SAGAI

What SAGAI does

SAGAI (Sociedad Argentina de Gestión de Actores Intérpretes) is a non-profit civil association founded in 2006 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that collectively manages and administers the intellectual property rights of audiovisual performers — actors, actresses, voice actors, dancers — for the compensatory public communication of their works. The organization operates as the sole dedicated collective rights management society for performers in Argentina, collecting royalties from public performances of audiovisual content and distributing them on a bimonthly cadence to eligible members after administrative rate deductions and a contribution to its affiliated foundation. SAGAI holds ISO 9001:2015 certification (accredited by OAA and UKAS) covering its management, liquidation, and payment processes for both national and international intellectual rights.

The organization's product surface centers on a collective rights management platform paired with Micrositio SAGAI, an authenticated member portal where members manage profiles, submit 30% medication reimbursement requests, schedule free legal and accounting consultations, and view payment information. Supplementary services include bimonthly royalty distribution (Liquidación de Derechos) with publicly documented lists of liquidated works, international distribution via bilateral agreements with foreign rights management entities, and member benefit programs (scholarships, professional development courses, gender-focused workplace initiatives). Two affiliated entities extend the ecosystem: Fundación SAGAI, a wholly-owned non-profit subsidiary established in 2010 that delivers professional and personal development support for performers, and Foquito, a digital sub-brand offering children's animated storytelling content. Member engagement is delivered through the website, blog, WhatsApp, and email channels.

The business model is a collective rights licensing structure: SAGAI does not sell to or bill individual members (membership is conditional on having participated in a qualifying audiovisual work), instead collecting royalties from public communication of works across broadcasters, venues, and platforms, retaining an administrative fee, and remitting the balance to rights-holders. The organization is independently operated, with no external investors, parent company, or funding rounds disclosed, and operates exclusively within Argentina with international royalty flows handled through cross-border partnership agreements.

Name

SAGAI

Legal name

Sociedad Argentina de Gestión de Actores Intérpretes

Website

https://sagai.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Short description

SAGAI is a Buenos Aires-based non-profit civil association founded in 2006 that collectively manages intellectual property rights for Argentine audiovisual performers (actors, voice actors, dancers), collecting royalties from public performances and distributing them bimonthly to its members along with benefits and professional development services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Collective Rights Management

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Music Publishers (512230)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Mechanical Rights Collection & Licensing (MROs/CMOs) (MPAIAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Royalty, Reporting & Revenue Share Administration (MPADALAJ)

Keywords

• Collective rights management
• Royalty distribution services
• Intellectual property administration
• Performer rights management
• Copyright collective licensing

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Collective Rights Management: SAGAI manages and collectively administers intellectual property rights of performers (actors, actresses, voice actors, dancers) compensated through public communication of their works. Revenue is collected as royalties from public performances and distributed bimonthrally to members after administrative rate deductions and Foundation contribution.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

SAGAI is a non-profit civil association that collectively manages and administers the intellectual property rights of actors, actresses, voice performers, dancers and subscribers who are compensated through the public communication of their audiovisual works. It collects royalties from public communication users, applies administrative rate deductions, contributes to its Foundation, and distributes the proceeds bimonthly to members. It also delivers complementary member benefits including 30% medication reimbursement, professional development scholarships, free legal and accounting advice, gender equality programs, and virtual interview services.

Product overview

SAGAI operates as a unified platform with multiple integrated services for managing performer rights in Argentina. The core offering consists of a collective rights management platform that administers intellectual property royalties for actors, voice performers, and dancers, distributing national royalties bimonthly and international royalties through bilateral agreements. The member-facing Micrositio portal provides authenticated access to benefits, medication reimbursements, and legal services. Adjacent offerings include Fundación SAGAI (a foundation providing scholarships and professional development) and Foquito (a children's reading platform). Together, these form an ecosystem centered on performer rights management with supplementary social and educational services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Foquito: A digital platform that promotes children's reading and develops creativity and imagination through animated stories, encouraging children to engage with literature and active listening of stories

Products and services

• SAGAI Collective Rights Management Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Bimonthly royalty distributions to members with transparent administrative rate deductions
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• International Performers Rights Management EntitiescoreOthersSAGAI maintains agreements with international entities for the incorporation of international distributions into its payment schedule, as part of its international rights management network.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• AISGE (Artistas Intérpretes, Sociedad de Gestión de España): Spanish collective management organization for audiovisual performers with the same non-profit CMO model as SAGAI, administering rights and distributing royalties to actors and performers. Structurally identical role, with longer operating history and a larger Spanish audiovisual catalog.
• GRAMEX (Finland): Finnish collective management organization representing performers' neighboring rights for recorded music and audiovisual uses. Highly comparable CMO with similar mandate, member-benefit focus, and bilateral reciprocity arrangements.
• SoundExchange: US collective management organization that collects and distributes digital performance royalties for featured recording artists and session musicians. Comparable function to SAGAI but focused on the digital audio performance right rather than audiovisual works.
• PPL (Phonographic Performance Limited): UK collective management organization collecting and distributing royalties to performers and rights holders for the use of recorded music. Directly comparable to SAGAI in administering performer neighboring rights, with a more developed international collection footprint.
• SPEDIDAM (Société de Perception et de Distribution des Droits des Artistes-Interprètes): French CMO for performers handling collective rights management, royalty collection and distribution to artists across music and audiovisual uses — the closest direct functional analog to SAGAI in a comparable European audiovisual market.
• SCAM (Société Civile des Auteurs Multimédia): French CMO collecting and distributing royalties for audiovisual authors (writers, directors, documentary makers). Same collective rights management model as SAGAI but focused on the author side rather than the performer side of audiovisual works.
• SAA (Society of Audiovisual Authors): European association representing audiovisual authors' CMOs across Europe, advocating for stronger rights and collective licensing of audiovisual works. Operates at the international/European level on issues directly relevant to SAGAI's audiovisual rights mandate.
• ADAMI (Société pour l'Administration des Droits des Artistes et Musiciens Interprètes): French collective rights management organization administering neighboring rights for performers (artistes interprètes), with similar mandate, structure, and member-benefit programs to SAGAI.

Others

• CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers): International umbrella organization of collective management organizations (CMOs), of which SAGAI is implicitly part via its international bilateral agreements. Provides infrastructure, standards, and reciprocity frameworks that SAGAI relies on for cross-border royalty flows.

Broad incumbents

• SAG-AFTRA: Largest US union representing performers across film, TV, radio, and digital media. While a labor union rather than a pure CMO, it negotiates residuals and compensation frameworks for performers, partially overlapping with SAGAI's role of securing economic rights for Argentine performers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sagai_org

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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