The Indian Performing Right Society Limited

Tariff Details- SB : SATELLITE BROADCAST

Scope of Tariff

This tariff applies to the Public Performance of Music on TV shows / Programmes, broadcast on Satellite Channels, Doordarshan and Terrestrial Television stations.

General Conditions

This tariff is subject to the Society’s General Conditions Applicable to Tariffs and Licenses.

Royalty rates

The following Royalty rates shall apply :

a) For performing/playing of Music by way of live singing or recorded music, for Music based shows, the Royalty shall be Rs 10,000/- per Musical work/song/part of a song, per performance. For non music based shows like quiz/talk shows/serials etc, the royalty shall be Rs. 5,000/- per Musical work/song/part of a song, per performance.(The duration of licensed work performed is upto a maximum of 3 minutes)

b) For performing/playing of music included in a feature film i.e during the telecast of a feature film on a Satellite Channel, the background music and the songs that form a part of the feature film, the royalty shall be Rs 3000/- per hour or 3% of the Gross advertising revenue of the Channel from feature films, whichever is higher.

c) For performing of music i.e back ground music/score included in a TV serial, the royalty shall be Rs 3000/- per hour or 3% Gross advertising revenue of the channel from TV serials, whichever is higher.

d) The Royalty applicable under (b) and (c) is on the basis that the entire Satellite Channel is licenced on a 24hr per day and 365 days in a year.

e) The Royalty under this tariff is only applicable for the territory of India.

Applicability of Tariff

The Tariff comes into force from 1st September 2004 and applies to all royalties falling due on or after that date.

"Non-Compliant Licensees who seek to regularize past infringements / violations / breach of Society’s rights and licenses (including non-compliance with agreements, usage without license, vexatious litigation, etc), a penalty of 30% over the existing tariff shall be applied at the discretion of Society, where as compliant licensees will be charged license fees at a rate discounted at 5% at the discretion of the Society".

On each anniversary of this tariff, there will be an upward revision by 10%.

All Royalties are exclusive of all VAT / taxes / levies and are charged as advance for the period of twelve months and are to be paid at the beginning for the period.

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