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{{Infobox organization
| name = ContentBridge<ref name=Variety /><ref name="Startup Pitch" />

| image = [[File:ContentBridgeLogo.jpg|300px|alt=ContentBridge Digital Rights Management|class=photo]]
| founder = [[Jason Peterson]]
| formation = 2010
| chairman =
| chairperson =
| president =
| CEO =
| MD =
| GM =
| key_people =
| services = Digital Rights Management
| products = Content Management Software Systems
| website = {{URL|contentbridge.tv}}
| footnotes = <meta class="photo" itemprop="image" content="http://www.producers.wiki/images/0/03/ContentBridgeLogo.jpg" />
| native_clients =
}}

'''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 />

ContentBridge software was designed and developed for the film, recorded music and music publishing sectors.<ref name="Startup Pitch" /> Content Bridge LLC was launched as a GDMG 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"/>



The 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" /> Both [[Wikipedia: WYSIWYG| WYSIWYG]] web-interface and [[Wikipedia: Application programming interface| Application programming interface]] (API) versions are available.<ref name="ContentBridge Products" /> Approved encoding relationships include [[Wikipedia: iTunes| iTunes]], [[Wikipedia: Vudu| Vudu]], [[Wikipedia: Dish Network| Dish Network]], [[Wikipedia: PlayStation Store| PlayStation Store]], [[Wikipedia: Comcast| Comcast]], and [[Wikipedia: In Demand|iN DEMAND]].<ref name="DEG adds ContentBridge" />

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<span itemprop="name"><small>Welcome to Content Bridge</small></span>

<meta itemprop="description" content="ContentBridge has developed the industry's leading digital supply chain software suite. Our tools manage assets and automate the packaging and delivery of content to your business partners based on artwork, trailers, rights and avails, proxies - ContentBridge handles it all. We deliver the technology however you want it: as a cloud-based service, as software you deploy behind your firewall, or simply leave it to us to manage it all for you." />

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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"/>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="ContentBridge Equinix">{{cite news|author1=Steve Brooks|title=Equinix connects Digital Supply Chain|url=http://www.enterprisetimes.co.uk/2016/04/20/7752/|accessdate=3 May 2016|publisher=''Enterprise Times''|date=20 April 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503154549/http://www.enterprisetimes.co.uk/2016/04/20/7752/|archivedate=3 May 2016|quote=The digital supply chain is of growing importance across many industries but arguably it was pioneered by the media industry.}}</ref>

<ref name=Variety>{{cite web|author1=Rachel Abrams|title=Opportunity knocks for indie producers
|url=http://variety.com/2011/film/news/opportunity-knocks-for-indie-producers-1118033684/|publisher=[[Wikipedia: Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']]|accessdate=24 June 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624010715/http://variety.com/2011/film/news/opportunity-knocks-for-indie-producers-1118033684/|archivedate=24 June 2014 |date=10 March 2011|quote=“The producer should get smart and work with the best person in physical, the best person in theatrical and the best person in digital,” said Jason Peterson, CEO of ContentBridge, a company that provides tools for content-centric businesses to internally manage their work and distribute it to global partners}}</ref>

<ref name="ContentBridge Products">{{cite web|title=ContentBridge: Products|url=http://www.contentbridge.tv/products|publisher=ContentBridge LLC|accessdate=3 September 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="Startup Pitch">{{cite web|title=Jason's Shark Tank: Content Bridge
|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhd740JHWJU
|publisher=This Week in Startups (YouTube)
|last=Calacanis|first=Jason
|accessdate=20 June 2014|date=14 December 2009}}</ref>


<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="Golden Melody">{{cite web|last1=Schwartz|first1=Rob|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/6150257/golden-melody-awards-turn-25-conference |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709191702/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/6150257/golden-melody-awards-turn-25-conference|title=Golden Melody Awards Turn 25: Global Industry Talks 'Road to Recovery,' Jason Mraz & JJ Lin Perform in Taiwan|publisher=''[[Wikipedia: Billboard Magazine|]]''|accessdate=9 July 2014|archivedate=9 July 2014|date=4 July 2014|quote=He [Peterson] noted there are many problems with the way content providers operate. These include an inability to identify and optimize rights, an inability for rights holders to maintain serviceable master packages, a lack of supply chain standards, a lack of a global local language for exhibition, a lack of exhibition of standards and lack of ease of use of content.}}</ref>

