Name

Gray Matter

Legal name

Gray Matter LLC

Website

https://graymatterllc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Entertainment Rights Management Software

NAICS

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Allied To Motion Picture Distribution (7829)

akta.pro primary industry

Royalty, Reporting & Revenue Share Administration (MPADALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

QC, Compliance & Certification (Technical/Editorial, Platform Specs) (MPAHALAI)

Keywords

• Rights management software
• License administration
• Content distribution software
• Royalty management
• Entertainment industry software

Headquarters

HQ city

Irvine

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing/Subscription: Gray Matter LLC generates revenue through licensing its iRights Suite software products (iRights, iPlatform, iTrack, iMarket, iCash) to film and TV producers and distributors. The software is described as cloud-based with support services included, suggesting recurring subscription or licensing fees for enterprise clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Gray Matter LLC develops and licenses the iRights Suite, a cloud-based software system for managing intellectual-property licensing and distribution in the entertainment industry. The suite enables film and TV producers, sales agents, and distributors to administer rights and contracts, track license availability and collisions, manage digital platform submissions, run sales operations at film markets, and handle billing, collections, and financial reconciliation across multi-currency, multi-territory transactions.

Product overview

Gray Matter LLC offers the iRights Suite, a cloud-based platform-plus-modules architecture for intellectual-property licensing and distribution in the entertainment industry. The core product, iRights, provides comprehensive rights management including license administration, contract maintenance, events tracking, and integrated financial management for film and TV distribution. Five integrated modules extend the platform: iPlatform handles digital content distribution with asset tracking and metadata management; iTrack manages international distribution plans and box office reporting; iMarket streamlines sales operations and offer management at film markets; and iCash processes billing, collections, and financial reporting. The suite processes multi-currency transactions and supports large content libraries with fast availability reporting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• iRights Suite: Complete rights management, sales, and distribution system for film, TV, and digital rights. The suite includes iRights (core rights management), iPlatform (digital distribution), iTrack (distribution plan and box office tracking), iMarket (sales operations and offer management), and iCash (billing, collections, and financial management).

Products and services

• iRights Core rights management software for the media and entertainment industry that provides comprehensive license administration, contract and property maintenance, events tracking and notice generation, sales and acquisitions activity reporting, and integrated financial management for film and TV distribution. Designed for licensing and sales administrators handling large content libraries.
• iPlatform Digital distribution management module providing platform submission and digital asset tracking, advanced metadata management with import/export capabilities, and integration with iRights v9 for rapid availability reporting across digital release platforms with complex windowing and holdback requirements.
• iTrack International distribution management tool enabling film producers and sales agents to oversee marketing, distribution, and box office activity of territory distributors, with P&A budget management, box office tracking, and distributor reporting across the full distribution lifecycle.
• iMarket Sales operations module designed for film and TV markets that streamlines pricing management, market availability, offer tracking, deal closure, and communications, featuring advanced price list management, offer entry and comparative analysis, and license interface capabilities.
• iCash Financial management software serving as the billing, collections, and financial arm of the iRights suite, handling invoicing, banking, producer reporting, income recognition, and interfaces to financial systems with multi-currency support.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $4 billion in international licensing revenue processed through the platform
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Rightsline: Rightsline (which acquired FilmTrack) is the most direct competitor to Gray Matter, offering cloud-based rights, royalties, and contract management software for film, TV, and digital media. Both serve the same enterprise customer base (studios, distributors, sales agents) with overlapping functionality in license administration and royalty tracking.
• Vistex: Vistex provides rights, royalty, and contract management software widely used in media and entertainment for IP licensing administration. It serves a similar enterprise customer base with comparable functionality in license tracking, royalty calculations, and rights management, though with broader vertical applicability beyond film/TV.
• filmworkz: filmworkz provides film and television industry software solutions for distribution, sales, and rights management. As a direct peer in the same niche vertical SaaS category, it competes for similar enterprise customers with comparable license administration and distribution workflow functionality.

Broad incumbents

• Salesforce: Salesforce is a broad CRM and enterprise platform incumbent used across media and entertainment for customer relationship management, partner enablement, and sales operations. While not a direct rights management competitor, its AppExchange ecosystem and iMarket-adjacent sales operations functionality make it a substitute consideration for some studios.
• SAP: SAP is a global enterprise software incumbent that Gray Matter already partners with for financial system integrations. SAP's broader ERP and rights-related modules compete for the same enterprise IT budget at studios and distributors, though SAP lacks Gray Matter's depth in film/TV-specific licensing workflows.
• Oracle NetSuite: Oracle NetSuite is a cloud ERP platform commonly deployed at media companies for financial management, billing, and royalty accounting. It overlaps with Gray Matter's iCash module and broader financial management capabilities, serving as a substitute for studios seeking a single-vendor ERP solution.
• Microsoft Dynamics 365: Microsoft Dynamics 365 provides ERP and CRM functionality used by media enterprises, including finance and operations modules that overlap with iCash. It represents a broad platform alternative for studios and distributors evaluating rights and financial management technology.

Emerging players

• Cinelytic: Cinelytic provides AI-driven analytics and decision-support tools for the film and TV industry, including rights valuation and content performance prediction. While primarily analytics rather than rights administration, it targets the same enterprise customer base and represents an emerging category that could converge with rights management.
• Music Reports Inc. Music Reports Inc. provides music rights administration and royalty processing software, with expanding capabilities in synchronization licensing and content identification. While primarily music-focused, it represents an adjacent rights management model that could expand into film/TV licensing workflows.

Others

• Gracenote (Nielsen): Gracenote, owned by Nielsen, provides entertainment metadata, content identification, and programming data used across the film and TV industry. It is complementary to Gray Matter's iPlatform module for metadata management, and could serve as a data partner or eventual competitive threat as metadata and rights converge.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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