Application VN-A:
Recording music on commercial audiovisual carriers for television broadcasts, movie theatre screening and/or use on the internet

Tariff VN

Information about the tariff

Customer number

The customer shall be responsible paying the SUISA invoice as well as assume liability for it. For information on the legal domicile of the customer, you can use the Zefix-website.

Your customer number is shown on any SUISA invoices you might have been issued.

 

Example: 0.0111.111

Your contract number is shown on any SUISA invoices you might have been issued.

 

Example: 0.111.111

Delivery address (mailing address)

e.g. Richmond House, c/o lawfirm xyz

Please enter your telephone no. as follows:
Example Switzerland: 044 485 66 66
Example abroad: +41 44 485 66 66

Please enter the direct line as follows:
Example Switzerland: 044 485 66 66
Example abroad: +41 44 485 66 66

Information regarding invoice

IMPORTANT: Please state your PO number in each case if required!

p.ex. cost centre, reference no., job no., PO no.

Membership in professional/trade association
Advertising agency

In case you have indicated the advertising agency to us in a previous application, you only need to provide us with information on company, place and e-mail address.

Please enter your telephone no. as follows:
Example Switzerland: 044 485 66 66
Example abroad: +41 44 485 66 66

Producer

In case you have indicated the producer to us in a previous application, you only need to provide us with information on company, place and e-mail address.

Please enter your telephone no. as follows:
Example Switzerland: 044 485 66 66
Example abroad: +41 44 485 66 66

Customer address (residence/legal domicile)

The customer shall be responsible paying the SUISA invoice as well as assume liability for it. For information on the legal domicile of the customer, you can use the Zefix-website.

Information on the company
Delivery address (mailing address)

e.g. Richmond House, c/o lawfirm xyz

Please enter your telephone no. as follows:
Example Switzerland: 044 485 66 66
Example abroad: +41 44 485 66 66

Please enter the direct line as follows:
Example Switzerland: 044 485 66 66
Example abroad: +41 44 485 66 66

Information regarding invoice

IMPORTANT: Please state your PO number in each case if required!

p.ex. cost centre, reference no., job no., PO no.

Membership in professional/trade association
Advertising agency

Please enter your telephone no. as follows:
Example Switzerland: 044 485 66 66
Example abroad: +41 44 485 66 66

Producer

Please enter your telephone no. as follows:
Example Switzerland: 044 485 66 66
Example abroad: +41 44 485 66 66

Note: Only a maximum of {count} spots can be registered simultaneously!

COMMERCIAL

You only need one SUISA no. for all language versions.

SUISA number

SUISA no.: Unique number generated by SUISA

Nature of the commercial

New advertising spot:
Spot which is broadcast in Switzerland for the first time.

 

Adapted spot:
Shortened version of the original spot. Adaptation for French broadcasters.

 

Reminder:
Excerpts from the original spot which are unaltered (where images and music fully originate from the original spot) and broadcast after such an original spot
Should there be any changes to images or music, the reminder shall be treated like a new spot.

 

Billboard / Sponsoring:
TV broadcast which is subsidised by a sponsor by means of graphic animation (broadcast, sporting events, weather,...).

 

Spot for cinema films or film DVDs (trailer):
An excerpt used to announce a new cinema film or film DVD is considered to be a copy and not a new audiovisual recording (which would attract an additional fee) if the music used originates fully from the cinema film and/or the film DVD.

 

Spot for music CDs or music DVDs:
An excerpt used to announce a musical work or an audiovisual work is considered to be a copy and not a new sound/audiovisual recording (which would attract an additional fee) if the music used originates fully from said work.

 

Infomercials (longer than 60 seconds):
TV advertisements or tele-shopping programmes

SUISA no.: Unique number generated by SUISA

Title / Label / Product
Total duration / First broadcast
Music/Jingle in the commercial

Jingle: Short succession of notes or melody used as an acoustic identifier for a broadcaster, a programme or an advertised product.

Usage
TV
Cinema
Internet (Website/Social Media)

Third party websites: Websites that are not directly affecting the customer or its social media channels.E. g. 20 Minuten. Le Matin.

Production contributor: Principal, producer, advertising agency, other parties involved in the production.

