What 560 Media Rights Ltd does

560 Media Rights Limited is a privately-held, boutique B2B service company founded in 2014 by John O'Sullivan that specialises in secondary television rights management on behalf of content owners. The firm registers content with collecting societies worldwide, monitors broadcast usage across thousands of global channels, and collects and distributes secondary royalties — including retransmission rights, private copy levies, educational and government copying fees, public performance royalties, and rental/lending revenues — earning revenue as a commission or fee on collections managed. Its core customers are major television studios and broadcasters (BBC Studios, ITV Studios, A+E Television Networks), independent production companies (Fremantle, Hat Trick Productions, Agatha Christie Productions), and rights-holding entities such as Sphere-Abacus.

The company's product surface is organised around three operational modules — Manage (content registration with collecting societies), Monitor (global broadcast monitoring and external data subscriptions), and Deliver (multi-currency client trust account management at Coutts and royalty distribution) — supported by a 24/7 client portal delivering KPI reporting. Distribution and reach advantages stem from 560 Media's board seats at multiple collecting societies and operational partnerships with collecting societies across the EU, USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Sub-brands 560 Music (music rights) and On Air extend the model into adjacent verticals. The firm operates from offices in London, Paris, Knoxville (TN), and Sydney, and is led by a senior team spanning IP & Business Affairs, Royalties, Commercial Affairs, Operations, and Client Services.

The business model is enterprise relationship-led rather than product-led: pricing is not publicly disclosed, client acquisition is driven by referrals, testimonials, formal tender processes, and senior-led outreach, and go-to-market emphasises personal service, regulatory expertise, and trust-account security. Cumulatively, the firm has collected and distributed hundreds of millions of pounds in secondary rights revenues on behalf of content owners worldwide over its ten-year operating history, and growth is being pursued through geographic deepening (four-continent footprint), vertical extension (560 Music, On Air), and continued investment in senior commercial staff such as the Director of Business Development and the Managing Partner of 560 Media France.

Name

560 Media Rights Ltd

Legal name

560 Media Rights Limited

Website

https://560media.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

560 Media Rights Limited is a privately-held, boutique B2B firm founded in 2014 that manages secondary television and music rights — including retransmission, private copy, public performance, and rental royalties — on behalf of TV studios, broadcasters, and independent production companies globally through collecting society partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Media Rights Management

NAICS

Broadcasting and Content Providers (516), Music Publishers (51223)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Distribution (7822)

akta.pro primary industry

Rights Clearance & Chain-of-Title (Talent/Music/Clip Clearances) (MPAHALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Usage Reporting, Reconciliation & Royalty Accounting (Statements, Audits) (MPAHALAN), Content Syndication, Distribution & Rights Management Platforms (BPAMAJAN), Publishing Administration (Catalog Admin, Global Subpublishing) (MPAIABAB)

Keywords

• Secondary rights management
• Royalty collection services
• Broadcast monitoring services
• Talent accounting services
• Music rights management

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Secondary Rights Collection Services: Manages secondary television rights collection on behalf of content owners including retransmission rights, private copy levies, educational/government collective rights, public performance fees, and rental/lending revenues. Works with collecting societies worldwide to register content, monitor usage, and distribute collected revenues. Revenue appears to be earned as a commission or fee based on collections managed.
2. 560 Music: Dedicated music rights management service under the 560 Music brand for music secondary rights collection.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

560 Media Rights is a boutique agency that manages secondary television rights (retransmission, private copy levies, educational/government copying, public performance, rental/lending) on behalf of content owners worldwide. Its service offering is organized around three pillars: Manage (registering content with collecting societies globally), Monitor (tracking broadcasts across thousands of channels worldwide), and Deliver (collecting royalties, holding receipts in client trust accounts at Coutts, and distributing revenues via a 24/7 client portal with KPI reporting).

Product overview

560 Media Rights offers a suite of secondary television rights management services organized around three core modules: Manage (content registration with collecting societies), Monitor (broadcast channel monitoring worldwide), and Deliver (royalty distribution and reporting via client portal). The company also operates sub-brands including 560 Music (music rights) and On Air, providing a comprehensive boutique service for content owners to maximize secondary rights revenue collections.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 560 Media Rights Boutique secondary television rights management service for content owners, involving content registration with collecting societies, monitoring of broadcast channels worldwide, and royalty collection and distribution across multiple territories and revenue streams (retransmission, private copy, educational copying, public performance, rental and lending).
• Client Portal Online portal offering 24/7 access to royalty collection KPI reports and flexible reporting tailored to client business needs.
• 560 Music Dedicated music rights management service under the 560 Music brand focused on music secondary rights collection for music rights holders.
• On Air On Air brand service offering from 560 Media Rights.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully collected and distributed hundreds of millions of pounds in secondary rights revenues on behalf of content owners
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BMAT: BMAT operates broadcast monitoring, music/audio fingerprinting and rights-tracking infrastructure for collecting societies and rights holders — directly comparable to 560 Media's Monitor service that tracks thousands of broadcast channels for rights and royalty use cases.
• SoundExchange: SoundExchange collects and distributes digital performance royalties for sound recording copyright owners in the US — analogous to 560's commission-based royalty collection model applied to a defined adjacent rights pool.
• Kobalt Music Group: Kobalt pioneered tech-enabled music publishing administration and royalty collection for songwriters and catalogues — a direct functional analogue to 560's Manage/Monitor/Deliver stack applied across music rights.
• Music Reports, Inc. Music Reports provides music rights administration, cue sheet reporting, and royalty accounting to rights holders and platforms — overlapping directly with 560 Music's music rights collection service and the Deliver/portal reporting stack.
• PPL (Phonographic Performance Limited): PPL collects neighbouring rights royalties for performers and rights holders when their recordings are played publicly in the UK and internationally — closely aligned with 560's secondary rights collection and distribution mandate for content owners.

Broad incumbents

• BUMA/STEMRA: BUMA/STEMRA manages musical performing (BUMA) and mechanical/reproduction (STEMRA) rights in the Netherlands and internationally — another established collecting society whose remit intersects with the secondary rights categories 560 processes for global content owners.
• PRS for Music: PRS for Music is one of the world's largest performing rights organisations, collecting and distributing public performance royalties across the music and TV rights space — a broader incumbent whose mandate partially overlaps with 560's core remit, especially via its MCPS-PRS alliance activities.
• ICE (International Copyright Enterprise): ICE is a pan-European joint venture operating back-office processing of rights administration and royalty distribution for multiple European PROs — a broader incumbent offering services similar to 560's Deliver module at greater scale across participating societies.
• GEMA: GEMA is Germany's collecting society for musical performing and reproduction rights, managing rights and distributing royalties for music authors and publishers — comparable broad incumbent active across the same rights categories that 560 administers on behalf of clients.
• ASCAP: ASCAP is the largest US performing rights organisation, licensing public performance of music and distributing royalties — an incumbent operating in the same rights-collection space where 560 works alongside collecting societies on behalf of TV and music rights holders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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