Business of TV

first host of tonight show?

steve allen

name the man who purchased paramount and cbs and turned his company viacom into one of the world's largest media conglomerates

sumner redstone

profit participant

someone who gets a payment on a show just for their partcipiation in the show (usually famous talent).

deficit financing

the difference between the liscence fee paid by the network and the actual cost of producing the show (for the studio) is the practice of a network or channel paying the studio that creates a show a license fee in exchange for the right to air the show.A major broadcast network will ask a program producer to share in the financial risk when considering adopting a new program to its schedule; at least for the first season of the series. Deficit financing is often the norm for scripted television, this came during the Post Network Era. Deficit financing however, does not cover the cost of product, which leads to a deficit for the studio.

Pilot

the first episode of a show!

in order to become the cable service provider in an anerea where they run a cable to your house/neighbors, an MSO needs to be licensed by

the local govt where you live

do cable networks make more from commercials or the other thing (name it)

the other thing. retransmission fees

Lead In

the show preceding another show, which might be specifically placed to help bring a new show viewers? the audience that comes from one show to the next? not quite sure

synergy

the working together of 2 things 2 produce a result greater than the sum of their original effects/efforts?

why does agency put together package deal?

they get a package fee. large. actors suppossdly win by getting no comission from agency on this job

where do cable service providers/operators (MSOS) get money?

they get them from SUBSCRIBERS, AKA YOU! you pay your cable service each month, and WOAH you get ESPN and stuff

what are the two cable only networks

tnt and cnn

royalty

given to original creator of the show any time a new episode is created and aired. you could get paid a certain amount for every episode

what do cable shows go through to get aired/

goes through a local cable system operator or through dish/direct tv.

difference between gross profits and net profits

gross profits--total proftis made! oyay! net profits--gross profits-expenses. after all the other fees from other ppl and things (agents, stuff) has bee n take owut

perks of being part of a union in HOllywood

health care, minimums from your work. fair wages, hours, etc.

WHO PAYS retransmission fees

local cable service operators (MSOS) pay big cable comp.

repurposing

"dont know if this is right" Repurposing refers to a television industry practice in which content providers negotiate deals that allow a series to earn additional revenue during its original run. This is made possible by airing the series multiple times on the broadcast network which licensed it, or airing it concurrently on a cable network. As a result, the window between original run and syndication is shortened dramatically. Repurposing was the first significant adaptation of industry distribution practice since the advent of cable.[1] Repurposing shortened the window to a matter of days between original run and syndication. Broadcast and cable developed repurposing pacts usually produced by studios also owned by broadcast networks or its conglomerate. Cable programmers hoped to increase audiences and awareness.[2] An early example of repurposing is the financing deal made between NBC and the USA cable channel, giving USA rights to air "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" within two weeks of its broadcast airing

john malone

(born March 7, 1941) is a billionaire American business executive, landowner and philanthropist. He served as chief executive officer (CEO) of Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI), a cable and media giant, for twenty-four years from 1973 to 1996. Malone is now chairman of Liberty Media, Liberty Global, and Liberty Interactive. He was interim CEO of Liberty Media, until succeeded by former Oracle CFO Greg Maffei.

Sumner Redstone

(owns cbs and viacom?) He is the majority owner and Chairman of the Board of the National Amusements theater chain. Through National Amusements, Sumner Redstone and his family are majority owners of CBS Corporation and Viacom (itself the parent company of MTV Networks, BET, and the film studio Paramount Pictures), and are equal partners in MovieTickets.com. According to Forbes as of March 2014 he is worth US $6.2 billion.[1]

why is 18-49 so imp?

--young ppl more succeptible to influence yby commercials --less loyal to the brands they buy, more willing to switch --developing lifelong habits --fewer young ppl watch TV, so getting their attention is more difficult and more valuable when it is grabbed (older people above that range are watching tv anyways. don't need to cater to them?) --young people seem to want tow atch shows about characters who remind them of selvs

How shows get created/where do they come from

-A network executive might suggest an idea -a writer pitches an idea -spec script -existing deal with actor -spin off of a feature film -spin off an existing series -american version of a foreign series

questions that network executives ask before a show is chosen for production

-Do they like the show -Does it fit a need on their schedule -Will it counterprogram well against the compettitive program that dominates that particular time slot? -how did it test with preview audiences and focus groups? -does our parent ocmpany have a financial interest in it? -can we use it as a bargaining chip with the studio that owns it?

