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Related party transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Related party transactions  
Related party transactions

9. Related party transactions

License agreements

The Company has entered into license agreements with certain stockholders of the Company, including an additional license agreement in June 2021 with licensors that include one of these stockholders. Expenses with these related parties were de minimis for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. There were no amounts owed to these related parties as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

Broadband services agreement

In November 2015, the Company entered into a management services agreement (“MSA”) with BCM Advisory Partners LLC and Broadband Capital Partners LLC (“Broadband Capital”), as subsequently amended and/or restated in July 2016, January 2017, June 2018, March 2020 and August 2020. Under the Broadband MSA, the Company engages Broadband Capital as a consultant for advice in connection with senior management matters related to the Company’s business, administration and policies in exchange for a cash fee to Broadband Capital of $20,000 per month. In June 2021, the Company extended the Broadband MSA to continue through June 2022. Pursuant to the Broadband MSA, the Company previously issued an aggregate of 827,640 shares of its common stock to Broadband Advisory and has no

further obligation to issue additional shares under the Broadband MSA. The Company recorded $0.1 million during each of the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 and $0.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, related to the Broadband MSA, which is included in general and administrative expenses in the condensed statements of operations.