Case Study
A Hollywood studio reshapes 31-year-old residuals system
A major North American media giant struggled to manage complex talent compensation under a legacy residuals framework ill-equipped for modern streaming distribution channels. To overcome this challenge, Cognizant software helped design, build, and deploy a customized AWS- and Java-Angular-based cloud application backed by a sophisticated rules engine. This powerful digital solution successfully migrated thirty-one years of historical data, reconciled hundreds of millions in payments, and integrated sixteen thousand guild contracts with two thousand calculation rules. By modernizing these operations, Cognizant empowered the studio to seamlessly transition into the streaming era with unmatched precision and operational efficiency.
