GRAMMO GREECE

What GRAMMO GREECE does

GRAMMO is the Hellenic Collecting and Administrating Society of the Rights of Phonogram and Videogram Producers (GRAMMO), a civil non-profit company established in July 1994 under license from the Greek Minister of Culture and supervised by the Hellenic Copyright Organization (OPI). It operates as the sole collective management organization in Greece (and also administers rights in Cyprus) representing phonogram and videogram producers' neighboring rights, covering reproduction rights (Article 47), private reproduction levies (Article 18), public performance equitable remuneration collected jointly through the GEA society alongside ERATO and APOLLON, and a portfolio of licensing tariffs for broadcasting, dubbing, and on-demand uses.

The organization's product surface consists of a website-based licensing and rights management platform (grammo.gr) with Google Analytics for visitor tracking, supported by a centralized collective rights management system, a playlist/repertoire submission system for tracking actual music use, and a categorized tariff management system spanning public performance, radio, TV, web radio/TV, dubbing, and on-demand services. GRAMMO maintains reciprocal representation agreements with twelve foreign collecting societies across Europe and North America, enabling bilateral licensing of domestic and international repertoire.

GRAMMO's business model is licensing-royalty based: it charges published tariffs to music users (annual fees ranging from €350 to €525 per channel for webcasting, plus hybrid structures tying webcasting fees to gross revenue or per-trackstream counts), collects private reproduction levies from device manufacturers and importers, and distributes net proceeds annually to rightholders on a cost-recovery, non-profit basis. The organization reaches customers through its website, direct contracts, tariff publications, and a small five-person operational team based in Athens (Neo Psychico).

Name

GRAMMO GREECE

Legal name

Hellenic Collecting and Administrating Society of the Rights of Phonogram and Videogram Producers

Website

https://grammo.gr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

GRAMMO is the sole Greek collective management organization for phonogram and videogram producers' neighboring rights, licensing music usage to broadcasters, hospitality venues, retailers, and digital platforms across Greece and Cyprus on a non-profit basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Collective Music Rights Management

NAICS

Record Production and Distribution (51225), Motion Picture and Video Distribution (51212)

akta.pro primary industry

Neighboring Rights (Master Performance Rights) Administration (MPAIAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Neighboring Rights Collection (Sound Recording Performance Rights) (MPAIAKAC), Global Rights Representation & Sub-Publishing/Reciprocal Collection Services (MPAIAKAI), Music & Audio Rights for Broadcast (Sync/Master/Library) (MPABANAF)

Keywords

• Music licensing services
• Collective rights management
• Neighboring rights administration
• Royalty collection services
• Phonogram producer rights

Headquarters

HQ city

Athens

HQ country

Greece

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Performance Rights Collection: Collection of equitable remuneration for public performance of sound recordings through joint society GEA (Grammo-Erato-Apollon). GEA attributes 50% of its income to Grammo after deduction of administrative costs.
2. Reproduction Rights (Art. 47): Grammo independently administers reproduction rights for communication to public purposes, making available rights, and broadcasting of audiovisual carriers (video clips)
3. Private Reproduction Levy (Article 18): Collection of equitable remuneration from manufacturers/importers of technical devices suitable for reproduction of sound or images

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

GRAMMO administers neighboring rights of phonogram and videogram producers in Greece and Cyprus, issuing licenses to music users for public performance, radio/TV/web broadcasting, dubbing, on-demand uses, video clips, and private reproduction (Article 18). It collects the resulting royalties and distributes them annually to its member rightholders and to foreign rights holders via reciprocal agreements with 12 collecting societies. The society also co-administers Article 49 equitable remuneration through the GEA joint society.

