TONO is a collective management company. Broadcasters, streaming services, concert organizers and so on who want to use the music TONO manages on behalf of 40,000 Norwegian members and millions of rights holders from the rest of the world receive TONO's permission to use the music for a fee. As a non-profit company, we settle TONO royalties to composers, lyricists, songwriters and music publishers in Norway and abroad. The collective management creates benefits for both the creators and users of music.
65,8 million to TONO's members
We have four main settlements each year. This time we are settling a total of NOK 219,9 million.
Of this, NOK 65,8 million goes to members of TONO. This constitutes approximately 30% of the total amount.
Furthermore, NOK 148,9 million goes to composers, lyricists, songwriters and music publishers abroad. This constitutes approximately 68% of the total amount.
NOK 5 million is also reserved for currently unidentified rights holders and musical works, unannounced musical works, non-members and disputed rights. This reserve constitutes approximately 2% of the total amount.
Key figures
26,247 TONO members receive settlement
19,06% of these are women
78,84% percent are men
2,11% have unknown gender due to missing social security numbers in TONO's registers.
25,830 members receive online billing (streaming services, etc.)
3,861 receive compensation for broadcasting TV
17,836 receive settlement for radio broadcasting
638 receive billing for cinema
1,921 receive settlement based on reports of background music in stores
12,329 receive settlement for use abroad
1,052 receive payment for concert (regular concert payment is in September)
Just under 8500 members have settlement amounts that are above the payment threshold of NOK 250 for members with a payment address in Norway and kr 1,000,- for members with a payment address abroad. (Unpaid settlement amounts are accumulated in the members' account in TONO and are paid out when the balance reaches the payout limit)
The development in TONO's June settlements year by year 2019-2023. The graph shows the total figures, and is in millions of NOK.
Amounts in areas
Below you can see how the total settlement amount of NOK 219,9 million is distributed across rights categories and areas of use.
Rights categories
Area of use
Total
Members
Sister company
Currently undeliverable
General public performance
concerts
2,366,858
1,403,561
1,074,109
- 110,811
Background music
2,318,316
296,199
1,811,593
210,525
Cinema
7,500,705
1,065,858
5,655,389
779,458
Broadcasting on Radio and Television
TV
35,031,609
6,770,538
27,048,870
1,212,201
Radio
36,626,261
11,395,373
24,041,463
1,189,425
3rd party TV distribution
53,523,665
317,455
52,956,277
249,932
Internett
Online
25,427,018
18,110,928
7,161,504
154,586
Video on demand
31,711,195
4,593,861
25,750,978
1,366,355
Areas not covered
Abroad
11,900,624
11,443,586
455,778
1,260
of the rights categories
Clock performance
143,971
141,139
2,144
688
NCB – not online
13,363,656
10,357,915
3,005,742
-
All areas total
219,913,878
65,896,413
148,963,845
5,053,620
Channels and services TONO settles in June 2023
Here you can see an overview of all channels and services that TONO will bill now in June 2023.
Radio
NRK (16 channels) for the 4st quarter of 2022
Bauer Media (11 channels) for Q4 2022, as well as advertising for 2019-2022
P4 group (8 channels) for use of music in the 4th quarter of 2022 as well as advertising for 2020-2022
Local radio for 2021
In addition, final settlements for 2022 for the NRK channels and final settlements for 2021 for Bauer-Media and the P4 group will be settled..
Television broadcasting
NRK (5 channels) for the 4st quarter of 2022
NRK Social Media 2021-2022
TV2 (6 channels) and TV Norge for the 4th quarter of 2022 as well as advertising for 2019-2022
NRK TV (web player) for the 3st quarter of 2022
TV2 Play for the 3rd quarter of 2022
Discovery (including FEM, MAX, VOX) for the second half of 2022 as well as advertising for 2021-2022
Home TV for Aug 2021 – Dec 2022
In addition, final settlements for 2022 will be made for the NRK channels.
Concerts and "Live events"
Mega concerts, theater, revue and exhibition (billed continuously)
Concerts post-billing 2019-2021
Music streaming
Beatport for Q4 2022
Spotify in Norway for November 2022-January 2023, in Europe for October-December 2022
YouTube for Q4 2022
Soundtrack your brand for Q3 2023
Apple Music backclaims for Q3 2021
Video on demand
Disney Plus for the 2nd half of 2022
HBO for Q3 2022
Amazon Prime for Q3 2022
Netflix for Q3 2022
Viaplay for Q3 2022
Google Play VOD for Q4 2022
SF Anytime for Q4 2022
Microsoft Movies & TV for 2021
Norwegian Film (Filmoteket, Filmrommet and Filmarkivet) for 2022
Blockbusters for 2022
Apple TV Plus for Q4 2019-2021
Other areas
Music in store 2022
Gyldendal Salaby and Explore for 2022
The House of Literature's podcasts for 2022
Music used on TONOS social media channels for 2022
Cinema for 2022
Settlement from abroad
There are also routine subsequent settlements for previous periods (maximum 3 years back) in the broadcasting area, concert area, cinema, video on-demand, etc., as well as corrections.
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.
