October 2025 Distribution Update
Over £231m in royalties being paid out on 15 October
October’s distribution follows the £18m payment in August and £12m in September as we now pay royalties monthly as well as quarterly.
We’re paying out more than £231m in royalties on 15 October with 4063 members being paid for the first time. Public Performance, including music played in shops, pubs, hotels, and other public spaces generated over £65m of these royalties.
Nearly £20m in royalties paid comes from on-demand video and almost £90m is from international societies who collect royalties when members’ music is played outside the UK.
BBC radio and related public reception royalties from April to June 2025 will not be paid in this distribution. A file format change has caused an issue with calculations for the time-of-day banding and per minute rates applied to performances. We need to review and recalculate these royalties, and they will be paid in the December distribution.
We now pay royalties from online streaming (MTOL) monthly so your quarterly payments for these royalties are likely to be lower.
Learn more about monthly payments on M Magazine and see all the dates we’re paying royalties plus when amounts are available online.
- Public performance royalties (public spaces like shops, pubs, hotels and more)
- TV and on demand service royalties, including Netflix
- Live concert royalties including UK and International MLCS
- Public reception royalties
- International royalties, including the refund of French Withholding Tax deducted in 2019. This will show in statements under ‘Notice of Payment’
- Turner for music used January to March 2025
- Discovery for music used January to March 2025
- Sky (Go, Now & On Demand) for music used January to March 2025
- BBC radio and related public reception royalties from April to June 2025
- Radio year-end reconciliation royalties from April 2024 to March 2025
- NBC Universal for music used from January 2024 to April 2025
- Disney for music used from January 2023 to April 2025
- Viacom (MTV) for music used from April 2025 to June 2025
