September payment 2019
These categories are to be included in the payment on 17th September 2019.
The information on this page is preliminary and may be changed up until the payment date.
The following areas are included:
Live, background music, broadcast, online, support, international, library.
News related to the payment
- Money for live music is paid 3 months early
- Royalties from commercial radio are paid out
- Cmore VOD - money from earlier time periods
- Compensation from KOMCA, BMI and SESAC is not included
- Background music without report - second payment
- NCB money from GEMA
Read more on the topics above in our news and additional notes.
Live
Subsidised Concerts (Contemporary Classical Music) - distr.cat 01
For music played during jan 2016 - dec 2018*
Church Concerts - distr.cat 02
This category is from now on included in category 01, Subsidised Concerts (Contemporary Classical Music).
Dancing, disco - distr.cat 04
For music played during jul-dec 2018 *
Logged Live Music - distr.cat 05
For music played during jan 2016 - jun 2019 *
Unlogged Live Music - distr.cat 06
For music played during jan 2014 - dec 2018 *
* = This period may be included in future distributions if we receive additional music reports.
Deadline for claiming missing royalties for Live is 2022-09-17.
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Background Music
Theatre Music - distr.cat 07
For performances during jan 2015 - dec 2018
Logged Background Music - distr.cat 08
For music played during jan 2015 - dec 2018
Unlogged Background Music - distr.cat 09
For music played during jan 2017 - dec 2018
Movie Theatres - distr.cat 15
For movies shown during jan 2017 - dec 2018*
* = This period may be included in future distributions if we receive additional music reports.
Deadline for claiming missing royalties for Background Music is 2022-09-17.
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Broadcast
Commercial Radio - distr.cat 12
The following radio channels are included for the specified time period.
Megapol: jan 2018 - dec 2018
NRJ: jan 2018 - dec 2018
Vinyl FM: jan 2018 - dec 2018
RIX FM: jul 2018 - dec 2018
Rockklassiker: jan 2018 - dec 2018
Lugna Favoriter: jan 2018 - jul 2018
Bandit Rock: jan 2018 - dec 2018
East FM: jan 2018 - jul 2018
Svensk Pop: jan 2018 - dec 2018
Power Hit Radio: jan 2018 - dec 2018
Star FM: jan 2018 - dec 2018
* = This period may be included in future distributions if we receive additional music reports.
Deadline for claiming missing royalties for Broadcast is 2022-09-17.
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Online
Logged Online Music - distr.cat 16
The following digital music services are included for the specified time period.
SR Webb: jul 2018 - jun 2019
Radja: jan-mar 2019
Music In Brands: jan-mar 2019
Spotify Business: jan-mar 2019
Swedebeat: jan-mar 2019
H&M.com: jan-mar 2019
Netflix: okt-dec 2018
Royal Streaming: jan-mar 2019
iTunes VOD: jan-mar 2019
Heartbeats: jan-mar 2019
Megapol: jan-dec 2018
NRJ: jan-dec 2018
Vinyl FM: jan-dec 2018
Rockklassiker: jan-dec 2018
Lexter: jan-mar 2019
Liveqube: jan-mar 2019
Svensk Pop: jan-dec 2018
Fitness Player: jan-mar 2019
SF Anytime: jan-mar 2019
My Instore Radio: jan-mar 2019
Streamec: jan-mar 2019
Play Network: jan-mar 2019
C More VOD: 2012-2016 + 2018
TV4 Play Premium: jan 2013 - mar 2017
Unlogged Online Music - avr.omr 19
For music played during jan 2017-jun 2018*
Deadline for claiming missing royalties for Online is 2022-09-17.
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Support
Grants for music vulnerable to market forces
Until and including 2018 *
Publisher subsidy
Until and including 2018 *
* = This period may be included in future distributions if we receive additional music reports.
Making claims for Support is not possible.
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International
Music that is played outside Sweden - distr.cat 20
For music used until and including June 2019.
This period may be included in future distributions if we receive additional music reports.
Deadline for claiming missing royalties for International is three years after the performance took place.
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Library
Library Remuneration - distr.cat 18
For music used during 2017.
Making claims for Library Remuneration is not possible.
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News and additional notes
Money for live music is paid 3 months early
This September we will pay money for music that was performed live during the first six months of 2019, and that is the fastest live music payment yet. Should we have followed our previous standard, these performances would have been distributed in our coming payment in December. But by carefully optimizing our processes we are now able to pay the money for live music three months earlier. All live gigs during this period could not be included, but we will pay out royalties for almost 4000 live gigs for January-June 2019. Our ambition is to make similar improvements for other distribution categories in the near future.
Royalties from commercial radio are paid out
You have previously been informed that royalties from commercial radio stations could not be included in our June distribution. This is due to a major change in the Swedish radio market, and STIM’s previous licensing agreements no longer apply to the new market. We are currently negotiating a new price model with radio companies. In September we will pay out the major part of the amount which was postponed from June, and this money comes from a temporary solution while we await a permanent agreement. We will send you an update on this as soon as the new agreement is in place.
Cmore VOD - money from earlier time periods
As we announced before the summer, the June payout meant that STIM royalties for Cmore VOD was included for the first time. The agreement with Cmore VOD applies retroactively, meaning that 2012-2016 will be paid out in September, together with the more current period January-December 2018.
Compensation from KOMCA, BMI and SESAC is not included
Royalties from our american sister societies BMI and SESAC are paused, and this also applies to the Korean society KOMCA. A brief background to the situation is that the music reports which we have received are not of sufficient quality to use as a basis for our payments. STIM simply have higher demands on the reporting to ensure the quality of our payments. We have an ongoing dialogue with these sister societies and we are a few steps closer to a solution, but up until we get green light, payments from these societies are still on hold.
Background music without report - second payment
In June, we paid money for the part of the background music area called Unlogged Background Music, where the payment is based on existing report data from other relevant distribution areas. However, the part of this area that is based on music reports from commercial radio was not included in June, due to the ongoing radio negotiation. And since the radio reports have now been processed, a supplementary part of Unlogged Background Music from June will be included in September.
NCB money from GEMA
As you probably know, the tax case in Germany has been resolved, and in June we were finally able to pay royalties to our rights holders once again. The September payment will include the delayed NCB money, which was kept on hold because of the GEMA case. This distribution includes about 85% of the missing NCB amount for the second half of 2016 through the second half of 2018.
Learn more
How much money do you get for one played music minute? [n/a]
The countries included in the September payment