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'''ContentBridge''' (Content Bridge LLC) is a [[Wikipedia: supply chain management| supply chain management]] (SCM), [[Wikipedia: digital rights management| digital rights management]] (DRM), and encoding software provider for the entertainment industry.<ref name=Variety /><ref name="ContentBridge Equinix" /><ref name="Golden Melody"/><ref name="ContentBridge EquinixStartup Pitch" />
==Background==
Content Bridge LLC (ContentBridge) was launched as a GoDigital Media Group subsidiary entity in 2010, introduced as "[[Wikipedia: Software as a service| Software as a service]]" (SaaS) in 2011, and signed an exclusive supply-chain management deal with GoDigital in July 2012.<ref name="GoDig exclusive" /> ContentBridge 2.0 Beta was unveiled in May 2013 and announced plans for a [[Wikipedia: multicloud| multicloud]] distribution solution using [[Wikipedia: Equinix| Equinix]], Interconnection Oriented Architecture (IOA), in April 2016.<ref name="ContentBridge Equinix"/> ContenBridge software can be divided into components for adaptability to split-rights situations<ref name=Variety /> and for different deliverable and receivable requirements, such as [[Wikipedia: language localization| language localization]], [[Wikipedia: Content format|media content formats]], date-sensitive release coordination (Windowing) and [[Wikipedia: Royalties|royalty accounting]].<ref name="Startup Pitch" /><ref name="Golden Melody" />
* Content Bridge was awarded the 2014 Industry Leadership Digital Award (Digi Award) in recognition of its unique software support for the [[Wikipedia: Entertainment Merchants Association|EMA]], [[Wikipedia: SMPTE| SMPTE]] Interoperable Master Package (IMP), [[Wikipedia: CableLabs| CableLabs]] and [[Wikipedia: UltraViolet (system)|UltraViolet]] digital supply chain standards.<ref name="HomeMedia Digi"/><ref name="GamePol Digi"/>
<ref name="DEG adds ContentBridge">{{cite news|last1=Latchem|first1=John|title=DEG Adds Five New Members|url=http://www.homemediamagazine.com/news/deg-adds-five-new-members-33977|accessdate=5 September 2014|publisher=HomeMedia Magazine|date=19 August 2014|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20140905224936/http://www.homemediamagazine.com/news/deg-adds-five-new-members-33977|archivedate=5 September 2014|quote=Content Bridge is an approved 'encoding' vendor for all major digital retailers, including iTunes and Google.}}</ref>
<ref name="GoDig exclusive">{{cite web|title=GoDigital Media Group to Deliver up to 2,000 Hours of Movie & TV Programming to YouTube |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2011/04/14/LA83060|publisher=GoDigital Media Group|accessdate=15 September 2014|date=14 April 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="GamePol Digi">{{cite news|author1=Staff|title=EMA Hands Out Digi Awards to 'Breaking Bad,' Amazon, and More|url=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2014/10/10/ema-hands-out-digi-awards-breaking-bad-amazon-and-more|accessdate=10 October 2014|publisher=[[Wikipedia:GamePolitics.com|GamePolitics.com]]|date=10 October 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010210454/http://www.gamepolitics.com/2014/10/10/ema-hands-out-digi-awards-breaking-bad-amazon-and-more#.VDhL1GcxVn1|archivedate=10 October 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="Billboard Doug Reinart">{{cite web | title=Executive Turntable: Revolt Names COO, Sony Music India Adds Managing Director | website=Billboard | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/executive-turntable/9392655/revolt-shelter-music-group-godigital | access-date=2020-11-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730091357/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/executive-turntable/9392655/revolt-shelter-music-group-godigital | archive-date= 2020-07-30}}</ref>
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