Sales staff will be able to find out whether a programme has a dubbed version available, make keyword searches right down to the synopsis level and construct a subset of the catalogue for a particular trade show. But, he adds, there is no doubt the system gives staff new scope with the ability to generate sales reports by territory and customise print-out information for clients. Royalty checks can be made directly without having to go through the procedure of gathering outside data from the various royalty databases. In theory, this facility could be extended to producers themselves to allow them to search a restricted area of the system for progress on sales of their programmes. Typically, this might involve selling all French-language rights for France, Luxembourg and Belgium alongside cable and satellite protection in Germany for at least six months.
Satellite channels are another challenge.
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