The INS and OUTS of the CAM Agreement

After hosting a fantastic webinar on CAM agreements for Stage 32, Fintage House rep David Zannoni wanted to share the basics of this essential agreement with our entire community. Keep reading to find out how the CAM Agreement can help your production.

The collection account management agreement, also called CAMA or CAM Agreement, is one of the few multi-party agreements in the entertainment industry.

It deals with only one, but rather essential element of independently produced film and TV projects: the allocation and disbursement of revenues. In layman’s terms, it’s who gets paid what and when. Getting yourself and others paid for work when you’re producing film and television projects isn’t straightforward. You have to negotiate your worth, and you can’t do that if you don’t know the central agreement used.

In this article, we will discuss the INS and OUTS of the CAM Agreement, with the aim to provide you with a detailed understanding of how CAM Agreement works and what to focus on when you need to negotiate one.

The CAM Agreement deals with the receipt, allocation, and disbursement of the worldwide revenues of a film or TV project.

The purpose of the CAM Agreement is to make sure that each beneficiary of the project receives its share of the revenues.