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June 7, 2026 · 3 min read

Managed CMS: Connecting YouTube Channels of Music Companies and Rights Holders in 2026

Vladimir Sivenkov Vladimir Sivenkov · Official RHEI representative
RHEI

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If you run a music label, a catalog of tracks or the YouTube channels of rights holders, one of the key questions is how to properly connect a channel to a partner infrastructure and manage rights and monetization effectively.

Managed CMS is a tool that lets you hand part of the operational management of a channel to a partner while keeping the rights to the content and getting access to all of YouTube’s tools for rights holders.

What Managed CMS Is

Managed CMS is a YouTube channel management system in which a partner organization (for example, RHEI) takes on:

  • setting up and managing the channel;
  • protecting content rights through Content ID;
  • optimizing video monetization;
  • working with YouTube’s advertising tools;
  • integration with analytics and audience growth tools.

This format is especially useful for music companies, labels and catalog owners who want to focus on creating content and on the artist rather than on day-to-day operational work with YouTube.

When to Use Managed CMS

Managed CMS is suitable if:

  • you have a music catalog or several YouTube channels;
  • you need to manage content and monetization centrally;
  • you need copyright protection and work with Content ID;
  • you want to entrust the operational management of the channel to a partner;
  • the channel has commercial potential and needs regular control over publications;
  • you need integration with YouTube’s advertising and analytics tools.

Using Managed CMS allows rights holders to focus on the creative process and the development strategy, leaving the technical and legal matters to the partner.

What You Need to Connect

To assess the possibility of connecting a channel to Managed CMS you usually need:

  1. A link to the YouTube channel, to check the content, metadata and audience.
  2. A description of the content: music, clips, live recordings, compilations, Shorts and other formats.
  3. Information about rights: who owns the rights to the audio, video, cover art and visual materials.
  4. Audience geography: the main countries and languages of viewers.
  5. Current channel statistics: views, subscribers, publishing consistency.
  6. The goal of the connection: monetization, Content ID, launching a new channel or scaling a catalog.

The more precisely the information is provided, the faster the optimal connection format can be chosen and the commercial viability assessed.

Advantages of Managed CMS

Connecting through Managed CMS gives you:

  • centralized channel management;
  • automatic content protection through Content ID;
  • regular monitoring of monetization and video rights;
  • access to analytics tools and advertising formats;
  • support from experts in YouTube and the music industry;
  • the ability to scale your catalog and new channels.

For music companies this lets them speed up audience growth and increase monetization income without being distracted by technical and legal tasks.

How to Submit a Connection Request

To assess whether a channel can be connected to Managed CMS:

  1. Prepare a link to the channel and a description of the content.
  2. Specify the rights holder of the content and the audience geography.
  3. Describe the goal of the connection: monetization, Content ID, launching a new channel, audience growth.

Send this information to vsivenkov@rhei.com or through the form on the site https://sivenkov.media/en/apply.

After the analysis, specialists will assess the project and propose the optimal format of work through Managed CMS.