For Studios, Broadcasters and Platforms

What the studio sees
in real time

When you commission a production to a service producer, Visualnet gives you direct access to benchmarks, award history and process documentation — without relying on the producer's own reports.

Supervision Portal
Read-only access
AEAT · IRS · HMRC
Evidence valid in 3 jurisdictions
Audit
NISR 4400 per project
Bespoke
Negotiable framework agreement

The real film and TV production market

130,000+ film and TV companies. The benchmark is real because the market is complete — not a sample.

Europe

Spain · United Kingdom · France · Germany · Italy

Americas

United States · Canada

When you commission a production, you need to know procurement is being done right

When commissioning a production to a service producer, your own corporate policies, regulatory obligations and the tax incentives financing the project all depend on procurement having been done correctly — at market rates, without favouritism, with documented evidence.

Until now, verifying this meant waiting for manual reports that arrived late or not at all. Visualnet gives you direct access, in real time, without depending on the producer for information.

Without Visualnet

You depend on manual reports from the producer. No real-time visibility. In an inspection or audit, reconstructing the documentation takes weeks.

With Visualnet

Read-only portal with real-time access to the procurement process of each production. All documentation available with no extra effort from the producer.

What Visualnet puts at your disposal

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Read-only supervision portal

Monitor the procurement process of each production in real time without interfering with the team's management. Access to benchmarks, received bids and awards as they happen.

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Sealed benchmarks by line item

Each request for proposals generates a sealed, immutable market benchmark at closing. Market price evidence valid before AEAT (Spain), HMRC (United Kingdom) and IRS (United States).

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Exportable immutable history

Chained history with cryptographic verification (SHA-256). Impossible to alter the record without leaving a mathematical trace. Exportable as PDF and CSV for investment committees, boards of directors and external audits.

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Integration with your corporate policies

Negotiable framework agreement with SLA and co-branding. Compatible with reporting to investment committees and boards. ESG and sustainability criteria configurable per project.

Why documentation matters
beyond Spain

When an international studio commissions a Spanish service producer, the production expenditure is scrutinised by up to three different jurisdictions simultaneously. Each demands the same: objective, independent evidence that services were contracted at real market rates.

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IRS · IRC §482

Real market price (arm's length)

The IRS requires that services between related entities are invoiced at the price an independent third party would have charged. Without a documented, independent benchmark, the studio cannot defend those prices under inspection. Penalties for non-compliance range from 20% to 40% of the estimated difference.

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DOJ / SEC · FCPA + SOX

Internal controls and accurate records

US-listed companies must maintain accurate accounting records and adequate internal control systems. The FCPA requires that any payment through third parties abroad be documented in sufficient detail. The CFO personally certifies the accuracy of these controls to the SEC.

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SFO · UK Bribery Act

Adequate procedures · Corporate liability

The UK Bribery Act treats the Spanish service producer as an "associated person" of the commissioning studio. If the producer is investigated in Spain, the studio must demonstrate it had adequate procedures to prevent irregularities. Without that evidence, the studio is liable — even without direct knowledge of the issue.

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AEAT · Art. 36.2 LIS

Production tax incentives in Spain

Access to the Art. 36.2 LIS deduction requires evidence that expenditure is real and at market price. Visualnet's sealed history provides exactly that evidence, significantly reducing the risk of observations in an AEAT inspection.

How a local issue escalates to the international studio

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The AEAT launches an inspection of the Spanish service producer

Out-of-market prices or inconsistencies in expenses declared under Art. 36.2 LIS.

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The producer comes under fiscal and criminal investigation

Organic Law 1/2015 — corporate criminal liability and personal liability for directors.

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The international studio is identified as the beneficiary of the questioned expenditure

Regulators in its home country are notified or open their own investigation into the same facts.

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IRS, DOJ/SEC or SFO review the studio's accounting records

IRC §482, FCPA and UK Bribery Act. The studio must demonstrate its internal controls were adequate.

With Visualnet: the studio presents the history and sealed benchmarks

Objective, independent evidence that each service was contracted at real market rates, with full traceability from request to award.

Real visibility over
the procurement of your productions.

Request a personalised demo for your studio or broadcaster. We show you the supervision portal with real production data.