Retransmission rights are those rights that arise when an operator makes a secondary use [Refer to FAQ “What is the difference between the primary rights and the secondary rights of the producer?] of an audiovisual work. They cover the simultaneous, full, unchanged and continuous retransmission by cable, satellite or by any similar means (such as mobile retransmission or retransmission over an internet access carried out in a managed environment).
In the European Union, these rights are subject to mandatory collective management [Read our blog article: “What is collective management?“].
AGICOA Europe Brussels also manages the rights covering the transmission by an operator of the signals that this operator has obtained from a broadcasting organization by direct injection, whether this transmission is made by cable, satellite or by any other similar means.
In Belgium these rights are subject to mandatory collective management [Read our blog article: “What is collective management?“].