INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Our industry experts weigh in on today's fast changing entertainment landscape. 

How To Successfully Manage Star Royalties And Entertainment Rights

Managing license compliance is a challenging and complex process. But when you add to that responsibility overseeing top-caliber celebrities with high-volume product license inquiries, the risks

5 Steps to Get Prepared for the New Revenue Recognition Standard

How will the new standard affect your current revenue recognition model? The current model used by most Media & Entertainment companies to determine the pattern for revenue recognition for licenses

How FilmTrack Financials Helps Your Entire Business Ecosystem

The rapid rise of digital entertainment has made rights management functions more complicated than ever before. With FilmTrack Financials, media & entertainment businesses can navigate today’s

Establishing a Single Source of Truth for Royalties, Participations, and Advanced Financials

Media and entertainment businesses consist of various moving parts. Sales teams require accurate, granular availabilities reports to clearly identify and exploit every revenue opportunity.

How Finance & Legal Teams Benefit from Using FilmTrack

Systems of the past were not designed to handle the challenges surrounding VOD contracts and the resulting flow of revenue distribution. With FilmTrack, media & entertainment businesses can navigate

Blockchain Technology and the Future of Intellectual Property Management

Over the last several years, it’s been impossible to ignore the disruptive force of blockchain technology. From banking and healthcare to energy and security, industry sectors across the board are

MESA 2018 Spring Journal: 5 Benefits of a Single Source of Truth

In the past, it was common for businesses to utilize spreadsheets and legacy systems to perform critical functions pertaining to rights and availabilities. But in today’s fast-paced world, having

Content Rights Management: 3 Ways Blockchain Technology is Disrupting the Media and Entertainment Industry

For the media and entertainment industry, “blockchain” was the biggest buzzword of 2017.

Measure What Matters: Assessing the Financial Health of Rights Management Vendors

There are myriad benefits to outsourcing aspects of the intellectual property lifecycle –– from real-time access to mission-critical data to end-to-end visibility and streamlined workflows. But if a

Why TV Networks Should Care About Snapchat Shows (and 3 Brands Who Are Doing It Right)

From NBC, ABC, and Discovery to A&E, VICE, and MTV, networks across the board are flocking to Snapchat to create original episodic content and repackage existing TV shows into snackable snippets.