 

Making content available free of charge on website of the contributor to the production: The blanket fee per production and web appearance amounts to:
- Streaming: CHF 100
- Download: CHF 200

Social media: e.g. Facebook, Twitter / For Swiss territorium

Performance rights outside of cinemas or cinema-like establishments

The producer may, for himself and his principal, acquire a blanket licence of unlimited duration to show the production under the following conditions:
- Shows without entrance fees and outside of cinemas or cinema-like establishments
- Shows in Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Die pauschale Vergütung beträgt CHF 200.-.

e.g. Hockey stadium, fairs, ad screens etc.

Used musical works (songs/tracks)

Manual work entry

Please indicate the first name and the family name for composers, lyricists and arrangers.

Work/Track 1

If you can not provide any details, please complete with "not known".


Composer: Person that has created a musical work.

Lyricist: Person that has written the lyrics for a musical work.

Arranger: Person that changes a musical work to the effect that a new and independent work is created.

Publisher: Natural person or legal entity that has acquired the publishing rights for a work and, as per its contractual arrangement, is in charge of making and distributing work copies at its own cost.

Label: Brand name which is usually used for the publication of products by producers of sound recordings.

Effectively used music duration

Commissioned music:
Original composition which has been created by order for synchronisation purposes for a sound or audiovisual recording.  In such cases SUISA assumes that the synchronisation rights have been settled between the principal and the author directly.

 

Pre-existing music:
In cases where you use pre-existing music, you need to obtain the authorisation from the rights owners (authors, publishers, producers). The SUISA licence does not replace the authorisation by the rights owners mentioned above.  The applicant must provide proof of authorisation by the rights owners for the use of the music in the spot.

 

Production music (also known as library, production, archive or stock music):
This is music from catalogues offered by various publishers specifically for the musical setting of films and/or sound and audiovisual recordings. SUISA provides information on mood music, including a list of mood music providers.

Label: Brand name which is usually used for the publication of products by producers of sound recordings.

Work/Track 2

If you can not provide any details, please complete with "not known".


Composer: Person that has created a musical work.

Lyricist: Person that has written the lyrics for a musical work.

Arranger: Person that changes a musical work to the effect that a new and independent work is created.

Publisher: Natural person or legal entity that has acquired the publishing rights for a work and, as per its contractual arrangement, is in charge of making and distributing work copies at its own cost.

Label: Brand name which is usually used for the publication of products by producers of sound recordings.

Effectively used music duration

Commissioned music:
Original composition which has been created by order for synchronisation purposes for a sound or audiovisual recording.  In such cases SUISA assumes that the synchronisation rights have been settled between the principal and the author directly.

 

Pre-existing music:
In cases where you use pre-existing music, you need to obtain the authorisation from the rights owners (authors, publishers, producers). The SUISA licence does not replace the authorisation by the rights owners mentioned above.  The applicant must provide proof of authorisation by the rights owners for the use of the music in the spot.

 

Production music (also known as library, production, archive or stock music):
This is music from catalogues offered by various publishers specifically for the musical setting of films and/or sound and audiovisual recordings. SUISA provides information on mood music, including a list of mood music providers.

Label: Brand name which is usually used for the publication of products by producers of sound recordings.

Work/Track 3

If you can not provide any details, please complete with "not known".


Composer: Person that has created a musical work.

Lyricist: Person that has written the lyrics for a musical work.

Arranger: Person that changes a musical work to the effect that a new and independent work is created.

Publisher: Natural person or legal entity that has acquired the publishing rights for a work and, as per its contractual arrangement, is in charge of making and distributing work copies at its own cost.

Label: Brand name which is usually used for the publication of products by producers of sound recordings.

Effectively used music duration

Commissioned music:
Original composition which has been created by order for synchronisation purposes for a sound or audiovisual recording.  In such cases SUISA assumes that the synchronisation rights have been settled between the principal and the author directly.

 

Pre-existing music:
In cases where you use pre-existing music, you need to obtain the authorisation from the rights owners (authors, publishers, producers). The SUISA licence does not replace the authorisation by the rights owners mentioned above.  The applicant must provide proof of authorisation by the rights owners for the use of the music in the spot.

 

Production music (also known as library, production, archive or stock music):
This is music from catalogues offered by various publishers specifically for the musical setting of films and/or sound and audiovisual recordings. SUISA provides information on mood music, including a list of mood music providers.

