First distribution for our member-actors and actresses. PlayRight has carried out the first distribution of audiovisual rights coming from recordings that were broadcast and/or exploited in 2020 and 2021. How much, you ask? 714.839€! This distribution will be followed by a second, final distribution in 2025.

It’s the second distribution of audiovisual rights this year. This time, the distribution concerns the neighbouring rights coming from audiovisual recordings that were broadcast and/or exploited in 2020 and 2021. PlayRight distributed 714.839€ to its member-artists. This is a first distribution concerning these reference years. This will be followed by a second, final distribution in three years.

The remunerations of these rights stem from the private copying and the lending right.

FIRST/FINAL DISTRIBUTION: HOW DOES IT WORK?

PlayRight always distributes your rights in two phases. For audiovisual 2020/2021, this is the first distribution.

The first distribution sets the deadline for declarations of the recordings that may generate rights for the reference years 2020/2021. After this deadline it is no longer possible to declare your performances for these reference years. A non-declared repertoire, hence, will not generate neighbouring rights.

This distribution is based on your declared repertoire as registered in our database. If you still have recordings to declare for this period, you have until the 31/12/2024 to do so.

HOW ARE MY RIGHTS CALCULATED?

To calculate your rights for audiovisual performances, a global amount of rights is allocated to each audiovisual work that appears in the playlists.

This amount is determined based on:

• the duration of the work,
• the time of broadcast
• and the market share of the channel.

The overall amount allocated to the work is then divided among the performers, according to their role in the recording.

Note that since 2021 there are only two roles that can be attributed to your performance (before this, PlayRight offered three choices of roles). This change was made following the adoption of new general regulations.

For this distribution, the Board of Directors has established a list of selected channels as well as a minimum audience rate to be reached for each program.

TV channels of which the programs are taken into account for this final distribution:

NOTE:

Music performances in an audiovisual recording might also generate neighbouring rights. In other words, a musician can also generate audiovisual rights for the inclusion of his or her music in a work, provided that the music was performed specifically for the audiovisual work in question.

WHEN DOES THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION OF MY (AUDIOVISUAL) RIGHTS TAKE PLACE?

Every year, PlayRight draws up a distribution calendar which you can find via the following link: https://playright.be/en/distribution-calendar/

The first upcoming distribution of audiovisual rights will happen in 2023.

ANY QUESTIONS?

Would you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact your Account Manager. His or her contact details can be found via your your personal online portal.