TONO, the Norwegian cooperative of authors and music publishers, is currently paying out NOK 48,6 million to more than 7800 of its members – composers, lyricists, songwriters and music publishers. In total, including the money TONO pays to foreign rights holders, TONO is paying out NOK 170,4 million in the second of four payments this year.
/ 15/06/2021 / Willy Martinsen– For authors and music publishers, collective management is one of the most important sources of income. It is when these come together in TONO that we have the opportunity to negotiate reasonable remuneration for the use of their music. The largest areas in the second settlement in 2021 are radio and TV, online services such as Spotify and Netflix and the use of Norwegian music abroad, says CEO Cato Strøm.
TONO pays out money to composers, lyricists, songwriters and music publishers four times a year. Of this payment of a total of NOK 170,4 million, NOK 119 million goes to rights holders abroad and NOK 48,6 million goes to TONO members. As always, some money is also set aside for currently unidentified rights holders and musical works, unannounced musical works, non-members, and disputed rights – this time NOK 2,8 million.
Within radio The settlement is for the period October to December last year for 15 NRK channels, nine Bauer Media channels and nine channels in the P4 group. The final settlement for 2020 for the NRK channels and for 2019 for Bauer Media and the P4 group, and for local radio for 2020. In total, TONO settles NOK 28,4 million for radio broadcasts. From Television broadcasting TONO remuneration is paid for playing on five NRK channels and seven TV2 channels as well as for TV Norge for the period October to December last year, and for the final settlement for 2020. In addition, there are plays on NRK's online player and social media accounts, and for TV 2 Sumo for October to December last year. It is also settled for performances on the channel Visjon Norge in 2020. In total, TONO settles 32 million kroner for music in ordinary TV broadcasting.
We also settle from 3rd party Television distribution, that is, where distributors other than the channels themselves offer the channels to the public. This is a completely separate area, and is treated in isolation from broadcasting. The settlements here come from channels such as Animal Planet, a number of Discovery channels and TLC in the second half of 2020, and Max, Fem and Vox for the second quarter of 2020. From RiksTV for 2019, additional settlements are paid from a number of channels. In total, NOK 44,2 million is settled from TV distribution.
Although the autumn settlement is TONO's most important concert settlement, TONO is also settling for mega concerts, revues and theatre today. This time it is 3,2 million kroner.
From music streaming services This time, TONO is billing for the use of the music the organization manages on Spotify for August to December last year, for the fourth quarter of last year on Beatport, and iTunes and the fourth quarter of 2019 on Google Play. It is also billing for streaming at Rockheim for 2020 and Gyldendal Salaby and Explore for 2020.
For music on Video-on-demand services TONO settles for the third quarter of last year on Netflix and the fourth quarter on Viaplay, Altibox and Google Play VOD. For SF Anytime, we settle for the last half of last year and for all of 2020 on Blockbuster. From Norgesfilm (Filmarkivet and Filmrommet), we settle for 2020 and for VGTV streaming for the years 2016 and 2019. In total, for music and film streaming, we settle this time 42,8 million kroner.
The foreign income comes from the use of Norwegian music on radio and TV, streaming services such as Spotify, etc., and this time it is 18,5 million kroner. Those who have had premieres in Norway in 2020 can expect settlement. We settle 322,000 kroner for this. From Liveqube, Royal Streaming and Play Network, music to and in stores for 2020 is settled 705,800 kroner. In addition, there are routine post-clearance settlements from previous periods, a maximum of three years back, in the broadcasting area, concert area, cinema, etc. as well as corrections.
Below you can see how the total settlement of NOK 170,4 million is distributed across carryover areas:
Area Settlement amount in NOK
Radio 28,468,510,61
Television 32,094,849,49
3rd party TV distribution 44,227,027,02
Online 42,809,860,83
Concert/live 3,230,195,18
Cinema 54,982,04
Clock performance 322,768,62
Shop and background 705,860,14
Abroad 18,499,543,33
Of these amounts, NOK 48,6 million goes to TONO members. NOK 119 million goes to copyright holders abroad.
About TONO:
TONO was founded in 1928 and is a non-profit cooperative owned and managed by authors (composers and lyricists) and music publishers, and on their behalf manages the economic copyrights in the music they have created. TONO grants permission for the use of protected music, for example on radio, TV, the internet, concerts and cinemas for a fee, and transfers its financial results each year to the rights holders in music that has been played publicly. TONO has more than 37,000 members, but also works with millions of authors and music publishers from around the world. TONO collects and simplifies the licensing of protected music and gives music creators an economic basis for creating new musical works. TONO had a turnover in 2020 of kr 712,4 millions.
For more information:
Willy Martinsen, communications manager at TONO, willy.martinsen (a) tono.no, mob. 909 65 254