New Music Video Streaming Channel Features Content from Reelin’ in the Years

Concert footage and music documentaries from the Reelin’ in the Years archive will be featured as part of The Coda Collection’s new streaming channel, which is set to debut in the US via Amazon Prime on February 18th, 2021. The Coda Collections channel, along with its desktop and mobile sites, offer subscribers access to rare concerts and music documentaries, as well as exclusive film premiers, original music programming, editorial content and more.

“In 2018, I was approached by John McDermott of Experience Hendrix, one of the principal owners of The Coda Collection,” said David Peck, president of Reelin’ in the Years. “Because of my close relationship with him and the fact that we have the largest archive of music footage in the world, they wanted Reelin’ In the Years Productions to be heavily involved.” 
 
At present, Coda has licensed many concerts and programs from the RITY archive, including their GRAMMY® Nominated American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 series (co-produced by John McDermott and Experience Hendrix back in 2003). This and other titles will be available on The Coda Collection channel exclusively on Amazon Prime. 

Along with Reelin' In the Years Productions, other major music and media companies partnering with The Coda Collection are Sony Music Entertainment, Yoko Ono & the Estate of John Lennon, Warner Music's Rhino Entertainment, Concord Music and Mercury Studios (Universal Music Group). 

Heading up the new company are CEO Jim Spinello, director/producer John McDermott, Janie Hendrix of Experience Hendrix, Yoko Ono and the Estate of John Lennon, and veteran entertainment lawyer Jonas Herbsman.

"Our love for music and fascination for its history, pioneers, and continuing journey is what drives us,” said John McDermott. “Music fans want more than just song streams and promotional videos. They want concerts, documentaries, they want cultural context - and maybe most of all - they want to understand the stories behind the art and the artist. That's how fans connect to one another, and to the music itself."

“As a rights holder and a representative of many unique archives across the globe, it has always frustrated me to see how YouTube has allowed bootleg versions of concerts and TV appearances by music’s greatest artists to be readily available to millions of viewers with no compensation to the rights holders,” said David Peck. “What I truly appreciate most about the way The Coda Collection has approached this music video channel is their respect for the artists and the footage rights holders. They have been fair and equitable in negotiating reasonable licensing rates up front for this type of use.” 

For the last six months, Peck and his team at RITY have been working closely with The Coda Collection to curate items from the RITY archive to be featured on the February 18th launch. Many more titles are in the clearance phase and even more are in development.

“Since DVD is, for all intents and purposes, now a dead market, this platform allows us to share our  unique content with the music-loving public in a fair and equitable way—a way which not only benefits my company and clients, but which will revolutionize the way music video is consumed,” said Peck.

At launch, Amazon Prime members will be able to access over 150 titles streamed exclusively on The Coda Collection for $4.99 per month, with a free 7-day trial. New content will be updated regularly.

Reelin in the Years Productions has been on something of a roll this past year. In addition to their work on The Coda project, RITY was named "Library of the Year" at the 2020 FOCAL International Awards, and David Peck, president of Reelin in the Years Productions, received an executive producer credit on the Bee Gees, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, which premiered on HBO in November.