CALIFORNIA (US): RightsLine, a leading provider of enterprise rights management and licensing software for automated administration, licensing and processing of intellectual property contracts, rights and transactions has been selected by National Geographic Television & Film (NGT&F) as the business rights management software for the Nat Geo Film Library.

RightsLines software solutions will be used to administer, manage and license the rights associated with thousands of hours of footage to Film Library customers.

RightsLine's rights management and licensing solutions empower companies of all kinds to leverage their intellectual property resulting in demonstrable increases in revenue, productivity and customer satisfaction, while at the same time, reducing risk. As part of the agreement, RightsLine will integrate its solutions with NGT&Fs existing implementation of streaming media services to achieve top business process efficiency, scalability and performance.

National Geographic Television & Film augments its award-winning documentary productions (119 Emmy Awards and more than 800 other industry awards) with feature films, large-format films, and long-form television drama programming. Worldwide, National Geographics television programming can be seen on National Geographic Channel, MSNBC, and PBS, home video and DVD, and through international broadcast syndication. The National Geographic Channel is received by more than 141 million households in 23 languages in 142 countries.