Fringes

1 & 1/2 percent that the studio pays your guild (for health benefits, etc. so it technically doesn't go to you...but it goes to you). ringes are all those taxes and additional fees you need to tack on to the rates for a person. Primarily, it's the 'Employers Tax' and contributions to any applicable unions and/or guilds.

biggest cable networks:

1. USA Network 3,165,000 2. Disney Channel 2,647,000 3. ESPN 2,342,000 4. TNT 2,232,000 5. History 1,987,000 6. Fox News Channel 1,883,000 7. TBS 1,614,000 8. A&E 1,561,000 9. FX 1,532,000 10. ABC Family (PRIME TIME) 1. Nickelodeon 2,339,000 2. Nick at Nite 1,525,000 3. USA Network 1,383,000 4. TNT 1,297,000 5. Adult Swim 1,245,000 6. Fox News Channel 1,123,000 7. ESPN 1,077,000 8. Cartoon Network 977,000 9. History 927,000 10. A&E (TOTAL DAY)

how much of a client's gross pay goes to agents/managers typically?

10 percent

Demographics

18-49 is the age range we care about. WHY? Originally adults, active consumers, making buying decisions, they are home...now other reasons. Older people more set in their ways, not responsive to ads. establish loyal customer base, young ppl more valuable to advertisers b/c we will buying/using product longer. OTHER REASONS on actual thing.

HOW TO GET SYNERGY

3 methods Self Dealing: the studio licensing programs to a network under the same ownership NEtworks often give the best time slots and the most promotional support to programs supplied by their sister studio the parent company would save money if their studio sells off-network rerun rights to a cable network they also own for less money than it would go for on the open market

how much does espn charge cable service oeprators per subscriber

6 dolla

Development Deal

A development deal is an arrangement where a network agrees to pay to develop one or more projects for production. In the past, studios would lavishly spend millions of dollars on long-term development deals with TV writers referred to as 'overall deals' in the hope that during the two to four year term of such arrangements (during which the studio is paying the writer's overhead plus a salary), the writer will create a hit show for the studio. Those days are now gone

Duopoly

A duopoly (or twinstick, referring to "stick" as jargon for a radio tower) is a situation in television and radio broadcasting in which two or more stations in the same city or community share common ownership. 1 company owns 2 tv stations in same town

MSO

A multiple-system operator or multi-system operator (MSO) is an operator of multiple cable or direct-broadcast satellite television systems.

put pilot

A put pilot is a pilot that the network has agreed to air. If the network does not air the pilot episode, the network will owe substantial monetary penalties to the studio. Generally, this guarantees that the pilot will be picked up by the network.

spec script

A spec script, also known as a speculative screenplay, is a non-commissioned unsolicited screenplay. It is usually written by a screenwriter who hopes to have the script optioned and eventually purchased by a producer, production company, or studio.

Dayparts

A specific way that TV industry people divide the segments of each day: Early Morning (5-9am). Local and network shows broadcast. (morning talk?) Daytime (9am-4pm) Local and Network shows. Judge judY ? Early Fringe (4-7pm) (local and syndicated shows air). NO NETWORK SHOWS AIR DURING THIS TIME Prime Access (7 pm-8pm) (Wheel of FOrtune, Jeopary, Extra, ENtertainment Tonight. Shows about entertainment haha) Prime Time 8-11 pm (NETWORK) 8-10pm (FOX AND CW) SUNDAY prime time (7-11 pm Eastern and Pacific) Central and Mountain Primetime (7-10pm) Late News (11-11:35) (local) Late Fringe (11:35-2:am) (Network...not fox or CW) Overnight (2 am to 5 am)

spinoff

A spin-off in television is a new series which contains either characters, a different character or theme elements from a previous series. They are particularly common in situation comedy. A related phenomenon, not to be confused with the spin-off, is the crossover. Many, if not all spinoffs, are produced by some of the original producers of the root show.

HUT

Households Using televisions HUT or homes using television at a particular time, is expressed as a percent of all TV homes. HUT differs from rating because it combines all viewing, rather than identifying specific program viewing.

sumner redstone

ABOVE teh ceo. controls viacom and split cbs and paramount or something?

Overall Deal

Another kind of deal (to get you paaaid). You don't make a deal with a "show" you make a deal with the studio. They guarantee you a certain sum for working for a year (or whatever they specify) and they pay you in regular installments, usually once a week. Then you get assigned to a show that they feel you fit/they want you on.

audience flow

Audience Flow - This might be used to describe whether viewers continue watching a channel or program, after the programming they've been watching ends (or after the commercials finish.) In television programming, flow is how channels and networks try to hold their audience from program to program, or from one segment of a program to another. Thus, it is the "flow" of television material from one element to the next.

WTBS (braves???)

