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GVL can look back on a successful financial year 2014: Total returns for 2014 amount to EUR 163.4m and are thus EUR 12.9m higher than in the previous year (+ 8.5%).

gvl artsys tv is now online: This completely revised area includes all productions that were broadcast on TV. As of now members have access to many product data relating to 2014. Our rights holders may, of course, continue to register their contributions to products from previous years.

GVL will be represented at this year's Musikmesse in Frankfurt/Main on 15 and 16 April 2015. On Wednesday, 15th April, two GVL representatives take part in the so-called "matchmaking" event and are available for individual appointments. On Thursday, 16th April, a workshop entitled "GVL – this is how artists benefit" is held.

GVL's website is now available in English. By launching an English version of its website, GVL continues its international focus and now offers detailed information in English to its foreign rights holders and other interested parties with international backgrounds.

In cases where sound recordings or films and series with your artistic contributions are used in Italy and/or Austria and where you have granted us the relevant rights for said countries, we recommend that you register your contribution as soon as possible for these productions by using our online portal ARTSYS.GVL.

GVL launched the payout for distribution year 2013. The first artists were paid the remuneration calculated for them before Christmas. The payout of remuneration for sound recordings to producers already commenced at the beginning of December.

The German "Initiative Musik" released a video at the occasion of the awards ceremony of the "Spielstättenprogrammpreis". The prize was awarded to 58 clubs and events series by cultural secretary Monika Grütters. GVL is among the prize's sponsors. You can watch the music video clip on the website of the "Initiative Musik": http://bit.ly/1vjmUOR.

On Thursday, 4 December 2014, GVL has its first appearance at the "Most Wanted: Music #convention". At the workshop "GVL - this is how artists and producers benefit", participants get insight into GVL's activities and an overview of the online portals ARTSYS.GVL as well as TRISYS.GVL.

Under the headline "Creativity's value", GEMA, GVL, VG Bild-Kunst and VG Wort discussed the imminent amendment to the German copyright administration right with artists, producers of sound recordings, authors and politicians on 5 November in the German Cinematheque at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin.