest 'Dance Your Ph.D.' contest," Science Magazine / AAAS, 26 February 2024, the source of the joyful madness phrasing Stephanie Ruhle repeated on air.

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