Braves TBS Baseball (or Braves Baseball on TBS) was a presentation of regular season Major League Baseball game telecasts featuring the Atlanta Braves National League franchise that aired on the American cable and satellite network TBS. The games are produced by Turner Sports, the sports division of the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner, TBS's corporate parent. The program, which made its debut in 1973, ended national broadcasts in 2007. TBS phased out its national coverage of Braves baseball after it was awarded a contract to broadcast other regular season and playoff games from other Major League Baseball teams. Many Braves games are now only broadcast throughout the Southeastern United States on regional sports networks Fox Sports South and SportSouth; however, the team's games continued to air in the Atlanta market on independent station WPCH-TV - the former originating signal of the TBS national superstation feed - until the cable networks assumed WPCH's partial television rights to the Braves in 2013. In spite of this, some of the games broadcast by TBS since 2008 have included Braves home and away game telecasts. TBS originated as a broadcast television station in Atlanta, Georgia that operated on UHF channel 17, and maintained a general entertainment format as an independent station. The station first signed on the air on September 1, 1967, as WJRJ-TV; Ted Turner acquired the station from its founder, Atlanta entrepreneur Jack Rice, Jr., in January 1970 TBS' major broadcast in early years

which cable news channel was founded first and by whom?

CNN TEd Turner

who owns nbc? who owns abc? who owns fox? what is the deal with cbs and paramount?

Comcast owns nbc, Disney owns abc, Fox owns fox (20th century fox) cbs and paramount were both owned by viacom, but have been split into two companies by primary stock holder sumner redstone he owned enough to split them and thinks it would make enough money separately

CPM

Cost Per Thousand Cost per thousand (CPM) is a marketing term referring to the cost of a media vehicle reaching 1,000 members of an audience. The M in CPM is the Roman numeral for 1,000. How it works/Example: The formula for cost per thousand (CPM) is: CPM = (Cost of 1 Unit of a Media Program) / (Size of Media Program's Audience) x 1,000 A media program unit can be one print ad, one commercial, or one of any sort of advertising medium. The media audience may include households, readers, users, or members of a demographic category. That means a show with ratings of 11 percent reaches 10.3 million people. The more popular a show is, the more expensive advertising around it will be. A less-expensive example would be a show that is seen by 5 million people.

importance of having agents?

GET CONTRACTS, NEGOTIOATE FOR YOU, GET CONNECTIONS, ETC

syndication

In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast television and radio programs by multiple television and radio stations, without going through a broadcast network. It is common in countries where broadcast programming is scheduled by television networks with local independent affiliates, particularly in the United States. In the rest of the world, however, most countries have centralized networks or television stations without local affiliates and syndication is less common, although shows can also be syndicated internationally. Although it is common parlance to refer to the "selling" or "sale" of a show, this is a misnomer. The shows are actually licensed for a specific number of broadcasts on a station or network. The actual ownership of a show does not change hands and generally remains with the producing entity.

upfronts

In the North American television industry, an upfront is a meeting hosted at the start of important advertising sales periods by television network executives, attended by the press and major advertisers. 2 part meaning: -each network rents a big hall, and they put on a show/presentation--invite all potential advertisers, etc. ,k people they want to like thme -introduce new stars, old stars are there too to entertain -president of network is there, excited, -reveal of fall schedules -PART 1 -put on show (show clips). then open for business. hold sales. if you buy ad space now, we will give you 15 percent discount. networks, agencies buying millions of dollars. This time of selling adspace called INVENTORY. They buy in units of CPM (cost per thousand). _-Selling in May for show spremiering spet. have to estimate their viewers. for instance, they might sell based on 10 million viewers per week. If you underperform, you give the advertisers free viewing time on other shows called "make goods"

rupert murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch /ˈmɜrdɒk/,[8] AC, KCSG (born 11 March 1931) is an Australian American business magnate. Murdoch became managing director of Australia's News Limited, inherited from his father Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch in 1952.[6][9] He is the founder, Chairman and CEO of global media holding company News Corporation, the world's second-largest media conglomerate, and its successors News Corp and 21st Century Fox after the conglomerate split on 28 June 2013.[10][11][12][13] apparently he resigned or something after accusations of phone tapping things?

People Meter

Nielsen gives out boxes called "people meters" or Nielsen Boxes. Only about 1100 people have these boxes , change them every year or so, the families get paid. A people meter is an audience measurement tool used to measure the viewing habits of TV and cable audiences. The People Meter is a 'box', about the size of a paperback book. The box is hooked up to each television set and is accompanied by a remote control unit. Each family member in a sample household is assigned a personal 'viewing button'. It identifies each household member's age and sex. If the TV is turned on and the viewer doesn't identify themselves, the meter flashes to remind them. Additional buttons on the People Meter enable guests to participate in the sample by recording their age, sex and viewing status into the system.

