Teosto distributes EUR 13.7 million to music creators and publishers
Today, on 23 March 2026, Teosto has distributed a total of EUR 13.7 million in royalties to composers, lyricists, arrangers, and music publishers. Of this amount, EUR 7.6 million was distributed to Teosto’s domestic and direct members. In total, more than 7,200 music authors and publishers received royalties in March.
Teosto distributes royalties to its members four times a year. The royalties in this distribution were collected mainly during the third quarter of 2025 for music used in concerts, on radio and television, as background music, in online and streaming services, and in Yle Areena as well as the MTV Katsomo+/Katsomo and Nelonen Ruutu+/Ruutu services.
The amount distributed to an individual author may range from a few euros to thousands of euros, depending on how many times their work has been performed and their share of the work. In this distribution, the median amount distributed to a single music author was about EUR 93.
You can find more detailed information about the distribution categories included in this distribution and the times when the royalties were collected in the distribution calendar on our website.
Royalties on the rise in nearly all categories
The distribution for March 2026 is EUR 1.8 million larger than the previous year’s distribution. All categories of rights except live events have seen growth.
In the Radio and TVcategory of rights, the growth is primarily due to the increase in royalties from video on demand services. Royalties accumulated from traditional radio have decreased for both Yle and commercial radio.
Royalties from online services continue to grow moderately. The bigger growth in the March distribution is mainly due to our previous royalty processor speeding up the processing and payment of the last royalties they licensed.
Royalties in the March 2026 distribution were collected for the following categories of rights:
| Category of rights | March 2026 €m | Cf. March 2025 €m |
| Radio and TV | 6.5 | +0.8 |
| Public performance | 3.2 | +0.0 |
| Online services | 2.3 | +0.5 |
| Multiple (foreign countries, corrections) | 1.6 | +0.4 |
| Total | 13.7 | +1.8 |
Distributions made four times a year
You can learn more about Teosto’s distributions on the Distributions page. Our members can also find details on their own distribution in our web service.
The total amount distributed by Teosto varies, depending on how comprehensively royalties can be collected in each music use category, and how quickly these can be allocated to the work to which they belong. Allocating the royalties requires work notifications submitted by music authors to Teosto for their own work as well as performance notifications or music use reports submitted by music performers and users.
The next Teosto distribution will be on 15 June 2026.