- Conecture Technologies
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Conecture Technologies is best known for its Mediabox-PA, Mediabox-DAM, and Mediabox-DM hosted applications. Founded in 2000, and headquartered in Atlanta,GA, US, Conecture focuses its solutions exclusively for Consumer Products Licensing, Brand Management and Media & Entertainment (TV Distribution/Broadcasting) industries.
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History
The company was founded in 2000 in Los Angeles, California by former licensing executive, Eric Rennagel and his partner Ed Estes. Offices are currently located in Cincinnati, Ohio (IT, including Development, Technology and Customer Support, and hosting), and Atlanta, Georgia (Corporate, Marketing and Sales).
Products and customers
The company is best recognized for its hosted solutions, Mediabox-PA for online product approvals workflow and Mediabox-DAM for digital asset management and delivery, focused exclusively for the Consumer Products Licensing, Brand Management and Media & Entertainment (TV Distribution/Broadcasting) industries. Its latest application, Mediabox-DM (Deal Memo Management) integrates third-party rights and royalty applications, and controls what types of projects a licensee can start based on contractual terms.
Conecture Technologies claims to have over 33,000 registered users in over 90 countries. It has over 55 clients with Mediabox systems deployed including: MGM, CBS, Atari, Capcom, BBC Worldwide, ITV, SONY, Joster-Loria Group, Paramount, PGA Tour, Liverpool FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Mega Brands, Lazy Town Entertainment[1][2], Televisa, Telemundo, Elvis Presley Enterprises, Ali, Authentic Hendrix, and Hidden City Entertainment. A complete list of clients can be found on the company's website.
In addition to the companies that have actual Mediabox systems set up for their organization, there are over 6,881 Consumer Products Licensing companies and over 2,311 Domestic & International Broadcast companies registered as users on one or more Mediabox sites.
Mediabox-PA is a hosted approvals workflow application that allows users to submit all of their product design artwork files using assets sourced from the Mediabox-DAM application. The application allows individuals to review artwork online and attach online comments with each artwork file, and manage the workflow order of projects and submissions between users. Users also use the system to login, review comments, and submit new or next stage product designs. Users can have access to both Mediabox-DAM and Mediabox-PA applications using the same login and password. The system allows archiving of project submission and comment records, and historical and real-time reporting within and across projects.
Mediabox-DAM can be used as an asset management system for digital assets across various departments, as well as a means of delivering digital assets to external users. Mediabox-DAM’s key functionality includes being able to control access rights to specific content folders within the folder tree, controlling access rights by asset, asset aliasing to enable an asset to appear in multiple locations from a single source file, adding up to 100 unique metadata fields per asset, controlling asset and folder displays by data ranges, creating multiple asset lists, complex search, support for video, audio, image files, documents, etc.
Mediabox-DM is integrated with Mediabox-PA and can be linked to third party contracts and royalty applications to automatically track deal memo terms and regulate the types of projects a licensee can start in the approvals system. The Deal Memo module can be customized to capture deal memo terms including product categories and sub-categories, territories, markets and channels, contract start and end dates, contractual samples, financials and other relevant terms.
Press and events
Executives from Conecture meet with clients and prospective clients to discuss new functionality and upgrades at the following trade shows:
MAGIC, Las Vegas, NV Brand Licensing, London, UK[3]
NATPE, Miami, FL
Toy Fair, New York, NY
MIPTV, Cannes, France[5]
Licensing International Expo, Las Vegas, NV
Software as a service
The concept behind SaaS is to leverage a centralized infrastructure and web-based software application which is then customized to match your corporate brand and personalized data and workflows. SaaS is the outsourcing alternative to investing directly in the hardware, software and IT staff that would be needed if you were to build or buy and manage a solution in-house.
References
- ^ LazyTown Entertainment gets busy with Mediabox-PA for Online Product Approvals, Green Technology World, March, 1, 2011
- ^ Lazytown Signs with Mediabox, Licensing.biz, February 23, 2011
- ^ My Mediabox Attends Brand Licensing Show Europe and MIPCOM, GTDownload.com, September 10, 2010
- ^ My Mediabox Attends Brand Licensing Show Europe and MIPCOM, GTDownload.com, May 11, 2011
- ^ MyMediabox Attends MIPTV to Showcase Online Screener Delivery Software, EC Plaza, March 28, 2011.
External links
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