Above the Line

One of two part Tv budgets are divided into. This includes the expenditures related to the talent and other high-up positions in the production, such as the producers, cast, directors, writers, and so forth. Above the line also includes profit participation for the creator of the show, the director of the pilot, and stars (if they are already famous).

O & O

Owned and operated. Means the channel is owned by the studio and operated by the studio. In the broadcasting industry, an owned-and-operated station (frequently abbreviated as O&O) usually refers to a television or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated. This distinguishes such a station from an affiliate, whose ownership lies elsewhere other than the network it is linked to.

TED TURNER

Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938[2]) is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the Cable News Network more popularly known as CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television. As a philanthropist, he is known for his $1 billion gift to support the United Nations, which created the United Nations Foundation, a public charity to broaden support for the UN. Turner serves as Chairman of the United Nations Foundation board of directors

What's up with Sony? Do they own anything?

Sony doesn't own a network. LIke Comcast, Viacom, etc. So they have to sell to companies that they don't own. They don't have leverage, no sympathetic or helpful soister networks. On the other hand, sony gets all this talented work (writers/actors) that don't want to attach selves to anyh one network. (Breaking bad/better call saul).

programming flow chart. how's it work?

Studios are the manufacturers who make stuff. (there are various other suppliers but mostly it is the studios: Universal, warners, fox, paramount, disney, sony) then you have the distributors--the people who broadcast. cable networks like USA, TNT, E!, Bravo, ABC Family, FX, etc. OR you have broadcast networks: CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, CW. often the studios own and operate the shows they distribute. MSOs? Major networks go straight to local Tv stations and broadcast right over the air. You can get these channels without cable. If you get them through cable, they go through local tv stations first then through local cable system operators. Cable on the other hand, goes through a local cable system operator or thru dish/direct TV. (Cable system operator=alternative to DISH). Cable and major networks are related, often owned by same parent company.

FCC

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government, created by Congressional statute (see 47 U.S.C. § 151 and 47 U.S.C. § 154) to regulate interstate communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the media, public safety and homeland security. The Commission is also in the process of modernizing itself.[4]

Fin Syn Rules

The Financial Interest and Syndication Rules, widely known as fin-syn rules, were a set of rules imposed by the Federal Communications Commission in the United States in 1970. The FCC sought to prevent the Big Three television networks from monopolizing the broadcast landscape by preventing them from owning any of the programming that they aired in primetime.[1] The rules also prohibited networks from airing syndicated programming they had a financial stake in. The rules changed the power relationships between networks and television producers, who often had to agree to exorbitant profit participation in order to have their shows aired. RELAXED IN 80s ABOLISHED in 93!

Branding

The process involved in creating a unique name and image for a product in the consumers' mind, mainly through advertising campaigns with a consistent theme. Branding aims to establish a significant and differentiated presence in the market that attracts and retains loyal customers. Interactive TV Branding may be associated with virtual channels and other channel environments offered in close association with standard programming. Discounts, contests and other competitions may attract users and may be utilized in conjunction with other enhancements. Interactive TV Branding might be used for brand/product recognition building, and perhaps even closing the sale. Interactive TV Branding might be used for generating consumer data or leads. It might also be used in conjunction with another medium such as the telephone.

Below the Line

The second category that film budgets are divided into. This includes all the other parts of the budget that are not above the line, such as the location fees, studio space rental fees, lunch/craft services, animals, lisencing. There is no profit participation, same salary regardless of whether the show is a hit or a flop. These people usually get paid like most jobs do (weekly/hour, with overtime). Includes crew members, secretaries, support staff, etc.

Synergy

The working together of 2 things to produce a result greater than the sum of their original effects

What major cable outlets do the major media conglomerates own?