Product overview

GRAMMO is the Hellenic Collecting and Administrating Society of the Rights of Phonogram and Videogram Producers, a civil non-profit company established in July 1994 under license from the Greek Minister of Culture. The organization operates as a collective rights management society for record companies and music producers. Its product portfolio consists of licensing services for various uses of recorded music: Public Performance Licensing for commercial venues, Broadcasting Rights Management covering radio, television and web radio/TV, Dubbing Services for music reproduction and storage, Video Clip Licensing for music videos, On-Demand Music Licensing for IPTV and VOD services, Private Reproduction management under Article 18, Repertoire Management for member registration, and partnership with the GEA joint society for collecting equitable remuneration under Article 49.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GEA (Joint Society - Grammo, Erato, Apollon)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 September 2011Joint collecting society formed by private agreement on 28/9/2011 between GRAMMO, ERATO, and APOLLON. The only representative societies in Hellenic territory operating under Minister of Culture license. GEA is a non-profit civil law organization responsible for collection of equitable and single remuneration under Art. 49 par. 1 Law 2121/93. GEA attributes 50% of its income to Grammo after deduction of administrative costs.
• Grammo CypruscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrammo operates in the Republic of Cyprus (without settling there) administering communication to public rights of recordings and broadcasting rights under Cyprus Law 59/1976.
• Reciprocal Agreement Partners (Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerReciprocal agreements with foreign collecting societies for mutual representation of repertoire. Grammo represents foreign repertoire in Greece while these partners represent Grammo's repertoire in their territories. The list of reciprocal agreements is affirmed by the Hellenic Copyright Organization (OPI).
• Piraeus BankminorOthersBanking partner for handling bank transfers. Account Number: 5054-017784-316, IBAN: GR69 0172 0540 0050 5401 7784 316

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• PPL (Phonographic Performance Limited): UK-based collective management organization for neighboring rights of phonogram producers, operating under a similar statutory mandate. PPL is the closest functional equivalent to Grammo in a much larger market, providing a direct benchmark for neighboring rights collection models.
• SCPP (Société Civile des Producteurs Phonographiques): French collective management organization for phonogram producers' neighboring rights. SCPP performs the same rights administration, licensing, collection, and distribution functions as Grammo but for the French market, with reciprocal agreements covering both.
• NUOVOIMA / SCF (Società Consortile Fonografici): Italian collective management organization for phonogram producers' neighboring rights. Performs the same administration, licensing, and collection functions for Italy as Grammo does for Greece, and is a reciprocal agreement partner.
• GVL (Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten): German neighboring rights collective management organization for performers and phonogram producers. GVL is one of Grammo's reciprocal agreement partners and operates an equivalent licensing, collection, and distribution model for the German market.
• APOLLON (Greek Phonographic Rights Society): Greek rights society and the third member of the GEA joint society. Like ERATO, Apollon is a near-identical peer operating in the same Greek market under the same regulatory regime, with Grammo as its joint collection partner.
• SENA (Stichting Exploitatie Nederlandse Auteursrechten): Dutch neighboring rights society for performers and phonogram producers. SENA is a reciprocal agreement partner of Grammo and operates the same collection-and-distribution model in the Netherlands.
• ERATO (Greek Phonographic Rights Society): Greek rights society that is one of the three founders of the GEA joint society alongside Grammo and Apollon. Although Grammo is a partner rather than a competitor, ERATO is the most similar peer at the Greek-market level, operating under the same regulatory framework.
• GRAMO (Sweden) / Swedish Performing Rights Society analogous body: Swedish collection society for neighboring rights of phonogram producers, with a similar function to Grammo Greece. Listed as a reciprocal agreement partner, providing a direct peer comparison in another European market.

Broad incumbents

• SIAE (Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori): Italian collective management organization primarily for authors and publishers but also collecting certain neighboring rights. SIAE is a broader, multi-rights incumbent that includes some neighboring rights functions similar to Grammo's, providing a benchmark for a large European rights administration body.
• IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry): Global trade body representing the recording industry worldwide, including national CMOs like Grammo. IFPI is the umbrella organization that aggregates and represents the interests of phonogram producer rights societies, providing policy advocacy and global standards for neighboring rights.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grammo-greece

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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