Communications (Media & Entertainment)

Salans represents many of the world’s best-known broadcasting corporations (TV and radio broadcasters, cable TV providers, and satellite TV operators), internet companies, advertising agencies, publishers, media operators, and entertainment companies. Our IPT&C Practice Group is particularly involved in the following industry sectors:

• Entertainment
• Music
• Multi-media and video games
• Internet content services
• Photography (creation and exploitation of photography and images)
• Audiovisual Production
• Broadcast Media
• Advertising
• Merchandising

Media & Entertainment Services

We advise our clients on:

• Regulatory issues including advice in relation to licensing and cross-media ownership
• Right of publicity, defamation and reputation management
• Content regulation and liability on unlawful actions in Internet
• Major film studios in connection with production services, location, casting and crew agreements
• Drafting and negotiating all kinds of media and entertainment business agreements including:
• artist agreements
• registration and license agreements
• audiovisual agreements
• broadcasting agreements
• publishing and sub-publishing agreements
• option agreements
• production and co-production agreements
• distribution and exploitation agreements
• agency agreements
• Labour, M&A, IP, tax, and regulatory aspects of all firms of Media and Entertainment work
• Disputes, whether our clients are claimants or defendants