Motion Picture, Television & Streaming

CDAS handles business and legal affairs for television, motion picture, and streaming projects for a variety of sophisticated entertainment clients, from studios and platforms to writers, directors, showrunners, producers, and actors, as well as prestigious estate and intellectual property rights holders.

Combining decades of experience in traditional media with cutting edge understanding of digital entertainment platforms, emerging deal structures, and profit participation formulae, CDAS attorneys are adept at guiding clients through the ever-evolving entertainment landscape.

We regularly handle high-level rights acquisitions, talent services, production, financing, and distribution agreements for theatrical and streaming motion pictures, and broadcast, cable, and streaming series in the scripted, unscripted, and documentary spaces. CDAS attorneys draw on our breadth of experience in complementary practice areas such as publishing, podcasting, merchandise, and gaming in order to provide comprehensive legal and business advice to clients.