Tag: rights management

Snips has signed deals with Banijay Rights and BIG Media to use AI to turn existing films and TV series into short-form vertical microseries, creating a new distribution window without requiring new production. Rights holders keep their IP and share…

Cineverse’s acquisitions of IndiCue and Giant Worldwide helped drive fiscal first-quarter revenue up 175% to $30.6 million and pushed tech-related businesses above 60% of total revenue. Matchpoint now has to turn that acquired scale into stronger margins by automating workflows,…

Basics of Streaming explains how MAM and CMS systems work together to turn media assets into streaming products, with MAM handling versions, workflows, and storage while CMS manages metadata, rights, merchandising, and distribution. Their value depends on tight synchronization through…

AI is turning entertainment metadata into a much more valuable piece of the streaming stack. As conversational discovery takes hold, platforms will need constantly refreshed data on rights, availability, IDs, schedules, and deep links to turn a viewer’s intent into…

Gracenote’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Jamendo’s case against Nvidia have exposed the growing value of structured media metadata as AI companies seek reliable information about content, rights, availability, and relationships. Streaming companies that control clean catalog data can reduce operational…

Basics of Streaming explains how rights windows determine where content appears, disappears, and reappears across streaming platforms. Studios and rights holders use windows to monetize the same title across theaters, PVOD, TVOD, SVOD, broadcast, AVOD, FAST, international markets, and specialized…

Basics Of Streaming breaks down blockchain’s role in streaming as a coordination layer focused on rights, payments, and transparency rather than core video delivery. It highlights that blockchain can improve royalty tracking, licensing, and multi-party data sharing, but it doesn’t…

Roku, Apple, Scripps, and ChatGPT all made moves last week that reinforce one theme: control has replaced scale as the core competitive advantage in streaming. The leverage battle isn’t about content volume anymore. It’s about who controls billing, discovery, rights,…

ByteDance is facing legal pressure from Disney, Paramount Skydance and the Motion Picture Association after its Seedance 2.0 AI video tool generated recognizable Hollywood characters and celebrity likenesses from simple prompts. The dispute isn’t just about copyright, it’s about who…

Basics of Streaming explains rights management as the operational framework that translates licensing contracts into real-time enforcement across geography, time windows, devices, and monetization models. It outlines how platforms automate territorial restrictions, windowing schedules, device-level controls, and revenue permissions to…