Licensing

Comcast Expands Digital Store Offering in a Content Licensing Agreement with The Walt Disney Studios

frozen-2Comcast today announced that it has entered into a content licensing agreement with The Walt Disney Studios to start offering a selection of digital library titles and new releases as they become available from Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney•Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, Disneynature and Touchstone Pictures via the Xfinity On Demand digital store. Effective immediately, customers can buy Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the latest blockbuster hit in the Star Wars franchise just released on Digital HD and SD directly from their TV or via the Xfinity TV website to enjoy the film at home or on the go.

Over the coming weeks, the complete selection of popular new releases and celebrated classic films from The Walt Disney Studios will be available for purchase contingent on license terms and can be stored in the cloud to watch anytime, anywhere, on any device.

Music Vine is a New Music Licensing Platform for Filmmakers

Music Vine is a new music licensing platform for filmmakers that offers some quality tracks at an affordable price-point. With an expanding database of songs, they’re joining the race to add better music to your films.

Over the last decade, quality standards in video and film have made leaps and bounds of progress.

Audiences can now expect stunning cinematography and crisp, vibrant visuals as a given—and if video content is to stand a chance at holding its viewers’ attention, it must speak with authenticity and personality.

Source: cinema5D

Getty Images Partners with Video Licensing Platform Rumble

Video licensing platform Rumble announced today that it will make its entire portfolio of social and viral videos available for license by Getty Images’ global customer base, making it the largest source of social video for Getty.

Rumble’s network of 18,000 video creators upload their videos to its platform via the web or iOS and Android apps, which then automatically post them to social sites including YouTube and Facebook. Videos can also be distributed to over 200 Rumble partner sites, including outlets such as Reuters, Yahoo and NBC. In 2015, Rumble creators generated over 74 million views on Rumble.com and 1 billion views across all platforms.

Source: VideoInk

Would ‘100 Percent Licensing’ Unshackle the Market for Music, or Make it Worse?

As we’ve covered in recent months here at the R Street Institute, the U.S. Justice Department is in the midst of its review (and possible modification) of the agreements (called “consent decrees”) that govern the operation of the nation’s two leading performance rights organizations (PROs).

These groups – the American Society of Composers and Publishers (ASCAP) and Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) – are responsible for collecting and distributing royalties from the performance of musical compositions under copyright.

The agreements place restrictions – originating from antitrust concerns, on the one hand, and fear of heavy-handed regulation, on the other – on the two entities’ operations, through which the vast majority of our nation’s musical works are licensed. While no one would describe this system as an inherently good or logical one, it’s important to weigh how any modifications would affect the tenuous balance currently in place.

Source: R Street

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