Payment Calendar
The distribution calendar is updated once a year. In the calendar, you can see from which sources royalties are collected and in which distribution they are paid to music authors and publishers.
- In the top part of the image, you can see the royalties that we pay four times a year.
- In the bottom part of the image, you can see the royalties that we pay once a year on the distribution date in question.
Distribution year 2025
The payment calendar shows:
- when distributions are made
- from which sources royalties are collected
- for which time period royalties are collected
Royalties from some sources are distributed only once or twice per year, others in every distribution.
Distribution on 13 March 2025
For 1 July 2024 to 30 September 2024
- Concerts, livestreamed concerts, festivals, events
- Background music
- Radio: Yle and commercial channels, Yle Areena Audio
- TV: Yle and commercial channels, Yle Areena AV, Ruutu ja Ruutu+
- Online and streaming services
Also:
- Royalties collected by foreign societies that have been processed before 31 December 2024
- Adjustments 03/2022–12/2024
Distribution on 12 June 2025
For 1 October 2024 to 31 December 2024
- Concerts, livestreamed concerts, festivals, events
- Background music
- Radio: Yle and commercial channels, Yle Areena Audio
- TV: Yle and commercial channels, Yle Areena AV, Ruutu ja Ruutu+
- Online and streaming services
For 2024:
- Orchestra concerts: Philharmonic orchestras, Yle RSO, Music Institutes, Concervatoires, Sibelius Academy, Garrisons
- Live music in restaurants and other events
- Music used in municipal and parish events
- Background music, concerts and live events, background music services
- Internet PVR-services
- Cinema, stage music
- Yle reproduction and cinema copies
- Also:
- Royalties collected by foreign societies that have been processed before 31 March 2025
- Mechanical reproduction royalties collected before 31 December 2024
- Balancing distribution for 2024: TV, Radio, Concerts, Background music, radio
- Subsidy for the promotion of Finnish music for 2024
- Adjustments 06/2022–03/2025
Distribution on 11 September 2025
For 1 January 2025 to 31 March 2025
- Concerts, livestreamed concerts, festivals, events
- Background music
- Radio: Yle and commercial channels, Yle Areena Audio
- TV: Yle and commercial channels, Yle Areena AV, Ruutu ja Ruutu+
- Online and streaming services
For 2024:
- Compensation for Private copying
- Online: Video on Demand
- Also:
- Royalties collected by foreign societies that have been processed before 30 June 2025
- Adjustments 09/2022–06/2025
Distribution on 11 December 2025
For 1 April 2025 to 30 June 2025
- Concerts, livestreamed concerts, festivals, events
- Background music
- Radio: Yle and commercial channels, Yle Areena Audio
- TV: Yle and commercial channels, Yle Areena AV, Ruutu ja Ruutu+
- Online and streaming services
For 2024:
- Remuneration for Public Lending
Also:
- Royalties collected by foreign societies that have been processed before 30 September 2025
- Mechanical reproduction royalties collected before 30 June 2025
- Adjustments 12/2022–09/2025
What are adjustments?
Adjustments consist of e.g. royalties accrued for previously unconfirmed works and corrections made in response to resolved disputes and complaints.