Event organisers with remuneration can now find their individual distribution results for the final distribution 2020 in the my.gvl portal.

Based on the current planning for the final distribution 2021, we have set the deadline for contributions for this usage year of event organisers to June 30, 2025. The final distribution 2021 will take place in the 4th quarter of 2025, further regular distributions for the years 2022 and 2023 and the initial distribution 2024 will be completed in June 2025 according to current planning.

With this final distribution, GVL concludes the distribution for the usage year 2020. All funds, including provisions, that are available to us for this year will be distributed.

In total, around €20.2 million will be paid out in the final distribution for 2020. 170,872 performing artists participated in the distribution. These are all rights holders who have reported their contributions to used productions by the deadline.

At the beginning of August, GVL already forwarded remuneration from abroad to its entitled recording producers. Now the international royalties for performing artists will follow as planned. A total of around EUR 2.1 million from all over the world will be distributed.

To be eligible for the final distribution, the productions in which you have participated must have been broadcast on the radio or on TV in 2021.

Today, GVL has instructed the payments of the calculated distribution revenues. Rights holders can find further information and their individual detailed reports at label.gvl.de.

Today, GVL has completed an additional distribution of recently received ZPÜ back payments for the years 2016-2019. The payments of the calculated revenues have been instructed.

The corresponding payment notifications are provided in label.gvl. No detailed reports or broadcaster analyses were prepared for these supplementary distributions - the basis is the broadcasting minutes allocated in the respective final distributions for the years 2016-2019 concerned.

The virtual group assemblies will take place from June 2 to 6, 2025: In this context, GVL's rights holders will elect their 22 representatives* for the Associates' and Delegates' Assembly, GVL's core body, online.

In order to be able to participate in the final distribution for the 2021 usage year, we ask rights holders to submit their contributions to us by 31.12.2024.

This deadline also applies to Radio/TV -extra formats (e.g. individual contributions in non-fictional formats, commercials, documentaries).

Last week, GVL forwarded remuneration from abroad to its entitled recording producers for the second time this year. Now the international royalties for performing artists will be following as planned. A total of around EUR 3.8 million will be distributed this quarter. The payments originated this time from Switzerland, Spain, Italy, the UK, Japan and Sweden, among others.