TONO currently pays NOK 58,7 million to composers, songwriters and music publishers at home and abroad for the use of their music in, among other things, radio, TV and streaming services. In addition, there is the NCB payment to TONO's members, which includes income from streaming, synchronization and physical formats - a total of NOK 17,3 million. - After the year's last payment, we can conclude that TONO has never paid more to our members for the use of their music abroad in a year than we did in 2017, says TONO CEO Cato Strøm.
/ 06/12/2017 / Willy Martinsen
– TONO's settlement today shows in concrete terms what copyright and TONO mean for those who create music. Tens of thousands of authors worldwide, including almost 15,000 TONO members, are currently being paid TONO royalties for the use of their music on radio, TV, streaming services, YouTube and cinema, among other things. Those who write music create income for everything from broadcasters to concert organizers to streaming services, and for authors, the TONO royalties are fundamental to having the financial opportunity to create new music, says TONO CEO Cato Strøm.
29,6 million to TONO's members from TONO
The settlement that is being made by TONO today, and in the days ahead (excluding the NCB settlement described below), covers a total of 77,414 rights holders in 196,431 works. 13,153 of these are TONO members, while 64,261 are members of various of the more than 80 management companies with which TONO has reciprocal agreements in other countries around the world.
TONO settles for performances on Norwegian radio and TV in the 2nd quarter of 2017, premiere performances in 2016, Netflix for the 1st quarter of 2017, Google Play Video on demand for the 3rd and 4th quarters of 2016, performances abroad (radio, TV, concerts, streaming services, etc.) and that we have made various subsequent settlements, direct settlements and adjustments. For these areas, we settle 58,7 million kroner. Of this money, 29,6 million kroner goes to TONO's members, while 27,6 million kroner is sent to composers, lyricists and their music publishers in other countries. We have set aside 1,5 million kroner for unidentified rights holders and musical works, unannounced musical works, non-members and disputed rights.
Billing for use abroad is increasing
It is worth noting that the settlement amount for TONO members of NOK 29,6 million includes NOK 8,3 million for the use of their music abroad. Not least, we can now conclude that foreign settlements have grown explosively in the last couple of years. When in 2017 we have settled more than NOK 56 million in this area, it is approximately NOK 26 million higher than in 2015. This is not the only foreign income for TONO members. What we call the "NCB settlement" described below also has a share of income for the use of TONO repertoire in streaming services abroad. The reason that there is a settlement for streaming services abroad in both the TONO and NCB settlements is because TONO has slightly different types of practical solutions with sister societies abroad.
– The large and growing foreign revenues confirm that TONO's extended arm abroad is working well. Our sister societies collect money from music users in their respective countries when TONO's repertoire is used there, and send the funds to TONO for settlement to our members. We at TONO are very pleased with the international progress of our members, says Strøm.
Online, sync and physical formats
The NCB settlement to TONO members includes online, physical formats and synchronization. For the online area, it is NOK 5,7 million, and includes Spotify for June and July 2017, iTunes for the first quarter of 2017 and YouTube for the first half of 2017. This stems from use in Norway and some other countries. For the "classic" NCB areas, such as physical sales of CDs, DVDs and other physical formats, as well as audiovisual synchronization (use of music for moving images, such as film and TV productions), NOK 11,6 million is settled to TONO members.
About TONO:
TONO is a non-profit cooperative, founded in 1928, owned and managed by its members: composers, lyricists and music publishers. TONO manages performance rights for musical works in Norway, and collects royalties for their public performance. TONO represents Today more than 30,000 TONO members, as well as more than 2,5 million authors from other countries in the Norwegian territory through reciprocal agreements with sister societies worldwide. TONO's results for distribution are transferred to the rights holders in performed musical works. TONO facilitates the use of music in society, while at the same time providing music creators with a basis for constantly creating new musical works. For more info: www.tono.no
For further information:
Willy Martinsen, communications manager at TONO: mobile 909 65 254, email: willy.martinsen@tono.no
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