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Cases · Technology & intellectual property · Copyright, media & digital content rights
Negotiate a distribution or streaming deal
We're licensing content to a streaming service or distributor abroad. What should we check?
WONE Global reviews the licence terms, territory and channel scope, payment, audit rights and tax, and negotiates the points that matter.
Countries in the typical case India
The situation
What is happening
A rights owner is licensing content to a distributor or streaming service abroad.
What is at stake
A weak licence can give away rights and revenue for years in territories you did not intend.
Who faces this
- Corporations
- Sport and entertainment
A scenario
Film studioSport and entertainment · from India · in Worldwide
It is licensing a film library to a global streaming service.
Where it ends A deal that keeps value.
A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.
Also asked as “Distribution agreement review”“Streaming licence terms”“We need to negotiate film or content distribution rights”
The solution
How WONE Global handles it
WONE Global reviews the licence terms, territory and channel scope, payment, audit rights and tax, and negotiates the points that matter.
Usually led by Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, with Legal & Contracting and Tax & International Structuring.
Step by step, in the scenario
- Week 1Rights reviewed.
- Weeks 2-3Terms negotiated.
- Week 4Tax.
- ThenSigned.
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
Decisions
The decisions involved
- 01Territories, windows, exclusivity and fees
- 02Minimum guarantees and reporting
- 03Tax on licence fees
Outcomes
What you receive
- A negotiated licence agreement
- Reporting and audit rights
- Tax treatment confirmed
This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.
Services
The services involved
One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.
Who handles it
Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, market by market
The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.
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- Poland WONE Global Partner Andrzej Zacharzewski · Partner Brief this Partner →
- South Africa WONE Global Partner Kameel Keshav CA(SA) · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- Uganda WONE Global Partner Tony Galandi Kiire · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
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How it goes in practice
Researched corridor journeys, and representative scenarios on the same subject. None is a specific client’s matter.
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