Deji Joseph Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 From what I know, they earn through advertising, syndication, merchandise and video sales, but how does it work exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Are you asking about US or UK programmes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deji Joseph Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 US mainly, but any information on any industry would be appreciated DJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member George Ebersole Posted February 24, 2012 Premium Member Share Posted February 24, 2012 A network or station buys a show, then sells air time to advertisers who think the show will hit their demographic. That's how the first dollars are made. Syndication is the resale of a show by the studio or property owner. It's like you renting a movie from Netflix or Blockbuster with the intent to show it to lots of people. You then follow the advertising model by selling air time to advertisers. Video sales are like book sales. You need a publisher to author your project, then you can sell it on the market or to retailers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Joseph Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Don't they also sell to many other countries that are willing to buy? (that's why they have to do an M & E mix (music and effects track) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin G Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 In the US it all boils down to advertising. They use the Nielsen rating system to track how many people (in the small group of Nielsen members) watch the show, then take that number and extrapolate the nationwide number of viewers. If they don't have enough viewers the show gets pulled, doesn't matter how many copies they sell on DVD it's all about live viewership. The system is so flawed it's crazy. Take a show like Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles for example. It was hugely popular amongst late teens, early twenties males. But they put it on Friday nights when everybody goes out, so they all PVR it. Which doesn't count as a view because it's assumed you will fast forward the commercials. So then advertisers pay less and the show gets pulled. Now that was a few years ago and I don't know if they've changed the rules about PVR and I don't know what affect things like iTunes sales have had on the TV industry. So it may be a little different now, but the majority of the revenue is still from advertising and DVD and online sales aren't enough to keep a show on the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AndreaAltgayer Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Hi DJ, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AndreaAltgayer Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Oops, sorry guys! Slow computer...:) Hi DJ, Over here in South Africa and the UK (and I can imagine most other commonwealth countries), when it comes to public broadcasters, the TV series earn their revenue from advertisers, but also from TV licenses issued by the broadcaster. If they are broadcast on Satellite TV, then it is earned from advertisers and viewers' monthly subscriptions. Hope this helps! Andrea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AndreaAltgayer Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Here, overseas TV series also earn revenue from DVD sales. Andrea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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