Media Licensing and Clearance Services
We know you don’t like doing this part of your project but someone has to do the dirty work. So let us do it, we’re good at it, very good at it.
Ad Agencies, production companies or anyone with something better to do hire us for projects that require the purchasing licensing of footage, photographs, music, audio, text, as well as securing underlying rights. We know it cold. Well we should, we have been doing it for over 20 years. Unfortunately now we have to bore you with what’s in our heads – some day we will get to cutting this down…really.
Research
What are you searching for? We’ll find it for you. Our proprietary database makes us unique with thousands of worldwide sources. You will benefit from our long-term relationships with the world’s leading content providers. They include stock footage libraries, independent cinematographers, private collectors, professional sports leagues and governing bodies, feature film studios and networks, music publishers and film and photo archives. This offers you access to traditional sources and hard-to-find content that stock houses cannot license.
Budgeting
Save time & money. We will analyze your project, and develop a budget free of charge, detailing our fees, previews, licensing and clearance estimates and all post-production and shipping fees. Our team will expand upon your storyboard or script and suggest creative solutions that work within your budget.
Professional Project Management
One Stop Shopping. Don’t waste time managing your content sources, let us do it for you. Project Managers are dedicated to your project working closely with you, your creative teams and editors whenever and wherever you need us. By making one call you are accessing a world of content suppliers. An expert team of researchers will be assigned to your project managing the calling, screening and editing process carefully choosing the images you need. Most stock houses send you too much. We don’t. We will edit the material down to only the relevant content. We save you time…we promise.
Content Coordination
Keep it simple. Our Editors deliver your preview material in an organized and detailed manner from a wide variety of sources. All previews, photographs and/or audiotapes will be delivered on line in our Media Content Gallery or shipped to you-off line-your choice. Clear notes concerning expense, turn around time and rights and clearance issues will accompany all content…No surprises.
Rights and Clearances
Why worry? Our copyright and legal team is grounded in years of experience. You can be absolutely confident that your final selections are totally cleared and licensed according to your projects requirements. Clearances include:
- Celebrities
- Music
- Feature Films
- Copyright
- Athletes
- Audio
- TV Clips
- Trademark
- Estates
- Text
- News
- Logo
- Stock Footage Talent
- Sports
- Property Rights
All contracts are scrutinized, drawn for consistent language and consolidated into one thorough legal document covering all your content. As the market leader, we have developed several industry standard contracts covering every aspect of licensing.
Post Production
Pulling it all together. When it's time to order your master materials our Post Production Coordinators will organize and supervise all video, film, photograph, audio transfers, dubbing and/or digital compression. Content could be licensed from many sources worldwide requiring detailed coordination of all shipping in order to deliver your materials on time.
Back Office
It’s a Wrap. Simplify bookkeeping with one comprehensive service. We track all invoices and contracts in addition to managing and expediting payment on your behalf. In turn, you will be presented with one bill, one contract, on budget and on time.
You actually read all of that? Nice break from You Tube, huh?