<ref name="GoDig exclusive">{{cite press release|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="HomeMedia Digi">{{cite news|last1=Latchem|first1=John|title='Breaking Bad,' Amazon, Content Bridge, Disney Among EMA Digital Honorees|url=http://www.homemediamagazine.com/awards/breaking-bad-amazon-content-bridge-disney-among-ema-digital-honorees-34352|accessdate=10 October 2014|publisher=[[Wikipedia: Home Media Magazine|''Home Media Magazine'']]|date=9 October 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010210032/http://www.homemediamagazine.com/awards/breaking-bad-amazon-content-bridge-disney-among-ema-digital-honorees-34352|archivedate=10 October 2014|quote=The Entertainment Merchants Association Oct. 8 presented its “Digi” Awards for outstanding achievement in digital entertainment content, retailing, leadership and innovation to Sony Pictures' “Breaking Bad,” Amazon, Content Bridge and Disney. The awards were presented at EMA’s Digital Media Pipeline at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.}}</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>

}}
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 <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= 3030-07-30}}</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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+'''ContentBridge''' 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="Startup Pitch" />
 ==Background==
-Content Bridge LLC 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 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" />
 * 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"/>
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 <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>

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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 Equinix" />	+	'''ContentBridge''' 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 Equinix" />

	==Background==		==Background==

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 <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="Golden Melody">{{cite web|last1=Schwartz|first1=Rob|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/6150257/golden-melody-awards-turn-25-conference |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709191702/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/6150257/golden-melody-awards-turn-25-conference|title=Golden Melody Awards Turn 25: Global Industry Talks 'Road to Recovery,' Jason Mraz & JJ Lin Perform in Taiwan|publisher=[[Wikipedia: Billboard Magazine|]]|accessdate=9 July 2014|archivedate=9 July 2014|date=4 July 2014|quote=He [Peterson] noted there are many problems with the way content providers operate. These include an inability to identify and optimize rights, an inability for rights holders to maintain serviceable master packages, a lack of supply chain standards, a lack of a global local language for exhibition, a lack of exhibition of standards and lack of ease of use of content.}}</ref>
+<ref name="Golden Melody">{{cite web|last1=Schwartz|first1=Rob|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/6150257/golden-melody-awards-turn-25-conference |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709191702/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/6150257/golden-melody-awards-turn-25-conference|title=Golden Melody Awards Turn 25: Global Industry Talks 'Road to Recovery,' Jason Mraz & JJ Lin Perform in Taiwan|publisher=Billboard Magazine|accessdate=9 July 2014|archivedate=9 July 2014|date=4 July 2014|quote=He [Peterson] noted there are many problems with the way content providers operate. These include an inability to identify and optimize rights, an inability for rights holders to maintain serviceable master packages, a lack of supply chain standards, a lack of a global local language for exhibition, a lack of exhibition of standards and lack of ease of use of content.}}</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>

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 <ref name="Golden Melody">{{cite web|last1=Schwartz|first1=Rob|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/6150257/golden-melody-awards-turn-25-conference |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709191702/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/6150257/golden-melody-awards-turn-25-conference|title=Golden Melody Awards Turn 25: Global Industry Talks 'Road to Recovery,' Jason Mraz & JJ Lin Perform in Taiwan|publisher=[[Wikipedia: Billboard Magazine|]]|accessdate=9 July 2014|archivedate=9 July 2014|date=4 July 2014|quote=He [Peterson] noted there are many problems with the way content providers operate. These include an inability to identify and optimize rights, an inability for rights holders to maintain serviceable master packages, a lack of supply chain standards, a lack of a global local language for exhibition, a lack of exhibition of standards and lack of ease of use of content.}}</ref>
-<ref name="GoDig exclusive">{{cite press release|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="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="HomeMedia Digi">{{cite news|last1=Latchem|first1=John|title='Breaking Bad,' Amazon, Content Bridge, Disney Among EMA Digital Honorees|url=http://www.homemediamagazine.com/awards/breaking-bad-amazon-content-bridge-disney-among-ema-digital-honorees-34352|accessdate=10 October 2014|publisher=[[Wikipedia: Home Media Magazine|Home Media Magazine]]|date=9 October 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010210032/http://www.homemediamagazine.com/awards/breaking-bad-amazon-content-bridge-disney-among-ema-digital-honorees-34352|archivedate=10 October 2014|quote=The Entertainment Merchants Association Oct. 8 presented its “Digi” Awards for outstanding achievement in digital entertainment content, retailing, leadership and innovation to Sony Pictures' “Breaking Bad,” Amazon, Content Bridge and Disney. The awards were presented at EMA’s Digital Media Pipeline at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.}}</ref>

