StudioCanal Selects Whip Media’s Digital Sales Solution to Manage and Grow its Global Business

LONDON, June 2, 2021 – Whip Media, the leading enterprise software platform and data provider to the world’s largest entertainment organizations, today announced that STUDIOCANAL, a European leader in the production, acquisition, distribution and international sale of feature films and TV series, has selected Whip Media’s Digital Sales solution to maximize the distribution and monetization of its television and film library globally.

STUDIOCANAL, a 100% affiliate of CANAL+ Group held by Vivendi, operates directly in all three major European markets – France, the United Kingdom and Germany – as well as in Australia and New Zealand. The company distributes a total of more than 50 films a year. Additionally, STUDIOCANAL owns one of the most important film libraries in the world, boasting more than 6,000 titles from 60 countries.

Whip Media will automate and optimise STUDIOCANAL’s entire digital sales workflow by managing the company’s avails distribution, performance tracking, and revenue reconciliation requirements for TV and film in key markets around the world. 

“We are delighted to welcome STUDIOCANAL to the Whip Media fold,” said Paul Hastings, Senior Vice President of Global Sales, Whip Media. “STUDIOCANAL has the largest library in Europe; therefore, their selection of Whip Media’s Digital Sales solution is further evidence that the platform is the “industry standard” for content owners who are serious about maximising the value of their content around the world.”

About STUDIOCANAL
STUDIOCANAL, a 100% owned affiliate of CANAL+ Group held by Vivendi, is Europe’s leader in production, distribution and international sales of feature films and TV series, operating directly in all three major European markets – France, the United Kingdom and Germany – as well as in Australia and New Zealand.

STUDIOCANAL owns one of the most important film libraries in the world, boasting more than 5,500 titles from 60 countries. Spanning 100 years of film history, this vast and unique catalogue includes among others the iconic Terminator 2, Rambo, Breathless, Mulholland Drive, The Pianist and Belle de jour.

STUDIOCANAL has fully-financed box office hits Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Paddington 1 and 2, The Commuter and Shaun The Sheep. Upcoming films backed by STUDIOCANAL include Marjane Satrapi’s Radioactive featuring Rosamund Pike, The Secret Garden produced by David Heyman starring Colin Firth, Aardman Studios’ stop-motion film Shaun the Sheep 2.

STUDIOCANAL is actively developing and distributing high-end TV series through its network of award-winning European production companies, including TANDEM in Germany (Take Two) and the UK’s RED Production Company (Years and Years). STUDIOCANAL is also an associate of Danish-based SAM Productions founded by Søren Sveistrup and Adam Price (Ride Upon The Storm) as well as of UK-based GUILTY PARTY PICTURES; Benedict Cumberbatch’s production company SUNNYMARCH TV (Patrick Melrose); URBAN MYTH FILMS (War of the Worlds) and Spain’s BAMBÚ PRODUCCIONES (Instinto). In 2018, STUDIOCANAL launched a new label in France, STUDIOCANAL ORIGINAL.

About Whip Media
Whip Media is transforming the global content licensing ecosystem with a market-leading enterprise software platform that centrally connects data, processes and teams throughout the digital distribution journey. Powered by proprietary data and predictive insights, we enable the world’s top entertainment organizations including Disney, Warner Bros., Hulu, NBCU, Paramount, Sony, Lionsgate, BBC, HBO, AT&T, T-Mobile, Liberty Global, Discovery, and Pluto TV to efficiently distribute, control and monetize their TV and movie content to drive revenue and direct-to-consumer growth. The company’s newest innovation, the Whip Media Exchange is a next-generation content marketplace that makes global film and TV content licensing faster and more efficient. Whip Media has offices in Los Angeles, New York City, London, Amsterdam, and Paris. For more information, visit http://whipmedia.com.