{"id":1908,"date":"2026-06-16T13:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1908"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:07:12","slug":"content-partners-film-and-tv-ip-owner-secures-capital-from-carlyle-for-growth-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1908","title":{"rendered":"Content Partners, Film and TV IP Owner, Secures Capital From Carlyle for Growth Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tFor an investment firm with only 14 employees and a name that intentionally flys under-the-radar, Content Partners has an outsized impact as a blue chip Hollywood rightsholder.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1906\">\u2018Paddington: The Musical\u2019 Sets Spring 2027 Broadway Bow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Mid-Wilshire-based L.A. company, founded by ex-Brillstein exec Steven Blume and former William Morris Agency COO Steven Kram, owns half of the entire <em>C.S.I. <\/em>procedural franchise (800-plus episodes) as part of its 3,000 hours of TV and counts chunks of a studio film library that totals upwards of 800 movies, including the entire Revolution Studios catalog (military actioner <em>Black Hawk Down<\/em>,\u00a0Martin Scorsese feature <em>Hugo<\/em>,\u00a0Natalie Portman drama <em>Black Swan<\/em>\u00a0and Vin Diesel\u2019s\u00a0<em>xXx<\/em>\u00a0action series among them).<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSince 2006, the firm has quietly worked with all the major studios and many of the power players in town to buy out backend profit participation from talent and production companies after projects have completed their initial run, amassing a large holding of titles in the process. Taking a stake in what it sees premium film, TV or music IP to monetize in the long tail is its stock-in-trade. And its partial or outright holdings have grown by more than 300 film titles over the past several years. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tNow it\u2019s getting a notable expansion in capital available to its firm for future acquisitions. On Tuesday, the Global Credit platform of investment giant Carlyle said that it provided a new single-asset continuation vehicle giving Content Partners access to funding for growth while allowing existing investors the option to cash out or participate in further ventures with the firm. <\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWe are pleased to have supported Content Partners\u2019 success and look forward to continuing our partnership as the Company enters its next phase of growth with this new capital,\u201d stated the aptly named Benjamin Fund, a partner at Carlyle. \u201cContent Partners has built a differentiated platform focused on high-quality film and television assets. The portfolio is characterized by what we believe are long-duration, largely uncorrelated cash flows that we think are well positioned to continue benefiting from sustained demand for premium library content. We look forward to partnering with the team to build on this success in the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cContent Partners is excited about the successful closing of this continuation vehicle, which delivers meaningful new capital to fuel our ongoing acquisition momentum while providing existing investors with attractive liquidity options,\u201d read a joint statement from Content Partners CEO Steven Kram, CFO Steven Blume and president John Mass. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1904\">Asia Argento to Receive Locarno Life Achievement Award<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe trio of execs added, \u201cWe appreciate the strong ongoing support from Carlyle and are confident this transaction will help us further strengthen our position as the leading independent owner of premium studio film and television assets. We\u2019re eager to build on this momentum by continuing to pursue compelling film and television opportunities that will expand our market-leading library and deliver outstanding long-term value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Carlyle deal marks the latest move for a firm that, in 2024, launched a credit investing division titled Content Partners Capital led by film finance veteran Alphonse Lordo.\u00a0That unit has done deals with the since-revived Relativity Media as well as indie film and TV studio Electric\u00a0Entertainment and financing company Media Capital Technologies. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tContent Partners is also dipping its toe into the microdrama space, inking a licensing deal with upstart firm GammaTime, run by ex-Miramax CEO Bill Block, to adapt select episodes of the longrunning true crime docuseries <em>Forensic Files<\/em> (which it owns the rights to) as vertical video content for the app.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe company\u2019s latest addition to its exec ranks this year is former WME business affairs exec Ben Kram, the son of the firm\u2019s co-founder, who joined as vice president.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1902\">KVIFF Industry Days Sets Book-to-Screen Titles, Rolling Stones Film Among Central Stage Projects<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For an investment firm with only 14 employees, Content Partners&#8217; has an outsized impact as a blue chip Hollywood rightsholder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1597],"class_list":["post-1908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-content-partners"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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