What a station signs when it joins the network.
The commitments a partner station makes when the Box goes in the rack — written in plain language, numbered, and public. No small print, no side letters.
A station joining the GlueArrow network signs one agreement. That agreement is not a sales document. It is a set of commitments, numbered, written in the same language the rest of the industry does business in. The full text is available on request. The commitments themselves are below, in the form every signatory sees them.
What the station commits to
- Every paid broadcast is logged at the source — no backfilling after the fact.
- The monthly music licence fee is settled by direct debit on a fixed date — one invoice, not three overlapping society invoices.
- Airplay data is preserved on the station side for a minimum of twenty-four months.
- The rights-holder of any work aired on the station has the right to see that airplay without asking for permission.
- The advertiser who paid for a spot has the right to see when and where it ran, down to the second.
- No broadcast record is altered after it has been written.
What the station receives
- The hardware — Starter, Pro, or Screen tier — installed and tied to the station account.
- A signed, timestamped record of every detection on the station's own dial.
- A weekly statement of licence fees collected on behalf of the works the station has aired.
- A compliance score on the public ShadowCount dashboard — the same score the advertiser, the regulator, and the rights-holder see.
- First access to Mooves ad inventory from verified advertisers — every booking arrives with a detection guarantee attached.
What the station is not asked to do
The agreement does not ask the station to change how it broadcasts. It does not ask the station to hand over data it does not already hold. It does not bind the station's advertising sales, programming, or brand. A station on the network is still the station it was before — with a verified record underneath.
What happens if the standard is not met
Stations that cannot meet the commitments above do not join the network. Stations that fall below the compliance threshold after joining are held to it publicly on ShadowCount before any relationship is unwound. The standard is the condition of being on air with us — not a feature that can be negotiated off.
“A station on the network is still the station it was before — with a verified record underneath.”