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Rocket Rights Selects Vistex for Rights Management
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LONDON, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Vistex, the leading provider of rights and royalty software solutions, is pleased to announce that Rocket Rights, a next generation, multi-genre distributor founded by Matthew and David Frank has chosen Vistex rights and royalty software for managing all its deals and rights with broadcasters and VOD platforms. In addition, their content distribution partner Rights Booster, built to promote the interests of rightsholders in a changing broadcasting world, will use the software for managing its supply contracts with major VOD platforms.
The Cops catalogue comprises 33 seasons
Rocket Rights, the UK-based distributor founded by David and Matthew Frank last year, has secured the worldwide rights to long-running US observational doc Cops.
The agreement between Rocket and the show’s producer, Langley Productions, encompasses more than 1,500 hours of programming including Jail, Vegas Strip and Cops Reloaded, in addition to Cops.
Cops follows police officers, constables and sheriffs’ deputies during patrols and various police activity by embedding camera crews with their units.
The show ran to 33 seasons, on US broadcast network Fox until 2013, then Spike and more recently Paramount, until it was cancelled last year in the wake of the death of George Floyd and subsequent protests against police brutality. Rocket will shop the back catalogue of episodes outside the US.
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German distributor and producer Palatin Media has completed equity investments in recently launched UK-based sister companies Rocket Rights and Rights Booster to manage TV sales and VOD rights respectively.
Rocket Rights was launched by brothers David and Matthew Frank in 2020 and already has a catalogue in excess of 2,500 hours. Booster was founded by its CEO Mark Benmore also last year and attracted equity investment from the Franks in September. Rights Booster has over 1000 hours contracted. Together the two companies provide a one-stop-shop for all rights exploitation – offering TV distribution at 19% commission and 80/20 revenue share on VOD publishing.
Rocket promotes itself as a next-generation disruptive TV rights businesses utilising processes and technology derived from the Franks’ experience at rights marketplace TRX. The company says it can generate more revenues for its customers at significantly lower cost than its competitors. Boo
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