Recording music on audiovisual media for performance, broadcast or online use

Film productions in Switzerland for cinema, TV, festival and VoD (motion pictures, short movies, documentaries etc.)

To produce a commercial for television, movie theatres, or the internet, you must obtain a licence from SUISA.

Corporate films, graduation videos, diploma videos, PowerPoint presentations, slide shows

One or more commercials placed on third-party websites qualify as an online advertising campaign.

Production music (also referred to as mood music) is music which various publishers offer for the specific purpose of adding sound to film and sound or audiovisual recordings.

Do you wish to distribute videos and films (audiovisual recordings) over the internet against payment? 

Tariff VI applies to the reproduction of audiovisual recordings intended for the public, i.e. audiovisual recordings designed to be sold, given away for free or used for advertising purposes.

CDs for distribution and work-by-work productions

Recordings of music on sound carriers not intended for the public

Production of music boxes and other objects that play music