SAP for Media solutions cover a variety of key processes in content acquisition and rights management, including:

• Rights acquisition contract processing – SAP solutions support the process by which agreements with various licensors are made regarding the type and number of rights or services, and the participation (royalties).
• Rights inventory management and rights availability analysis – With SAP for Media, you can create and maintain the master data of acquired or produced IPs to reflect complex rights situations. Editors can also check the rights situation of one or several IPs by given selection criteria.
• Rights usage tracking – SAP solutions enable the tracking of rights usage such as airing, sublicensing, and product sales relevant for royalties and participation settlement.
• Royalties and participation settlement – With SAP for Media, you can settle outgoing royalties on the basis of the exploitation and according to the agreements in the rights acquisition contracts, taking account of any advances and minimum guarantees paid.

Content acquisition and rights management is enabled with SAP applications such as SAP Intellectual Property Management. To find out how SAP Intellectual Property Management can improve your content acquisition and rights management, please complete the "Contact SAP" form and request information about industry solutions.