{"id":2204,"slug":"samro-licence-revenue-by-stream-2025","title":"Where South African performing-rights licence revenue comes from, FY2025","source":"SAMRO (Southern African Music Rights Organisation NPC) Integrated Report 2025, revenue streams breakdown, year ended 30 June 2025","source_url":"https:\/\/cdn.prod.website-files.com\/641d55c4d3455bd939321315\/69c3f930c5f11a7f982815d9_Samro_Annual_IR_2025_19472_20260324_V04a_LDV_12H42_Interactive.pdf","source_type":"official","method":"SAMRO organises its licensing into four streams: broadcasting, general licensing, digital, and foreign royalty income. The percentage shares are the report's own revenue-streams breakdown for the year ended 30 June 2025 and are printed as whole numbers that sum to 100. They are reproduced here unaltered and no rand amounts have been derived from them, because multiplying a rounded whole-number share by total revenue would produce a figure the report does not state. The report separately gives foreign royalty income as R31.2 million, which is 4.6% of the audited R680,350 thousand company licence revenue and is shown in the breakdown as 4%; that discrepancy is the report's own rounding and has not been corrected here. Broadcasting is radio and television. General licensing covers physical venues and public spaces such as clubs, bars, malls, restaurants and live music venues. Digital covers online and streaming platforms. Foreign royalty income is money collected by sister societies abroad on behalf of SAMRO members under bilateral agreements. This is performing rights only and excludes mechanical rights, which CAPASSO administers in South Africa.","unit":"percent","license":"Afrobeats Wire's compilation and analysis are licensed CC BY 4.0. Rights in the underlying source data remain with the source named above.","confidence":"high","retrieved":"2026-08-22 10:46:12","n":4,"first_party":0,"columns":[{"key":"stream","label":"Licensing stream","type":"text"},{"key":"share_pct","label":"Share of licence revenue, %","type":"number"}],"rows":[{"stream":"Broadcasting (radio and TV)","share_pct":55},{"stream":"General licensing (venues, retail, hospitality)","share_pct":26},{"stream":"Digital (streaming and online)","share_pct":15},{"stream":"Foreign royalty income (sister societies)","share_pct":4}]}