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Distribution calendar: overview of rights to be paid to artists in 2024
December 22 2023 Audiovisual International Music PlayRight
The 2024 distribution calendar is ready: seven distributions of rights collected on the Belgian territory and abroad will be carried out in 2024, among which two final distributions: Deadline for[…]
Luc Gulinck chairman of new Working in the Arts Commission
December 22 2023 Audiovisual Music PlayRight
PHOTO: © Margaux Nieto Former chairman of PlayRight Luc Gulinck will be the chairman of the new Commission du travail des arts/Kunstwerkcommissie (‘Working in the Arts Commission’) as of 2024.[…]
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION: EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS RTBF 1996-2020
December 14 2023 Audiovisual PlayRight
The additional distribution of exclusive rights for broadcasting on RTBF is completed! PlayRight has distributed a total of €577.403 in rights coming from RTBF (co-)productions broadcast on their television channels[…]
RAAP CASE: ARTISTS AND LABELS JOIN FORCES TO CALL FOR URGENT EU SOLUTION
November 29 2023 International Music PlayRight
Key artist and label groups from major European music markets have come together today to ask the EU to come up urgently with a legislative solution to address the consequences[…]
End of strike in Hollywood: SAG-AFTRA reaches agreement
November 28 2023 Audiovisual International
The actors’ union SAG-AFTRA and the major audiovisual production companies reached an agreement on 8 November to put an end to the actors’ strike that had paralysed Hollywood for 4[…]
Music rights 2022: First distribution of 4.82 million euros
November 9 2023 Music PlayRight
PlayRight has carried out the first distribution of music rights for the reference year 2022. The total sum received by our musicians and artists affiliated via a sister society abroad[…]
Pension reform : Progress for arts workers in Belgium
October 26 2023 Audiovisual Music PlayRight
In the context of Working in the Arts, the federal government has undertaken a series of reforms aimed at improving the socio-economic situation of arts workers. This initiative is an[…]
Audiovisual rights 2022: First distribution of 362.805,86 euros
October 19 2023 Audiovisual PlayRight
PlayRight has just completed the first distribution of audiovisual rights for the 2022 reference year! The total amount involved is 362.805,86 € of neighbouring rights coming from private copying, lending[…]
Open call: apply for the European Jazz Conference!
September 29 2023 International Music
Picture: Francis Vanhee From 12 to 14 September 2024 Gent will be the host city of the European Jazz Conference. This prestigious event is the largest annual gathering of professionals[…]
PlayRight makes first distribution of cable rights for 1 million euros!
September 27 2023 Audiovisual
PlayRight has distributed neighbouring rights coming from cable rights for the first time. The amount involved is €1,028,092.42 for the reference years 2015-2022. This distribution is not only a financial[…]