A direct-licensed audio service for charter superyachts and high-end private yachts. Two paths: a Self-Service plan for the captain who simply wants clean, ready-to-play stations onboard. And a Premium managed engagement, bespoke per yacht, with multi-zone curation and multilingual announcements in 14 languages.
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Almost every charter yacht in operation today plays music from a personal Spotify or Apple Music account. It is the most common, the most invisible, and the most legally exposed solution onboard.
The setup is familiar to any captain. The chief stewardess opens her phone, signs into Spotify Premium, connects via Bluetooth to the salon system, picks a playlist she likes. The next charter, another crew member does the same with a different account. Over the course of a Mediterranean season the soundtrack of the yacht is shaped by four or five personal taste profiles, none of them coordinated with the brand of the yacht or the profile of the guest paying twenty thousand euros a day.
This is also a quiet legal problem. The consumer terms of service of Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and Amazon Music explicitly restrict use to personal, non-commercial settings. A charter yacht is unambiguously a commercial environment: the guest pays for the service, the music is part of the service, and a captain is a representative of a commercial operation. The use of consumer streaming onboard is, contractually, a breach of the platform agreement. In Mediterranean waters this also intersects with the various PRO frameworks of the flag state — SIAE in Italian waters, SACEM in French waters, GEMA in German.
Most charter operations have run on this setup for years without consequences, and most likely will continue to. But it is the kind of small operational inelegance that becomes obvious the moment a guest with experience of luxury hospitality steps onboard and notices that the music is, somehow, just a little off.
Most charter yachts do not need a bespoke engagement. The Self-Service plan delivers professionally curated, fully licensed stations in two minutes. Some operations do need more — and for those there is Premium. The choice is yours, and we will help you make it honestly.
Five curated stations, weekly updates, direct license certificate. Stream from any browser-enabled device connected to the yacht audio. Ready in two minutes.
Right for: most charter yachts, single audio system, lean crew.
A custom sonic identity built per yacht, with multi-zone curation across salon, dining, deck and beach club. Multilingual voice announcements in 14 languages. A senior curator dedicated to your yacht.
Right for: yachts with a defined brand identity, multiple zones, demanding clientele.
In a Premium engagement, each space onboard has its own programme. In Self-Service, the five curated stations cover the same logic at a more general level. Either way, the underlying map is the same.
The room where the guest spends the most evening hours. Refined, conversational, never centre-stage. Tempo medium-low, vocal content limited, harmonies open. The salon programme is the spine of the onboard sonic experience.
Role: anchor the evening, support conversation.Two distinct sonic temperatures: lunch (lighter, more open) and dinner (warmer, more textured). Music supports the pace of the chef and the conversation at table — never overrides either.
Role: frame the meal, support service rhythm.The most theatrical sonic moment of the day is sunset on the sun deck. Programmes are seasonal and tailored to the cruising area. Outdoor acoustics and the sunbed listening posture require a different curation altogether from the salon.
Role: extend the experience outdoors, frame sunset.Where charter guests transition between the yacht and the sea. Energy higher than the salon, less formal than the deck. The right music here lengthens the time guests spend at the swim platform, and that lengthens the charter experience itself.
Role: extend dwell time at water level.Optional and often overlooked. A discreet ambient programme available in each cabin, controllable by the guest. The smallest detail of the audio engagement, and the one that most often becomes part of the guest's memory of the yacht.
Role: complete the experience in private spaces.Charter clientele is international by definition. Welcome notices, port arrival calls, sunset cocktail invitations and safety messages benefit from being delivered in the guest's first language. This is included in the Premium engagement.
MCR provides AI-generated voice announcements in fourteen languages: English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Mandarin, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Greek and Croatian. The voices are realistic, professional, and configurable per announcement. The Premium engagement includes the production of a custom announcement library tailored to the yacht's typical itinerary and guest profile.
For a Mediterranean charter season this typically means: welcome announcements ready for the most common nationalities of clientele on that route, port arrival notifications customised per harbour, evening cocktail calls, and a small set of safety messages compliant with flag state requirements. The announcements run on the same system as the music, scheduled or triggered manually by the crew.
Emanuele Carocci is a radio broadcaster with over 20 years of professional on-air experience. He works as a host on national commercial radio and leads the music curation team at My Corporate Radio. The discipline of broadcasting — where every announcement, every track and every transition is chosen for a precise audience and moment — is the foundation of how MCR builds its onboard engagements.
The honest comparison. Each approach has a place. The right one depends on the yacht and the operation.
| Aspect | Personal Spotify or Apple Music account | MCR Self-Service | MCR Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal posture | Breaches consumer terms of service in commercial use | Direct license. PRO fees do not apply on MCR catalogue. | Direct license. PRO fees do not apply on MCR catalogue. |
| Curation | Personal taste of one crew member | Five professionally curated stations | Bespoke per yacht, weekly supervision |
| Multi-zone | Not designed for it | Single station at a time onboard | Different station per zone, simultaneously |
| Multilingual announcements | Not available | Not included | 14 languages, custom library |
| Setup time | Five minutes (and a legal exposure) | Two minutes | Three to four weeks |
| Pricing model | Personal subscriptions | Per-yacht monthly fee, fixed catalogue | Custom per yacht, scoped to the brief |
Most charter yachts run music from a personal Spotify or Apple Music account, often the captain's or chief stewardess's. This is technically a breach of the consumer terms of service of those platforms when used in a commercial charter context. It also means the soundtrack of every charter is shaped by the personal taste of one crew member, with no link to the brand of the yacht or the profile of the guest.
Two paths. Self-Service: a direct-licensed plan at £12.99 / $16.99 / €14.99 per month, five curated stations, ready to play onboard from any browser-enabled device. Suitable for crew who want clean, on-brand music without managing it. Premium: a managed engagement, bespoke per yacht, with multi-zone curation, multilingual voice announcements in 14 languages, and a dedicated curator. Suitable for high-end charter operations and yacht owners who want a sonic identity.
Yes, often it is. For a charter yacht of 30 to 40 metres with a tight crew and a single sound system, the £12.99 / $16.99 / €14.99 plan delivers professionally curated music with full direct license coverage. Premium becomes interesting when there are multiple zones (interior salon, dining, sun deck, beach club), when a sonic identity beyond default is required, or when multilingual announcements add operational value.
Charter clientele is international by definition. Welcome announcements, safety notices, port arrival notifications, sunset cocktail calls — all benefit from being delivered in the guest's first language. MCR provides AI voice announcements in 14 languages (English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Mandarin, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Greek, Croatian) included in the Premium engagement.
Emanuele Carocci, a radio broadcaster with over 20 years of professional on-air experience, leads the music curation team at My Corporate Radio. The Self-Service stations are curated by his team. Premium engagements are supervised by a senior team member assigned to the specific yacht.
The MCR catalogue is licensed directly from rights holders under the framework of EU Directive 2014/26/EU. The service is provided with a direct license certificate and no PRO fees apply to its catalogue, in any jurisdiction. This applies to both Self-Service and Premium plans.
Premium engagements are scoped per yacht and per charter season. Pricing depends on the number of zones, the level of bespoke curation, and the integration requirements with the existing AV system (Crestron, Savant, RTI). We share a detailed proposal after a private consultation.
Yes, in most cases without hardware changes. MCR streams from any browser-enabled device connected to the existing audio system. We integrate with most professional marine AV systems on the market. For Crestron, Savant, RTI and Q-SYS deployments we provide tailored configuration.
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