Content Management Agreement

Our Content Management Agreement is a short-term agreement in which the content supplier pays us a fee to manage their content. Our fees are $6,000 for six-month term or $10,000 for a one-year term.

A Content Management Agreement is best for producers and content creators who are uncomfortable signing an exclusive long-term agreement, or who wish to maintain more direct control over the process for themselves. Producers can “test the waters” of the worldwide content markets with this option, and can part company with us after as little as six months if they so desire.

We work on a Content Management Agreement when the content supplier has not yet invested in the videotape masters and other deliverables we require in a Distribution Agreement. The deliverables for a Distribution Agreement are substantial; the deliverables for a Content Management Agreement are nominal. Please read our comparison of the deliverables between the two types of agreements.

We also work on a Content Management Agreement when pitching projects in development or projects still in production and in need of completion funding, or when pitching reality show formats. Since there is no guarantee that the program/project/format will be completed and delivered, we would have no revenue from which to base our commissions, thus a Distribution Agreement would not work.

Often, we will also offer a Content Management Agreement for quality programs or series which we would be proud to include in our catalog but for which we do not project earning $75,000-$100,000 over three years (short films, social issues or current affairs docs, etc.). Generally, we can only offer our Distribution Agreement for programs or series which we believe will sell to two or more of the major territories (USA, UK, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, Australia, Italy), or to one of our global satellite clients (eg. Turner, HBO, Fox, Discovery, National Geographic).

For more information, please read: What You Get in a Content Management Agreement. (You will need to contact our office for the password to access the post.)

Here is our Sample Content Management Agreement.  Please first complete our Submissions Form, and then contact our office for a password to access to this page.