Web TV

Media and digital distribution

You want to stream videos online.

Conditions of the Authorisation


Behind every track you play, there are songwriters and composers. The law protects their work. Your Sacem Authorisation gives you access to their repertoire, with complete legal certainty. The royalties you pay go directly to them and reward their creative work.
  • Criteria

    • Your authorisation is granted under the reproduction rights and representation rights for the streaming of programmes comprising audiovisual and/or musical works. Your viewers are not permitted to:
      – download the works comprising the programme,
      – alter the composition of the programme with a view to modifying or personalising it,
      – select parts of the programme in order to access the works comprising it individually at a time of their choosing.
    • This authorisation does not, in particular, cover Moral rights or derivative rights such as the right of arrangement, the right of adaptation, the right of translation, etc. Nor does it cover related rights. to download the works comprising the said programme, to select parts of the said programme in order to access the works comprising it on an individual basis at a time of their choosing.
    • The authorisation is granted for France, Luxembourg and Monaco.
    • The use of music as part of a promotional campaign associated with a brand is excluded from the scope of this authorisation.
    • You are of legal age or the legal representative of a minor or a person under guardianship or trusteeship.
  • Prices

    Depending on your project

Obtain your authorisation

Thank you in advance for sending the following information to webcasting@sacem.fr:
• Full description of your Web TV
• Launch date of your Web TV
• URL for your Web TV
• Type of videos provided by your Web TV: films, series, documentaries, animation,
plays, sport…
• Business model: free, ad-supported or subscription.

Note that


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Do you broadcast commercial recordings (singles, albums, including self-produced ones)? Their producers must give you their Authorisation. The SCPP (Société Civile des Producteurs Phonographiques) and the SPPF (Société de Collection et de Distribution des Droits des Producteurs) are here to answer your questions.
The SCPP
The SPPF

Other collecting societies may apply
Your programmes may also fall under the remit of the SACD (Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques), the SCAM (Société civile des auteurs multimedia) and the ADAGP (Société des auteurs dans les arts graphiques et plastiques). We invite you to contact them to find out about their terms and conditions.
The ADAGP
The SACD
The Scam