Digital Media

"Great across the board", TLT LLP has a focus on digital media, particularly developing media platforms. Team head James Touzel is "highly diligent" and "very customer focused".

- Legal 500, 2011

New technologies are disrupting traditional media business models, with the web providing not only distribution, but an audience who are increasingly producers and not just consumers. Developments like these create potentially complex collaboration structures, privacy and rights issues.

Advisers who are actively involved with media and technology organisations and can help bridge the gap between these traditionally separate industries, enabling collaborations to flourish.

TLT's Technology & Media group is consistently rated as one of the top three technology and IP firms in our region by Legal 500 (an independent guide to the legal profession) and is particularly known for our work in media collaborations, web/mobile distribution and intellectual property.

Recent transactions

• Development, hosting and advertising arrangements for mobile social networking portal
• Arrangements for the design, development and hosting of an alternate reality game and social networking site using location based technologies

We actively develop our industry involvement and connections, including:

Watershed

Watershed is a nationally renowned media centre which has been on the forefront of film and digital media developments for 25 years. TLT has provided pro bono support and sponsorship to Watershed since 2002. Watershed has a track record of forging links between media and technology organisations, to develop new products and business models around digital media. It is a registered charity and showcases its activities through its premises on the Harbourside in Bristol which houses three cinemas, multi media conferencing and a cafe bar.

iShed

In 2007 TLT helped create iShed, a community interest company supported by the South West of England Regional Development Agency, which has a mission to pioneer innovation and new technologies in the creative sector.