ZMI Rights Management is an independent production and rights management company operating in the United States and United Kingdom. We produce documentaries, independent films, music releases, and arts and cultural programming, with particular experience in international co-productions and projects involving history, nature, music and the arts.

 

Alongside our own productions, we provide rights management, licensing and clearance services for producers, broadcasters, media companies, institutions, estates and archives. We work closely with rights holders and creative partners to resolve complex ownership and licensing issues while protecting the integrity and value of the underlying material. Our independence gives us the flexibility to work across film, music, publishing and the arts, either as a producer, rights manager or specialist project partner.

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The company began in 2014 as Arcadia Media & Entertainment, a music publishing fund focused on acquiring rights and producing crossover recordings. In partnership with Universal Music Group, Arcadia built a catalogue spanning urban music, jazz, crossover and alternative rock.

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In 2020, UK based Zermatt Media Investments acquired Arcadia and relaunched it as ZMI Rights Management, with trade names ZMI Arcadia, ZMI Films and ZMI Records, expanding the company into documentary and film production. Today, ZMI produces original content and manages a growing portfolio of film, audio, literary and music rights for audiences and partners on both sides of the Atlantic.

ZMI Rights Management Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wessex Investments.