Bundle Settlement Layer

Split by watch-time.
Retire the spreadsheet.

Collect verified watch-time through External Data Oracles and split bundle revenue automatically instead of reconciling spreadsheets from every partner. The Royalty Standard and Royalty Clearing modules apply each share, and Escrow and Conditional Settlement pays it out.

The Foundation

The Execution Mechanics

Replace a monthly reconciliation meeting with an on-chain split driven by verified watch-time.

01.

Verified Watch-Time

External Data Oracles feed audited watch-time for each partner into the contract, so revenue is divided by what audiences actually watched rather than by a self-reported figure.

02.

Usage-Weighted Splits

The Royalty Standard weights each partner's share by their measured consumption. A partner whose titles were watched more receives more, computed by the contract, not negotiated in a call.

03.

Automatic Reconciliation

The Royalty Clearing module reconciles the pool the moment watch-time is settled, removing the cross-partner spreadsheet exchange that a bundle usually depends on.

04.

Escrowed Payouts

Escrow and Conditional Settlement holds the bundle revenue and releases each partner's share only once the watch-time inputs are verified, so no one is paid on disputed numbers.

05.

Shared Ledger of Record

Every partner reads the same settlement ledger. There is no private spreadsheet to argue against, because the split is computed on a record all parties can inspect.

06.

Auditable Split Trail

Each period's watch-time, weighting, and payout is anchored on-chain, giving any partner or auditor a verifiable trail of how a share was reached.

The Bundle Settlement Lifecycle

Follow one billing period from verified watch-time collection through the weighted split to an escrowed payout for every partner.

Operational log system
cerulea_bundle_engine.log

07:40:15

[SYS] Polling watch-time oracles for period 2026-Q1...

07:40:15

[CMD] reportUsage(partner: "P_A", minutes: 1420000)

07:40:16

[AUTH] Verifying oracle signatures across 4 partners...

07:40:16

[OK] Watch-time recorded for all partners.

Smart Contract Anatomy

Cerulea decomposes bundle revenue sharing into modular contracts. Each layer collects watch-time, weights the split, gates the escrow, and clears the payout on a record every partner can audit.

Applicability Across the Spectrum

Watch-time revenue sharing is a horizontal capability. Here is how different bundle operators put automatic settlement to work.

Streaming Bundle Operators

Split a single subscription across many content providers by verified watch-time, so each partner is paid for the audience they actually earned rather than a flat negotiated slice.

Key Asset Types

  1. 1Bundle Pools
  2. 2Watch-Time Shares
  3. 3Partner Payouts

Podcast & Audio Networks

Divide shared subscription revenue among shows by measured listening, giving smaller creators a fair, auditable cut and removing the monthly reconciliation between network partners.

Key Asset Types

  1. 1Listening Minutes
  2. 2Show Splits
  3. 3Network Settlements

Education & Course Platforms

Reward instructors inside an all-access bundle by verified study-time, so the courses learners spend the most time in earn the most, computed on a ledger every instructor can inspect.

Key Asset Types

  1. 1Study-Time Records
  2. 2Instructor Shares
  3. 3Access Bundles

Network & Execution Architecture

Whether you are bridging partner reporting systems or routing native oracle feeds, Cerulea settles every bundle against one watch-time ledger.

Track A: Partner Reporting Bridging

For bundle operators aggregating partner data. Existing usage reports are translated into signed on-chain watch-time inputs through the API gateway automatically.

Partner Reporting Systems

Usage Databases

HTTPS / REST

Cerulea API Gateway

Feed Hashing & Signing

WASM COMPILATION

Cerulea Private Chain

Consortium Settlement Ledger

Track B: Native Oracle Execution

For measurement providers streaming verified consumption on-chain. Signed watch-time feeds route directly to the public settlement layer.

Measurement Oracles

Verified Watch-Time

WALLET SIGNATURE

Settlement Validators

Split Consensus

STATE EXECUTION

Cerulea Public L1

Bundle Settlement Ledger

Accelerated Time-to-Market Simulator

Building a bundle settlement engine with oracle-fed watch-time, usage-weighted splits, and escrowed payouts from scratch requires specialised data and payments engineers. Calculate your exact deployment speed using Cerulea.

Required Watch-Time & Split Rules

46Rules
Simple (10)Enterprise (200)

Traditional Deployment

Solidity Coding & Audits

~ 13 Months

Cerulea Edge

Visual Compilation

WASM Logical Artifacts

~ 4 Weeks

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Technical Methodology

The legacy timeline reflects media settlement benchmarks. Integrating each partner's usage feed, building weighted split logic, and shipping escrowed multi-party payouts for an average bundle takes a baseline of 8 months. Building the same architecture on Cerulea takes a baseline of 2 weeks, because Cerulea Studio visually translates your watch-time and split rules into pre-audited WebAssembly binaries and provisions the settlement ledger and oracle layer instantly.