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 | GM =
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+| key_people =  Doug Reinart<ref name="Billboard Doug Reinart" />
 | services =  Digital Rights Management
 | products = Content Management Software Systems
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 <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>
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+{{Infobox website
 | name = ContentBridge<ref name=Variety /><ref name="Startup Pitch" />
 <!--| image = ContentBridgeLogo.jpg-->
-| image = [[File:ContentBridgeLogo.jpg|300px|alt=ContentBridge Digital Rights Management|class=photo]]
+| logo = [[File:ContentBridgeLogo.jpg|300px|alt=ContentBridge Digital Rights Management|class=photo]]
 | founder = [[Jason Peterson]]
-| formation           = 2010
+| founded = 2010
 | chairman =
 | chairperson =
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 | website = {{URL|contentbridge.tv}}
 | footnotes = <meta class="photo" itemprop="image" content="http://www.producers.wiki/images/0/03/ContentBridgeLogo.jpg" />
-| native_clients =
+| native_clients = [[Wikipedia: iTunes| iTunes]],  [[Wikipedia: Vudu| Vudu]],  [[Wikipedia: Dish Network| Dish Network]], [[Wikipedia: PlayStation Store| PlayStation Store]], [[Wikipedia: Comcast| Comcast]],  and [[Wikipedia: In Demand|iN DEMAND]].<ref name="DEG adds ContentBridge" />
 }}
-'''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 />
+'''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 Equinix" />
-ContentBridge software was designed and developed for the film, recorded music and music publishing sectors.<ref name="Startup Pitch" /> Content Bridge LLC was launched as a GDMG 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"/>
+==Background==
-<!--
+* 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"/>
-<span itemprop="name"><small>Welcome to Content Bridge</small></span>
+* Approved encoding relationships include:  [[Wikipedia: iTunes| iTunes]],  [[Wikipedia: Vudu| Vudu]],  [[Wikipedia: Dish Network| Dish Network]], [[Wikipedia: PlayStation Store| PlayStation Store]], [[Wikipedia: Comcast| Comcast]],  and [[Wikipedia: In Demand|iN DEMAND]].<ref name="DEG adds ContentBridge" />
 ==References==
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 <ref name=Variety>{{cite web|author1=Rachel Abrams|title=Opportunity knocks for indie producers
 |url=http://variety.com/2011/film/news/opportunity-knocks-for-indie-producers-1118033684/|publisher=[[Wikipedia: Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=24 June 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624010715/http://variety.com/2011/film/news/opportunity-knocks-for-indie-producers-1118033684/|archivedate=24 June 2014 |date=10 March 2011|quote=“The producer should get smart and work with the best person in physical, the best person in theatrical and the best person in digital,” said Jason Peterson, CEO of ContentBridge, a company that provides tools for content-centric businesses to internally manage their work and distribute it to global partners}}</ref>
-−
-<ref name="ContentBridge Products">{{cite web|title=ContentBridge: Products|url=http://www.contentbridge.tv/products|publisher=ContentBridge LLC|accessdate=3 September 2014}}</ref>
+<ref name="Startup Pitch">{{cite web|title=Jason's Shark Tank: Content Bridge|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhd740JHWJU|publisher=This Week in Startups|last=Calacanis|first=Jason|accessdate=20 June 2014|date=14 December 2009}}</ref>
 <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>