Common Asked Questions
What is The Title Registrar?
The Title Registrar is the company that created Title Manager a secure client website application that allows our registered clients to get an EIDR ID quickly at a pay-per-title fee. No membership required.
How do I create a new account?
Check out our 3-minute tutorial for a detailed explanation of how to create an account and to get an EIDR ID here.
How long does it take to get an EIDR ID?
Our clients usually receive an ID within 48 hours.
Need more support?
Submit a support request here.
Reach us at (307) 278-9588 or support@titleregistrar.com.
Additional Information on EIDR
FAQ
EIDR
Why do they call it an EIDR number? It has letters and slashes and other stuff, too.
To a computer, it is a number. EIDR is part of a regime in which virtually any item in the universe could be given its own, unique, identifier. The range of numbers is so big (79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,336) that it could be used to assign a unique id to every grain of sand on every beach and desert on Planet Earth. So, we feel very confident that the structure of an EIDR ID won’t have to change in the future because they weren’t optimistic enough about its future prospects.
What is the point of an EIDR number?
With the advent of digital distribution of entertainment, and the proliferation of different standards, resolutions, encodings, and edits of individual titles, it becomes more and more burdensome for different parties in the production and distribution ecosphere to communicate with one another. It is no longer sufficient for a retailer to ask for distribution rights for, say, The Godfather. The distributor would have to know: which edit? In what language? On DVD, or Blu-Ray, or 4K, or maybe even streamed to a smart phone? With a directors commentary? Special features? Using which encoding method?
Without clarifying these issues, it is unlikely that the distributor will know what precisely the retailer or streamer wants access to. And the license rates, theatrical royalties, bandwidth requirements, cannot be determined without knowing precisely what is being talked about.
Do EIDR IDs have to be so long and hard to read?
Well, yes. EIDR IDs are more geared towards computer systems, and they are unbothered by the length and complexity. The length helps guarantee that EIDR won’t run out of numbers in your lifetime, or your grandchildren’s, thus helping ensure that it is a standard that can last.
ISBN, the numbering system for books, is in a years-long process of revamping its structure from 10 digits to 13, precisely because they were projected to run out of numbers. Internet addresses, similarly, are scheduled to be expanded, because they are running out of numbers too. By having that extra length, EIDR is “future-proofed” itself to the degree that every human being that ever existed could be issued a trillion EIDR numbers without threatening to exhaust the pool.
Are EIDR IDs proprietary?
No! And that’s their beauty.
EIDR was founded in 2011 as a non-profit benefit corporation to oversee and maintain the identifiers. They are built around open standards, are overseen by ISO (the International Standards Organizations).
So EIDR IDs belong to no company: they exist solely for the purpose of benefiting the entertainment industry.
The Title Registrar
Why does it cost me money to just get a number?
An EIDR ID is not simply a number, but represents a substantial organization and infrastructure to support it. EIDR maintains a staff of technologists and support personnel to help ensure that numbers are unique, that titles aren’t duplicated, and that the performance of the registry is adequate to demand. The Title Registrar, which is an EIDR member, developed software to allow public registration of titles, and maintains the staff to manually review new registrations to ensure that they are legitimate and correctly entered.
How do I register a title with the title manager?
We have created a short video to help you get started.
Using IDs
Can I obtain an EIDR ID for a title I didn’t create?
Yes, you can.
Anyone with a commercial or distribution interest in a movie or video work may obtain an EIDR ID. Creation of an ID does not imply ownership of a title, but once an ID is in the EIDR ecosphere, it becomes the single, unambiguous, world-wide reference for that specific work–the same EIDR ID will be used by all parties, in all parts of the world, from that day henceforth.
What does an EIDR ID do for my company?
EIDR IDs ease the exchange of information about titles throughout the distribution chain. Increasingly, it is required. Among the advantages of EIDR asset identification, are:
- Producer-to-distributor, and distributor-to-provider integration
- Improved ratings and retail reporting
- More accurate reporting and analytics
- Eased ad placement and revenue determination
A 2013 analysis by Ernst & Young identified $2.5 – $3.5 billion in financial savings per year from strong asset identification, like EIDR, through improved distribution efficiencies, reduced errors, and increased levels of automation made possible by the IDs.