NOK 101,6 million in the first TONO settlement of the year

– More than three times as much from streaming services as from radio

When TONO today carries out the first of this year's four main settlements, the amount settled from Spotify, Netflix and other music and film streaming services is more than three times as large as the settlement from radio.

  / 16/03/2023 /

Collective management of copyright makes it easy for businesses to obtain permission to perform and play music in public, creating value for composers, lyricists, songwriters and music publishers.

"Payday" for composers, lyricists and music publishers

Wednesday, March 16, is "payday" for TONO members. On that day, TONO will pay a total of NOK 101,6 million to rights holders at home and abroad.

Of this amount, NOK 47,8 million goes to the 23,547 TONO members who receive a settlement and NOK 52,2 million goes to music creators in other countries. As always, money is also set aside for currently unidentified rights holders and works, currently unregistered works, non-members and disputed rights. This time, this is NOK 1,5 million.

– TONO negotiates, licenses, invoices, processes music reports and settles important revenues to those who create Norwegians' favorite music, whether Norwegian or foreign music creators. The size of the settlements from the various areas of use varies from quarterly settlement to quarterly settlement. This time, it is music and film streaming services in Norway and abroad that constitute by far the largest area, with more than three times the settlement amount for streaming services as for radio, says TONO's communications director, Willy Martinsen.

Although streaming services constitute the largest billing area this time, it is important to note that most TONO members do not have large payouts from here.

– It is easy to release music digitally, and many do it. It is gratifying that many are able to do so, but the challenge is that it is very difficult to break even in the amount of music that is released. We also see this in the TONO settlements. A few authors have good income from streaming services, while the vast majority receive small settlements, says Martinsen.

Willy Martinsen, communications director at TONO.

 

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Statistics about TONO members who receive compensation

Here are some figures and facts about the TONO members who will receive their settlement in March:

Settlement broken down into areas

Settlement/area Total Members Sister company Indispensable
Radio 15 955 272,68 5 444 363,32 10 076 408,01 434 501,35
TV 12 022 335,95 1 799 676,98 9 973 062,80 249 596,17
Internet Norway + direct license issued 51 626 313,87 21 734 705,53 28 999 158,88 892 449,46
Concert 3 314 149,00 2 183 931,85 1 193 679,38 -63 462,23
Cinema 14 126,53 377,14 21 122,54 -7 373,15
From sister societies abroad 15 396 769,28 15 097 451,73 280 280,10 19 037,45
Private copying 2 906 844,30 1 168 263,53 1 723 006,85 15 573,92
Clock performance 324 170,01 315 557,03 6 715,95 1 897,03
Background 47 030,45 47 129,30 2 702,10 -2 800,95
Shop 2 223,43 3 598,96 14 506,04 -15 881,57
All areas total 101 609 235,50 47 795 055,37 52 290 642,65 1 523 537,48

Channels and services TONO settles in March 2023

Radio

Television broadcasting

Concerts / "Live events"

Mega concerts, theater, revue and exhibition (billed continuously)

Music streaming

Video on demand

Other areas

 

For questions:

Members who have questions about their billing can contact TONO's Membership Department at 22 05 72 80 or medlem@tono.no.

Media inquiries should be directed to Communications Director Willy Martinsen, mobile 909 65 254, willy.martinsen@tono.no.