Translation

For nearly 30 years Butterfly has worked with native language speakers to license brands in over 60 territories. We do a pretty good job at localising them too. 

Clients like our accuracy, the opportunity to approve translators before committing to the full project and our competitive prices.  Why not give us a try?

Film

At Butterfly we try not to boast. But as our audio visual director was Head of the EU Support Programme for film, TV and audio visual content we probably have unmatched access to the top film and TV movers and shakers.

So to license anything audio visual, be it a nifty new PC game, award winning cartoon series or a full length feature film, it’s probably worth giving us a go.

Publishing

We’ve licensed trade non-fiction and children’s books, organised book co-editions and licensed big brand magazines including Playboy, Popular Science and Top Gear. We’ve also commissioned bookazines, syndicated editorial content in every subject and format and currently work with content aggregators. 

No ifs or buts we know publishing! And hope to help with your next project.

Educational Publishing 

Alongside standard stuff – firm sale distribution agreements, sourcing LMS platforms, rights agreements and local adaptations – Butterfly’s tangled with more complex educational missions: developing partnerships for national maths awarding boards to enter new territories, providing show biz audio interviews for native language ELT apps.

Working with the best, be they Japan’s leading STEM publisher Gakken or US cursive hand writing inventors Zane Bloser, Butterfly has built a network of global educational publishing contacts, backed by marketing and sales conducted by educational industry experts. 

At Butterfly we know educational publishing, and know our approach to it is pretty unique too. With innovators in both consumer and educational publishing we like to think differently and think you will like the different approach too! 

Business Development

With over 100 years of combined biz dev experience under our belts we know what it takes to win new revenues. 

You may have identified a product line to launch in LatAm or would like to take advantage of the Chinese appetite  for new streaming video content though don’t know how to convert this knowledge into revenue. Using our global contact network and marketing and sales acumen we can do all the heavy lifting to ensure it happens.

From identifying the best markets, your best products to take to market and the most suitable potential country partners by sector and format (be that consumer, educational or B2B, print, digital or cross media), to negotiating and concluding the agreements, we do it all.

Brand Strategy

As well as delivering the new biz dev dollars we’ve  assisted educational publishers devise new consumer products, helped set up international departments for EMAP (now Bauer UK) and Bonnier, and created JV’s and new product lines for the biggest publishing houses. 

To make clients dreams come true yes we’ve done the basics – showing editors how to negotiate and clear rights and instigated DAM solutions. Meanwhile, for the more inspirational side of things, Butterfly has also identified new market sectors and territories to exploit and shown how to do it. 

So if you have a new project which requires some proper thought, planning and implementation or would like to take a new direction, Butterfly will ensure your brand is market ready or that your business is ready for new business.