This is on top of what is expected to be a 27% increase in the music royalty fee some time in 2013.

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Despite competition from digital music networks such as The Box and Kiss, in the UK it boasts a 43% year-on-year increase in ratings and accounts for three-fifths of all music channel viewers.

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