Game On: FUGA announce deals with League of Legends’ developer Riot Games and Monstercat

• First Riot Games track under agreement debuts to a massive global audience
• Deals also confirmed with Nashville’s Big Yellow Dog, Mexico’s Movic, and LA label and aggregator Alpha Pup

Amsterdam, 15 November 2018: FUGA, the industry-leading technology and services company for rights holders, continue a period of sustained international growth with the announcement of partnerships with League of Legends’ developer Riot Games and EDM pioneers Monstercat.FUGA’s partnership with Riot Games encompasses ongoing global digital distribution, excluding China and South Korea, for the entire musical catalogue for League of Legends. This includes the current release “POP/STARS” from pop culture sensation, virtual band K/DA. The group’s music debuted on Saturday 3rd November during the opening ceremony for the finals of the League of Legends World Championship in Seoul, South Korea to a massive global audience. The hit song has charted on pop charts worldwide and has shown no sign of slowing down, rocketing past 50 million views within two weeks on YouTube alone, spawning countless tributes and covers in the process.FUGA have also struck a global digital distribution deal with the innovative independent electronic record label and brand Monstercat. The Vancouver, BC label source and curate the soundtrack for the hugely popular video game Rocket League, serialising the tracks through compilation ‘mixtape’ albums. The latest of these is ‘Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 4’, released this September. Monstercat work with some of the biggest stars in EDM including Marshmello, who scored a platinum single with ‘Alone’ in 2016.These deals recognise the growing influence of esports on listening habits: League of Legends is the most played PC game in the world with over 100 million monthly players whilst Rocket League now has 50 million players worldwide according to a recent PC Games article.Beyond esports, FUGA have grown their music rightsholder client base in the Americas.Big Yellow Dog, the Nashville based artist development company and publisher, are now working with FUGA on digital distribution for selected releases including singer-songwriter Leah Nobel. Big Yellow Dog have previously developed major artists including Grammy award winner Maren Morris and Billboard country chart topper Jessie James Decker.Mexico’s Movic Records, whose roster includes Latin Grammy nominees Los Claxons and the widely popular rock band Panda, are another new addition to FUGA’s global digital distribution roster. Meanwhile, Alpha Pup, the Los Angeles-based boutique aggregator of over 80 independent record labels including Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder, have selected FUGA as their new partner for catalogue management and deliveries worldwide.Commenting on the deals, FUGA CEO Pieter van Rijn said, “We’re very excited to be partnering with two of the most innovative companies in the field of esports, a rapidly growing area for music promotion and consumption alongside signing more deals with respected rights holders across the globe.”“Working with FUGA allows us to focus on production and creativity,” said Toa Dunn, Head of Riot Music Group. “They really understand how important our players and talent are to us, and we’re looking forward to working together in the future.”Daniel Turcotte, Head of Business Affairs at Monstercat said: "Monstercat has always prided itself on working with similar forward thinking companies, and that is exactly the case in working with FUGA."About FUGAFUGA are the industry-leading technology and services company for international rights holders. At the company’s core is the FUGA platform, launched in 2008 in conjunction with leading music partners.FUGA offer best-of-breed digital supply chain integration alongside dynamic promotion and marketing. They are a preferred delivery partner for Spotify and Apple, and an active member of the DDEX consortium for digital supply chain standards. FUGA are the number one choice for some of the world’s top labels, management companies and distributors, including Epitaph Records, Ultra, Tommy Boy Entertainment, Curb, Mom + Pop, mtheory and Domino.FUGA’s flexible platform enables clients to vary services across different DSPs so that they can develop their catalogue management, distribution, marketing, licensing and royalty accounting activity as their needs evolve. Connected to over 260 digital service providers worldwide, FUGA’s platform manages 4.5 million tracks, with over 4 million deliveries every month.In October 2017, FUGA’s shareholders pledged six million euros to grow the company internationally and further develop its cutting edge technology. FUGA is partnered with the dotBlockchain Music Project (dotBC) as part of a coalition to spearhead development of a global blockchain ecosystem.Headquartered in Amsterdam, FUGA also operates out of New York, London, Milan and Seoul.www.fuga.com