In a market place where deals can vary according to country, partner, title and maybe day of the week, where closing a sale may mean altering the rules, Harpoon can track it, exceptions and all. Designed to support maximum flexibility in deal making and to ensure maximum efficiency in contract entry, Harpoon leads the user through the steps and saves valuable staff time. The Harpoon WorldWide Distribution Licensing module also provides management with tight control over administrative workflow. Sales, legal, finance, and administrative personnel all have real-time access to the same data; with no extra effort, all levels of management can know what they need to know. The licensing module exploits Harpoon's hierarchical Media and Market structure for sales and reporting based upon user-defined Parent/Child relationships with unlimited levels. The hierarchies facilitate multi-level definitions on the contracts and create unparalleled efficiencies in accurate conflict checking down to music, segment and episode rights and overlapping exclusivities. Key Functions An essential module for worldwide multi-product, multi-right, multi-language, multi-territory, multi-currency licensing, as well as co-production deals and US or Canadian syndication contracts. The licensing contract is the "Nerve Center" for the integrated Harpoon system drawing upon the asset database from Marketing Rights Management and controlling availabilities and accounting triggers.