About Us and Who We Work With
Freeway is a specialist provider of revenue sharing, rights and data management solutions to the global audiovisual entertainment industry.
Since 2001, we have been supporting thousands of clients all over the world with the international exploitation of IP, management of entertainment assets and rights data, and the transparent, impartial, and secure collection, administration, and disbursement of their royalty income.
Our business lines ranging from collection account management, escrow, residuals payroll, data management, and distribution audit services are highly tailor-made to ensure diligently meeting our clients‘ projects and collaborations’ most demanding needs.
Our relationship network stretches throughout the entire global entertainment sector. We work with clients representing every link in the revenue chain, including:
- studios
- mini-majors producers
- production companies
- entertainment lenders
- film financing institutions
- state funding organisations
- equity investors
- completion bonders
- unions (actors, writers and directors guilds)
- actors
- writers
- directors
- talent management agencies
- sales agents
- local distributors
- broadcasters
- entertainment lawyers
- consultants
What our clients say
“Freeway’s team has always been able to find solutions suitable for each project and has been actively involved in explaining and demonstrating the advantages of collection accounts for European independent producers. Moreover, Freeway’s high level services ensure timely reporting and money transfers.”
Eurimages
“Film4 is proud to have introduced many of the UK’s most inspiring filmmakers to audiences worldwide including the Oscar® and BAFTA-winning hits Slumdog Millionaire and 12 Years A Slave. Freeway’s meticulous business practice gives us the confidence that our revenue reconciliation and collection account management will be consistently handled efficiently across multi-partner, multi-national agreements maximising our revenues and enabling us to invest in more films and filmmakers.”
Film4
“We have worked with Freeway since they set up and, from the start, Freeway have provided first class revenue collection and management of our collection and licensing arrangements. Freeway are responsive, provide the services we need and are a partner we can trust.”
Pathé Productions Limited
“Since setting up Mister Smith Entertainment in 2012, Freeway has provided us with the highest level of guidance and expertise, alongside consistently robust and transparent services including collection account management. Our partnership with Freeway is pivotal in our aim to deliver high-quality mainstream feature films and filmmaker driven movies to the global market.
I think that at the heart of Freeway’s success is the fact that their senior management team have a really comprehensive knowledge of content holders’ rights and needs. We’ve always found them to be responsive, and quick to grasp our business needs for each title agreement.
That kind of understanding saves time and makes Freeway’s services something we come back to time and again, for speed and efficiency as well as for their exceptional professionalism and dedication.”
Mister Smith Entertainment
2001
Freeway Entertainment Group is founded
2004
Hungary introduces new tax credit rebate
2009
EURIMAGES selects Freeway as preferred collection agency
Freeway established office in Spain
Freeway and partner company RevCheck launch distribution audit partnership
2010
Freeway acquires National Film Trustee Company from the UK Film Council
2011
EURIMAGES renews partnership with Freeway for a further three years
Freeway Entertainment Group celebrates its 10th anniversary with its inaugural cocktail reception at AFM 2011
2014
EURIMAGES renews partnership with Freeway Entertainment for a further three years
2016
Freeway Entertainment Group celebrates its 15th anniversary. Thanking you for your continued support throughout!
2019
Freeway establishes dedicated rights and data management support division
2020
Freeway launches Freeway Residuals Payroll
2021
Freeway Entertainment Group celebrates its 20th anniversary. Thanking you for your continued support!
2023
Freeway launches Freeway Production Accounting to serve local film and production community in Hungary
To be continued . . .