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Page titleStandfirstBodyAll repertoires see growth in Europe, led by music at +7.3% Collections across every repertoire grew in 2024 in Europe, with the music sector rising fastest at +7.3%. Audiovisual also performed well with a +3.1% increase. This was driven by a near doubling of broadcast revenues in Belgium and by the resolution of a TV broadcaster dispute in France that delivered a +5.7% national rise. Literature growth slowed from an exceptional +10.4% in 2023, but remained strong with a +5.9% rise led by substantial Swiss reprography collections. The dramatic repertoire increased by +4.5% with the live & background sector returning to more expected levels of growth following two years of exceptional performance as it recovered from pandemic lockdown restrictions. In France, a +58.2% rise in digital visual arts collections helped to reverse a -0.9% drop in 2023 and achieve a +0.6% increase across the region. Central and Eastern European growth outpaces Western Europe Collections in the 27 countries that comprise Central and Eastern Europe grew faster than Western Europe in 2024, rising by +12% to reach a total that was more than +50% larger than the 2015 figure. Music performed exceptionally well, growing by +17.9% with increases in 24 of the 26 countries. Literature also grew by +17%. The only repertoire to see a decline was audiovisual, which fell -7.8% following four successive years of growth. Broadcast and live & background revenues made up more than three-quarters of the region%u2019s total. The fastest growing country in Europe (by percentage terms and starting from a very low base) was Ukraine where an active public awareness campaign, combined with new digital contracts and improved radio and live events licensing, provided a near fourfold increase in revenues. T%u00fcrkiye contributed most to regional growth with a joint licensing and distribution agreement between CISAC%u2019s two music members, MSG and MESAM, driving a fruitful +49% increase in 2024. Digital remained the country%u2019s primary source of income and has risen more than fivefold over the past decade. Slovenia saw a rise of +52.3%, driven predominantly by the resolution of several long-standing cases against cable operators in the broadcast sector. Romania also performed well, rising +23.6%, whilst Hungary grew +16.5%. Poland constituted more than one-quarter of the region and grew +4.5% with local society ZAiKS exceeding EUR100m in royalties for the second consecutive year. Digital royalties surge sevenfold over the decadeRevenues from the digital use of creators%u2019 work grew by +10% in 2024, marking a sevenfold increase since 2015 and reinforcing digital%u2019s position as a core engine of growth across Europe. The sector now represents 29.7% of total regional collections. In France, digital revenues rose by +12.7%, adding EUR 80 million to the national total and acting as the primary driver of the country%u2019s +7.5% overall increase. In the United Kingdom, digital expanded by +7.9%, supported by PRS for Music%u2019s 60 major new and enhanced broadcast and digital licences, including Apple TV, Discovery+, Pluto TV and Paramount+. In Italy, a combination of renewed licensing agreements and robust streaming gains fuelled a +37.7% rise. Sweden also delivered strong long-term performance, with digital collections reaching EUR 106 million %u2014 an increase of +188.6% compared with 2015 and +123.7% since 2020 %u2014 underscoring the sustained depth of its digital market. Germany was the only major territory to diverge from the broader upward trend, with digital revenues stabilising at +1.2% following +2.2% growth the previous year.Repertoire Collections % Growth vs 2015 vs 2020Music 471 +17.9% +55.7% +60.9%Audiovisual 64 -7.8% +106.8% +25.8%Drama 16 +2.4% -36.5% +51.8%Literary 10 +21.5% +81.3% +46.1%Visual Arts 4 +3.4% +152.0% +43.6%Grand Total %u20ac566M +13.8% +54.4% +55.3%Collections by repertoire, Central and Eastern Europe (EUR million)Digital royalties in Europe%u2019s top five countries (EUR million)Audio- LiteraturevisualMusic Drama Visual art3.1%4.5%7.3%5.9%0.6%Growth by repertoire, Europe 2024All repertoires in Europe grew in 2024, led by music at +7.3%.29.7% of Europe%u2019s total royalties now come from digital, which has risen sevenfold since 2015 and grew by +10% in 2024.%u00a9 Francofolies de La Rochelle 2024Country/Territory Collections % Growth vs 2015 vs 2020France 716 +12.7% +1471.6% +112.4%United Kingdom 587 +7.9% +510.7% +119.9%Germany 313 +1.2% +608.9% +77.1%Italy 137 +37.7% +715.2% +184.4%Sweden 106 -11.6% +188.6% +123.7%Grand Total %u20ac2,271M +9.8% +627.3% +112.0%CISAC Forewords CISAC AI Fraud Highlights Market analysis Futuresource Collections by repertoire Collections by region Tables of collections Membership About the report Methodology52 53Forewords CISAC AI Fraud Highlights Market analysis Futuresource Collections by repertoire Collections by region Tables of collections Membership About the report Methodology Global Collections Report