The Business of Entertainment

Rights Stuff provides pragmatic international content acquisition, licensing, project management and operational services, as well as business and legal consulting for companies in both the traditional film/television world, and new digital media ventures. Our services and expertise include:

  • Traditional and PayTV (Cable, Satellite, IPTV, DDT, HD, etc.)
  • Video On Demand (TV, set-top-box, PC)
  • Interactive TV and Internet websites
  • Wireless / Mobile phones / Mobile TV
  • and Portable Entertainment Media Players/Handheld Devices

Business Models: International programming rights deals are affected not only by the delivery means, technologies or devices through which they are delivered to the consumer. They are further influenced by the choice of business models, including subscription, rental, ad-supported, or "sell-through" (i.e. download-to-own).

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News and Events

Berlinale International Film Festival & European Film Market (EFM), Berlin, Germany 9-19 February 2012

Sunday, 12 Feb @ 14:00-15:00: Meet the Distributors
                          @ 16:00-17:30: Pixel Lab Launch

Wendy Bernfeld attends Berlinale/EFM as a film buyer, as well as a speaker on panels including at the Meet the Distributors Session organized by the European Documentary Network, and Power to the Pixel's Pixel Lab Launch, both on 12 February.

Click here for more information on the Berlinale. For EFM, click here.

              

International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), Rotterdam, Netherlands, 25 Jan-5 Feb 2012

Rights Stuff MD, Wendy Bernfeld, will be attending IFFR as buyer.  On 30 January Wendy will also join in a Cinemart Power Lunch  to discuss issues relating to digital distribution, as well as participating in the Transmedia Europe Network brainstorm (internal session) and related hosted by MEDIA Desk NL.

For more info on the Transmedia Europe event, click here.

               

 

 

Club of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 26 January 2012

Thursday, 26 Jan @ 19:00-20:00:  The Future of Film
 
Rights Stuff MD, Wendy Bernfeld,  will present a short talk on the evolving future of film, from the business and creative perspective. She will outline various new approaches and opportunities regarding producing / distributing / funding films, embracing cross- platform / transmedia. Examples include via international VOD platforms, brands, tech companies and via innovative (non traditional) ''windows''.

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