Die Gelder dieser Ausschüttungsrunde stammen aus Großbritannien, Irland, Niederlande, Schweden, Spanien und den USA. Erneut konnten wir dabei Vergütungen der MTV-Sendergruppe für Videoclip-Ausstrahlungen aus Großbritannien berücksichtigen.
GVL distributes around 1.3 million Euros in this quarter, mainly from France, Austria and Japan. In total, we forwarded slightly more than 10.2 million Euros to our entitled performing artists from 26 different countries in 2024.
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.
On 10 and 11 April 2024, the collecting societies for neighbouring rights in the DACH region met in Berlin. GVL hosted the event and warmly welcomed colleagues from Swissperform in Zurich and LSG in Vienna.
The agenda of the annual event included a general exchange of experiences as well as the presentation of best practices and current technical and legal issues. Discussions also focussed on opportunities for closer cooperation.
A total of around EUR 3.4 million will be distributed this time, around half of which will come from our two neighbouring countries Austria and Switzerland. Further payments will be forwarded for usages in the UK, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, Sweden, and the USA, among others.
In addition to the already long existing treaties for our performing artists, GVL has expanded its rights portfolio in Spain and Finland entering new agreements with AGEDI and GRAMEX FIN.
More than 100 international guests from the SCAPR associates met in Berlin to discuss the many aspects of international cooperation.
A total of approximately 6 million euros will be distributed to our rightsholders from abroad this quarter.
This time, our recording producers receive remunerations from Great Britain, Sweden, Belgium, Ireland, the USA and the Netherlands. In addition, we forward money to our artists from the USA, Switzerland, France, South Africa, Denmark and others. For the first time, our actors and actresses receive usage-based payments from Spain.
In the course of this distribution run, GVL pays out a total of EUR 70m to performers and their legal successors, of which EUR 45m relate to the initial distribution 2022, and EUR 25m are associated with the subsequent distributions 2020 and 2021.
Sandy Backhaus, Head of the Rights Holders’ Division for Performers, explains: “We are happy to report that we managed to increase the payout amount compared to the previous year’s distribution; overall, we could distribute close to EUR 13m more than in autumn 2022.”
