Café music with nothing for Entandem to bill
A Canadian café pays SOCAN and Re:Sound through one Entandem invoice — about CAD 220–350 a year for a small room — and a licensed music service on top. The Oktava catalog is registered with neither society, so for it there is no invoice: CAD 250 a year covers the player, the channels and the documents.
From first espresso to closing time
Espresso at seven, full tables at noon, slow afternoon by four — a café's music should move with the room, not against it. Oktava schedules channels by daypart: set it once and the player shifts gears itself, quiet and warm early, brighter through the lunch rush, low again when the room thins out. Channels are hospitality-curated — even energy, clean transitions, and never an ad barging in over the espresso machine.
Cafés are a standard stop for Entandem outreach, by letter or in person. On Oktava, nothing from the SOCAN or Re:Sound repertoires is playing — and you can prove it in a minute: the named certificate by the register verifies live over QR, and the playback log exports every track with a timestamp. Or forward the letter to us and we prepare the reply.
How it works
Sign up, open the player on the counter tablet or a phone, pick channels and the daypart schedule. Certificate and playback log are issued in the dashboard immediately; cached channels ride out connection drops.
What it costs
CAD 25 a month or CAD 250 a year per location — against CAD 220–350 of society fees for a small café plus a service subscription. The trial is 7 days, no card required.
Questions, answered
Do I still owe SOCAN and Re:Sound anything?
Not for the Oktava catalog — it's registered with neither society, so there is nothing for Entandem to bill. Radio or streaming apps at the same café still fall under the tariffs; the playback log shows what actually played.
We play Spotify now. Is that really a problem?
The apps' terms forbid business use of personal accounts, and the music is SOCAN and Re:Sound repertoire — the tariffs are owed regardless of the app. Oktava replaces both the app and the tariff for what plays from our catalog.
Can the morning and evening sound different automatically?
Yes — the daypart schedule is set once in the dashboard and the player switches channels on time, every day. Staff can still override it from the counter.
This information is provided for general reference and is not legal advice.