Teosto distributes EUR 13.8 million to music authors and publishers
Today, on 11 September 2025, Teosto has distributed a total of EUR 13.8 million in royalties to composers, lyricists, arrangers, and music publishers. Of this amount, EUR 6.9 million was distributed to Teosto’s domestic and direct members. In total, more than 6,600 music authors and publishers received royalties in September.
Teosto distributes royalties to its members four times a year. The royalties in this distribution were collected mainly during the first quarter of 2025 for music used in concerts, on radio and television, as background music, in online and streaming services, and in Yle Areena and the 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 99.
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.
Teosto has sped up distribution for several categories, royalties now paid up to 9 months quicker than previously
Teosto has been working hard to speed up the play-to-pay time for royalties. Starting from September 2025, several categories that were previously distributed annually will now be paid out quarterly. These categories include the Yle Areena service’s AV productions, network PVR services, Yle AV reproduction, the Apple TV+ VOD service, and cinema and film reproduction royalties.
Using the old processing model, royalties for the first quarter of 2025 would have been distributed in June 2026, so the distribution of these royalties has been accelerated by nine months.
Royalties for public performances and the TV and radio category have increased when compared to the previous year. However, the total amount of this September distribution is EUR 2.9 million smaller than a year ago. This is mainly due to a significant portion of Video on Demand royalties getting postponed to December 2025.
Royalties in the September 2025 distribution were collected for the following categories of rights:
| Category of rights | Distribution 09/25 (€m) | Cf. 09/24 |
| Radio and TV | 5.7 | -0.5 |
| Public performance | 1.9 | +0.2 |
| Online services | 4.0 | -2.7 |
| Reproduction | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Multiple (foreign countries, corrections) | 2.1 | + – 0.0 |
| Total | 13.8 | -2.9 |
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 11 December 2025.