Product Release Notes February 2025

This month, we’re rolling out 3 powerful new features in Revelator Pro—giving you more control, clarity, and quality.

• Maximize Your YouTube Earnings – Easily import channels, match revenue, and distribute payouts—all in one place, so you never miss a cent.

• Control Dolby Atmos Costs – Assign access, set upload limits, and track usage in real-time—ensuring efficient spending and better resource management.

• Deliver Superior Sound – With full HD Audio support, every track reaches listeners at the highest possible quality, just as you intended.

Revelator’s YouTube Royalties & Reporting: Streamline Your Earnings

Tracking YouTube royalties can be time-consuming, complex, and often takes focus away from what truly matters: the music.

Revelator Pro makes it simple to manage your YouTube royalties in one seamless platform. You can now track channels, match revenue, and distribute payouts with ease.

• Connect to Revelator’s YouTube MCN or link your own—giving you full flexibility

• Import your channels and videos automatically

• Match YouTube revenue in seconds

• Distribute payouts with full transparency

Revelator helps you stay on top of your YouTube royalties, keep earnings on track, and ensure your artists get paid—fairly and on time.

Here is How You Benefit

1. View & Control All Your Channels in One Place

Import and manage all your YouTube channels and videos seamlessly in your catalog.

• Securely connect your YouTube Multi-Channel Network via a secure OAuth connection.

• Sync and oversee your entire network with real-time data.

• Control access—you see everything, while clients only see their assigned channels.

No more juggling accounts. Just full visibility and effortless management.

2. Get Paid Faster, Maintain Compliance

No manual uploads. No messy reporting. Just seamless revenue activation.

• Youtube earnings flow directly to your connected channels—no extra steps required.

• Built-in quality control—Strict eligibility checks prevent fraud and ensure only verified, monetized channels are onboarded.

• Ongoing compliance—Automated monitoring ensures your channels remain in good standing.

See full conditions for linking & maintaining channels in Revelator’s MCN helpdesk article.

3. Streamline YouTube Royalty Payments

No more complicated splits or manual calculations in excel—just seamless, territory-specific royalty distribution.

• For Channels under Revelator’s MCN: Payouts integrate directly into your existing royalty runs—no extra work needed.

• For Connected MCNs: Upload your revenue reports, match earnings to channels and videos, and process payments as usual.

• Automated. Accurate. Effortless.

Note: A YouTube channel contract is required to process revenue to your payees.

4. Assign Channel Owners for Full Transparency

Give your labels and artists direct access to their YouTube channel data—ensuring visibility and trust.

• Assign channel owners so they can monitor their channels’ performance.

• View key metrics like views, subscribers, and comments updated daily.

When artists and labels have clear visibility, everyone stays in sync.

5. Customizable Views for Smarter Navigation

Stay focused on what matters most with a workspace that adapts to your needs.

• Rearrange tables—Customize columns to display views, likes, comments, duration, category, and status, keeping the metrics that matter most front and center.

• Daily Updates—Our daily automated sync keeps your data, revenue, and reports always up to date.

Stay ahead with customizable views for on-demand data at your fingertips.

How Revelator’s Automated YouTube Revenue & Royalty Management Works

If You’re Using Revelator’s MCN:

• Automatic Imports & Daily Sync—Channels and videos are imported seamlessly, with data updated daily in your catalog.

• Simple Approval Process—Submit new channels for review and ensure they meet YouTube’s eligibility requirements.

• Effortless Revenue Processing—When YouTube payouts arrive, funds are transferred to your account for direct distribution via YouTube channel contracts, fully integrated into your existing royalty runs.

Less admin. More efficiency with Revelator Pro.

If You’re Using Your Own MCN

Managing YouTube royalties for your own MCN just got easier. With Reporting Integrations, you can:

• Import & Sync Data—Connect your MCN and automatically update channels and videos.

• Match Earnings Instantly—Upload revenue reports, and our system will parse and match earnings to the right channels.

• Process Payouts Seamlessly—Use contracts to distribute revenue and integrate payments into your royalty runs.

• Minimize Manual Work—Automate reporting and payments for a smoother workflow.

A simple, streamlined way to keep your Youtube earnings on track.

With YouTube Royalties & Reporting, you’re not just streamlining operations—you’re building a smarter, more transparent system for you and your artists in Revelator Pro.

Ready to dive in? Visit our Help Desk to get started today.

Dolby Atmos Update: Smarter Client Management

Managing Dolby Atmos usage and client access just became simpler and more cost-effective. With Revelator Pro, you can optimize access, set clear limits, and track usage—ensuring better control over your costs and boosting efficiency.

How It Benefits You:

• Tailored Access: Grant Dolby Atmos access only to clients who need it, saving resources and reducing unnecessary costs.

• Clear Limits: Set precise upload limits per client, giving you predictable costs and more control over usage.

• Real-Time Monitoring: Track client usage and costs with ease, ensuring you're always in control of your budget.

HD Audio is Here: Deliver Studio-Quality Sound

You can now deliver HD audio to all compatible DSPs, ensuring your music sounds exactly as you intend—at the highest possible quality.

How It Benefits You:

• Effortless Distribution: Upload your audio files as usual, and we handle the rest, delivering to supported DSPs.

• Optimal Quality, Always: If the DSP supports HD Audio, your file will be delivered in the best resolution possible, giving your music the premium sound it deserves.

• No Hassle with High-Res Files: If your file exceeds the DSP’s max resolution, it’s automatically downsampled, saving you time and ensuring a smooth delivery.

• Consistency with Lower-Res Files: Files with lower resolution will be delivered as-is, maintaining your original intent without unnecessary adjustments.

Need the full DSP requirements? Check out our HD Audio Helpdesk guide.

New Integrations: Expand Your Reach

With new delivery feeds, you can now tap into broader platforms and reach more listeners:

• Disco.ac – A leading platform for music-sharing and catalog management, used by sync licensing professionals to get your music placed in film, TV, and ads.

• AGEDI – Manages IP rights in Spain, ensuring you’re fairly compensated for your music in venues like restaurants, hotels, and broadcasters.

Note: These are delivery feeds, not direct deals. You’ll need to set up your accounts and negotiate agreements directly with these platforms.

Looking Ahead 🚀

It’s only the second month of the year, and we are just getting started.

Coming soon in 2025:

• Expanded analytics, including UGC tracking – Get a complete view of how fans interact with your music.

• More marketing tools and opportunities – Helping you reach the right audience, faster.

• Enhanced contributor roles – Delivering greater accuracy and metadata precision.

We can’t wait to show you what’s next.

Let’s keep building together.

— The Revelator Team