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Calculate Production Music rates

Calculate your Production Music licensing fees for film, ads, DVD, websites, and any other audio or audiovisual productions.

What you're producing

You can choose from the following categories:

  • Advertising
  • Audio Visual
  • Online
  • Audio
  • Music On Hold
  • TV & Radio Programmes
  • Films

Find the codes for each category in our handy Production Music rate card (PDF 398kb)

Music units or tracks

Depending on what you're producing you'll pay for either a duration or number of tracks used.

See how long your music use is in units. 1 unit is 30 seconds (or part thereof).

For example:

  • 30 seconds = 1 unit
  • 31 seconds = 2 units

Where it will be shown

Select your clearance territory:

  • Regional
  • Metropolitan (met low & met high NZ)
  • National
  • World
  • WWW

Note: All rates include online and digital platforms. Territory definitions are available on page 6 of the Production Music rate card (PDF 398kb)

Processing fee

An NZ $11 (excl GST) processing fee will apply for each licence issued. This processing fee is applied per territory, per licence code.

Calculate your rates