About Broadcast Music, Inc.

BMI collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed.

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Money Matters

BMI will distribute more than $905 million in royalties for its 2009 fiscal year to the songwriters, composers and copyright owners it represents.

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How We Pay

Learn how BMI royalties are calculated and distributed. more

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Licensing

BMI has set benchmarks in licensing fees, moving to flat fee payments as markets reach maturity. Emerging markets continue to be licensed on a percentage-of-revenue basis, allowing the company’s revenues to grow as those markets grow. BMI’s market share reflects the popularity of its songwriters’ and composers’ works and is a prime factor in determining license fees.

Data Collection

BMI combines census and sample airplay data totaling more than 4,000,000 hours, providing the most detailed and wide-ranging picture of radio airplay available in the entertainment industry today. BMI’s analysis of TV music is drawn from a survey of more than 15,000,000 broadcast hours per year.