Label: Brand name which is usually used for the publication of products by producers of sound recordings.

Work/Track 4

If you can not provide any details, please complete with "not known".


Composer: Person that has created a musical work.

Lyricist: Person that has written the lyrics for a musical work.

Arranger: Person that changes a musical work to the effect that a new and independent work is created.

Publisher: Natural person or legal entity that has acquired the publishing rights for a work and, as per its contractual arrangement, is in charge of making and distributing work copies at its own cost.

Label: Brand name which is usually used for the publication of products by producers of sound recordings.

Effectively used music duration

Commissioned music:
Original composition which has been created by order for synchronisation purposes for a sound or audiovisual recording.  In such cases SUISA assumes that the synchronisation rights have been settled between the principal and the author directly.

 

Pre-existing music:
In cases where you use pre-existing music, you need to obtain the authorisation from the rights owners (authors, publishers, producers). The SUISA licence does not replace the authorisation by the rights owners mentioned above.  The applicant must provide proof of authorisation by the rights owners for the use of the music in the spot.

 

Production music (also known as library, production, archive or stock music):
This is music from catalogues offered by various publishers specifically for the musical setting of films and/or sound and audiovisual recordings. SUISA provides information on mood music, including a list of mood music providers.

Label: Brand name which is usually used for the publication of products by producers of sound recordings.

Work/Track 5

If you can not provide any details, please complete with "not known".


Composer: Person that has created a musical work.

Lyricist: Person that has written the lyrics for a musical work.

Arranger: Person that changes a musical work to the effect that a new and independent work is created.

Publisher: Natural person or legal entity that has acquired the publishing rights for a work and, as per its contractual arrangement, is in charge of making and distributing work copies at its own cost.

Label: Brand name which is usually used for the publication of products by producers of sound recordings.

Effectively used music duration

Commissioned music:
Original composition which has been created by order for synchronisation purposes for a sound or audiovisual recording.  In such cases SUISA assumes that the synchronisation rights have been settled between the principal and the author directly.

 

Pre-existing music:
In cases where you use pre-existing music, you need to obtain the authorisation from the rights owners (authors, publishers, producers). The SUISA licence does not replace the authorisation by the rights owners mentioned above.  The applicant must provide proof of authorisation by the rights owners for the use of the music in the spot.

 

Production music (also known as library, production, archive or stock music):
This is music from catalogues offered by various publishers specifically for the musical setting of films and/or sound and audiovisual recordings. SUISA provides information on mood music, including a list of mood music providers.

Label: Brand name which is usually used for the publication of products by producers of sound recordings.

Upload

Please upload a file with all musical works used in the spot (e.g. track list, cue sheet).

 

Mandatory information required per work:

- Work title
- Composer (first name and name; if not known: band or performer)
- Used duration of the work (mm:ss)
- Type of the music used (commissioned music, pre-existing music or mood music)

- Usage of the music in the commercial (music or jingle)

 

Further information per work (if known):
- Lyricist (first name and name)
- Arranger (first name and name)
- Publisher

 

Accepted data formats:

PNG, JGP, JPEG, TIFF, TIF, BMP, PDF, XLS, XLSX, CSV, DOC, DOCX

Origin of the commercial

Swiss advertising commercial:

Commercial specifically generated for the Swiss market / for a Swiss product

 

Adapted advertising commercial:

Commercial made abroad then adapted for Switzerland (post-production)

 

Foreign advertising commercial:
100% foreign commercial. Commercial created in another country, without any adjustment for Switzerland.

Post producer of the Swiss version of the foreign commercial
Potential additional costs

SUISA reserves the right to charge a minimum fee of CHF 100 if the invoice has to be re-issued if only vague or incomplete information was provided in the form.

Contact for queries

Please let us know who your contact is in case we have any queries regarding this application.

Please enter your telephone no. as follows:
Example Switzerland: 044 485 66 66
Example abroad: +41 44 485 66 66

Copy of your application

Please indicate the email address where we can send a copy of your application.

Message / Document

Accepted data formats: PNG, JGP, JPEG, TIFF, TIF, BMP, PDF, XLS, XLSX, CSV, DOC, DOCX

Confirmation

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