Company

RightsTrade is the industry’s leading online marketplace for film, television and digital media distribution rights. By connecting distributors with content owners, our global Market on Demand™ makes it easier, faster and more cost-efficient for buyers and sellers to license content rights. Our unique SaaS platform transforms the licensing process by automating every step from lead to close, and generates incremental sales for content owners.

Studios, content owners, distributors and sales agents already trust RightsTrade to promote, screen and sell 6811 titles to our growing community of 29637 industry executives in over 125 countries.

Leadership Team

Our leadership team has 100+ combined years of experience in the entertainment industry, with a strong focus on developing and implementing commercial and back-end solutions for leading film and television companies. In addition, RightsTrade employs a team of highly qualified IT engineers and developers with decades of experience implementing back-end and front-end solutions for more than 50 leading media and entertainment companies.

Bill Lischak

Chief Executive Officer

Bill Lischak is a highly experienced film, television and technology executive known for his innovative style building operations, driving growth and creating quality outcomes. Prior to joining RightsTrade, Bill consulted with various emerging media companies operating in the VFX, VR and gaming sectors, recently managing the sale process of a multi-national VFX production house to a UK private equity firm at the request of investment banking firm Houlihan Lokey. Previously Bill served as President and COO at both OddLot Entertainment and First Look Studios/Overseas Filmgroup, where he created strategic joint ventures with Lionsgate, STX and Sierra/Affinity (eOne / Hasbro); structured sophisticated capital transactions with partners including JPMorgan, international film funds and high net worth individuals; executive produced the award-winning films Hell or High Water, Drive and Enders Game; and funded the start-up of FilmTrack, the dominant film and television rights management company now owned by City National Bank. Following his education at NYU’s film and business schools, Lischak began his career as a CPA where he developed a specialization in entertainment clients while earning a Master’s degree in Taxation. Bill currently resides in Los Angeles.

Jaime Otero

Managing Director

Jaime Otero is a senior management executive and entrepreneur with over 15 years of broad international experience developing, financing, producing and distributing content across all platforms and territories. Since early 2014, Mr. Otero has been instrumental in establishing RightsTrade as the industry’s premier online marketplace for film and television rights licensing. Prior to RightsTrade, he founded and directed companies in entertainment and e-commerce and served as Chief of Staff in the Ministry of Culture of Spain, in charge of revitalizing the European and Latin America film and TV industry. Jaime was born in Toronto, speaks six languages and holds an MBA from IE Business School and UCLA Anderson, as well as a Master in Film Production by the Superior School of Image and Sound of Madrid and a BA in Business and Economics by the University of Barcelona.

Allan Lamkin

Chief Technology Officer

Allan Lamkin is an experienced, results driven executive with over 25 years of experience as a leader in technology, with 15+ years as a CTO/CIO. He is a team builder and innovator in the software, entertainment, and technology industries, building direct to consumer, B2B Services, internal systems, and applications for some of the world's largest digital video and over-the-top (OTT) platforms such as AT&T, Spectrum, Starz, Apple, Netflix, Amazon, Redbox, and all the major motion picture studios. Allan was most recently the Chief Technology Officer of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, prior to which he served as Chief Architect of Sonic Solutions (now TiVo). Allan has a demonstrated track record of successfully leading multi-disciplinary organizations of over 300 engineers to build products that most consumers have used at one point in their lives, and holds decades of experience in corporate, product, and technology strategy, long range planning, and business value creation. Allan is also a named inventor on 30 issued patents, holds a MS in Electrical Engineering from UCLA and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of California San Diego.

Laurie Woodrow

Sales and Client Relations

Laurie is a veteran industry executive with over 25 years of experience in international film distribution, specializing in the acquisition and worldwide distribution of independent feature films. Laurie was Executive Vice President of Fierce Entertainment, and President/Owner of Trans-Pacific Media. She has advised over 40 international distribution companies, and been instrumental in the acquisition of hundreds of films, including major theatrical titles and award winning festival films. She has been a featured speaker for Film Independent, Women in Film, the American Pavilion in Cannes and is a voting member of BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts).

Joanna Syiek

Marketing and Business Development

Joanna Syiek has significant experience developing global growth and marketing strategies for companies with international ambitions and holds an MBA from HEC Paris. She enjoys working at the intersection of entertainment and technology and has a background in digital marketing, strategic planning and new media initiatives, with a focus on VOD platforms. She has previously worked at Disney and the Independent Film and Television Alliance where she was charged with finding growth opportunities for 145 member companies.

Andrew Carroll

Manager of Client Services

Andrew Carroll offers an in-depth understanding of the unique challenges faced by today's buyers and sellers as marketplace technology continues to evolve. He shares personal insights and professional expertise in a relaxed and friendly manner and always ensures client satisfaction is the highest priority. Andrew has worked in international film distribution for over eight years, supporting and developing relationships with hundreds of international companies, with a specialization in the development of client relationships in Europe, Middle East and Asia.

Jason Kassin

Board Member

Jason Kassin is co-Founder and CEO of FilmTrack, the leading cloud-based, SaaS, IP Management platform for the Media and Entertainment industry. FilmTrack, owned by City National Bank, currently enables over 150 clients worldwide to manage, monetize and measure their content and related assets. An industry expert in the development of rights and content management solutions, Jason launched FilmTrack in the 1990s and has been instrumental in establishing FilmTrack as the largest content and right management platform globally. Jason, an accomplished screenwriter, actor and software engineer, navigates seamlessly between the technical and creative worlds from artistic inception through commercial exploitation.

Stephen Kassin

Board Member

Stephen Kassin is Co-Founder and President of FilmTrack , the leading cloud-based, SaaS, IP Management platform for the Media and Entertainment industry. Stephen’s relationships with hundreds of content owners and sales agents across the production and distribution spectrum provide him with in-depth knowledge of international content distribution, licensing and rights management. Exceedingly devoted to customer satisfaction and a key asset in shaping FilmTrack's identity, value and recognition in the industry, Stephen’s work has been crucial in establishing new paradigms in the IP management and distribution industries.

Partners

We are proud to work with industry leading solutions to ensure the highest quality experience for our community of vetted industry professionals.

Over 150 leading media and entertainment clients trust FilmTrack to manage their content rights and metadata. RightsTrade has integrated with FilmTrack’s cloud-based platform, allowing their clients to automatically migrate and sync all of their metadata and rights availabilities to the RightsTrade marketplace.

Amazon Web Services is Amazon’s premier suite of global storage, analytics, application, and deployment services that enables RightsTrade to optimize secure streaming, reduce transfer time and scale applications. Amazon S3 is also compliant with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) set of best practices for securely storing, processing, and delivering protected media and content.

RightsTrade is an official Industry Partner of EIDR, an association to provide universal identifiers for film and television assets across the entertainment supply chain. With membership from major studios, distribution service providers, digital and physical distributors and retailers including NBCUniversal, Time Warner, Disney, Sony, Paramount, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Rovi, Comcast, Verizon, Technicolor, Deluxe, RightsTrade has integrated EIDR into its marketplace platform, and fully supports the establishment of this universal industry standard for title management and rights licensing.