What this project ships
Source catalogue: a verified, cited inventory of every category of movie/TV media-asset source (studio/streamer portals, EPK aggregators, stock/newswire, trailer embeds, metadata APIs, public-domain) with access requirements and licensing terms lives at
docs/research/2026-06-07-movie-tv-media-asset-sources.md.
A pipeline that gives titles rich official media the day it goes public, without hosting copyrighted assets. Phased so the clean parts start immediately and the licensed parts follow counsel.
Phase 1 — start now (legally clean)
- Official-channel monitoring — watch studio press rooms, official YouTube / Vimeo channels, and official sites (built on the G-066 source pipeline + G-067 No-Gotchas terms monitor + G-053 external-content monitoring). On a public drop, auto-create a verified reference.
- Trailer embeds — store the official video ID + verified provenance and embed via the platform's own embed license (Entry 028 verified-external-reference pattern). No files hosted.
- Public-domain poster art — pull genuinely-free art for older titles from Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive.
- Asset-reference data model — pointer + provenance + license terms + expiry, composing with the Fact graph and Entry 028 references.
Phase 2 — follows legal groundwork
- Press / EPK licensing — direct studio press-asset licenses or an EPK aggregator for official current posters/stills under editorial terms; this is the rights-holder-partnership lever (G-055).
- Editorial/fair-use thumbnail policy — a written, counsel-reviewed policy for low-res identifying art where no license is held.
Why this can start soon
The reference-and-embed core (Phase 1) needs no rights we don't already have — embedding is a granted platform license, and PD art is free. It reuses machinery already specced (Entry 028, G-066, G-067), so it is mostly integration, not new legal ground. The copyrighted-current-art question (Phase 2) is isolated behind the licensing track and does not block Phase 1.
What unblocks Phase 2 → fuller coverage
- IP counsel sign-off on the editorial/fair-use thumbnail policy.
- A press/EPK license path decided (direct vs. aggregator), per G-069.
Candidate portals to evaluate
Verified June 2026. Each grants only a limited editorial license — read and track terms per source via the No-Gotchas monitor (G-067). Access splits into public-browse vs. media-accreditation.
- Netflix Media Center — media.netflix.com — public; press kits (synopses, bios, hi-res stills) under an editorial usage policy. Best public reference.
- Apple TV+ Press — apple.com/tv-pr (terms: apple.com/legal/apple-tv-plus-press/terms.html) — public browse; trailers/key art/images Apple-owned, usable only as expressly permitted. Restrictive.
- Paramount Press Express — paramountpressexpress.com (register: /account/register; terms: paramount.com/paramount-press-express-terms-of-use) — registration; limited, revocable, non-exclusive license for news/editorial/promotional; cart-style downloads; explicitly permits editorial repost.
- NBCUniversal Media Village — nbcumv.com — media registration; photos/video/ press across 20+ NBCU brands.
- Warner Bros. Media Pass — mediapass.warnerbros.com (+ WBD Pressroom, press.wbd.com) — credentialed publicity portal.
- Disney+ Press / DMED Media — press.disneyplus.com + dmedmedia.disney.com — media kits + images for Disney/Pixar/Marvel/Star Wars/NatGeo.
- EPK aggregators / stills — accredited-industry EPK distribution; hi-res stills/clips are also frequently hosted via Getty Images / Shutterstock / PR Newswire (licensed through those platforms).
- Trailers — official YouTube channels per studio; embeddable with no credential (the Phase-1 path).
Why this matters
Rich official media on day one is table stakes for an "all movies/TV/music" surface and a direct input to HellaThis (Entry 008). Doing it by reference keeps us legally clean and fast — we hold the canonical pointer; the bytes stay with the studio.