Viacom owns SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE: all variations of Nick (Nick Jr, Nick at Nite, Teen Nick, Nickelodeon), BET, CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Logo, TV Land, VH1. MOvies: MTV Films, Nickelodeon Movies, PAramount Pictures CBS Corporation: EVERYTHING HAS CBS IN TITLE. CBS Sports, Entertainment, News, Television Network/Stations/Studios, CBS Home Entertainment, CBS Films, CBS Consumer Products, also THE CW, SHOWTIME, SIMON & SCHUSTER The Walt Disney Company: ESPN, Disney/ABC Television Group, ABC everything (News, Family) Disney Channel, Hyperion Books, Walt Disney Motion Pics, Marvel, Touchstone, Disneynature, Walt Disney Animation/Pixar Animation, Lucasfilm Comcast: Big thing they own is NBC. NBC-Universal's CABLE networks: USA, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC, Syfy, Telemundo (movies: Universal pictures, focus features, etc) Time warner: Owns WARNER BROS. As for cable: part of the CW, TNT, TBS, HBO, New line Cinema prod company. Fox: Fox News, Fox Sports, FX, National Geographic Channel (film: 20th Century Fox Films). Also has Newspapers (NY Post, Sunday Times of London, O & O TV and radio stations)

who are the major media conglomerates

Walt Disney Company, Viacom, Time Warner Cable, CBS Corporation, 21st Century Fox, Comcast, Sony Corporation?

Who is Jeff ZUCKER?

Was a producer of the Today show, rose in raks of CBS, became head of entertainment programming, became pres. of network, had no idea what he was doing, now he's president of CNN

Back End

When purchasing the rights or option to a piece of source material, whether book or another format, you are going to have to arrange a number of different payments. Often you set a purchase price, an annual option price, and sometimes even more for absolute rights. One thing that is often offered is the "back end." The back end is a way for the author of the source material, or anybody else participating who may be eligible, to get some "profit participation." This means that they are then paid some of the profit the film makes after it breaks even. This can be anywhere from a couple to more than ten percent of the total gross after the film covers production and promotional costs, which is called the net gross. This total is just checked after the majority of the box office money has come in and then all of the other costs are subtracted from it. Now we take the specified percentage points, sometimes called net points, and take that out of the remaining monetary sum. Back-end royalties refer to royalties or payments that are made after a film is released. In the area of film and television music, these royalties generally fall into 2 categories:

what is an option

a contract that gives somebody (producer or a studio...etc) the right to buy something (like your script or series oncept or your services) with an agreed upon period of time for an agreed upon amount. the time and the amount must be included in the option agreement in order to protect the seller

Affiliate

a network affiliate (or affiliated station) is a local broadcaster, owned by a company other than the owner of the network, which carries some or all of the programming lineup of a television or radio network. This distinguishes such a television or radio station from an owned-and-operated station (O&O), which is owned by the parent network. Notwithstanding this distinction, it is common in informal speech (even for networks or O&Os themselves) to refer to any station, O&O or otherwise, that carries a particular network's programming as an affiliate, or to refer to the status of carrying such programming in a given market as an "affiliation".

vertical integration

an arrangement in which the supply chain of a company is owned by that company (usually each member of the supply chain produces a different product or ((market specific)) service, and the products combine to satisfy a common need)

points

another word for profit participation

who are the "big six?" owners of american media

big six owners of american media: Viacom, Comcast, the Walt Disney Company, News Corporation? (fox?) Time Warner, CBS Corporation

cable networks v. broadcast networks

broadcast networks produce a lot more hours of original content. cable produces much less. most of the time they air rerurns of shows that were on the major networks

retransmission fees are fees paid

by local cable service operators (and satellite) to cable networks

TWO PRINCIPAL REVENUE STREAMS FOR CALBLE NETwORKS (like USA or TNT)

cable re transmission fees (what are they, think it out loud in your head) and commercials

why did a lot of rules (and like what rules?) change in the 1990s?

cause cable showed up!

over the top

cbs nbc fox abc

sweeps

certain months nielson goes and gets extra info: november, february, may, july. if commercials do reall y well in sweeps, they can jack up their prices for next season. but entworks know when sweeps are. they are better/special episodes during that time. not indicitive at all. networks pay nielsen to see ratings. sweeps are the reason shows go on hiatus between november and february--save good episodes for sweeps. Sweeps are time periods when television stations/networks typically schedule programming designed to attract a larger than usual audience. Why? Sweep period programming is designed to attract larger audiences who in turn are exposed to advertising commercial messages. Thus, when the ratings for the sweeps period are revealed, the TV station/network can charge its advertisers more money because more people watched. When do sweeps occur? Typically four times a year: the months of February, May, July and November.

TED TURNER

cnn tnt

brian roberts

comcast. remember that how? let's see. idk just remember it you idiot

Trends that have chagned tV completely

compettion from cable/internets, government deregulation, mergers and consolidation

counter-programming

counterprogramming is the practice of offering television programs to attract an audience from another television station airing a major event. It is also referred when programmers offer something different from the rival's program as an alternative, to increase the audience size. the scheduling of programs by television networks so as to attract audiences away from simultaneously telecast programs of competitors For example, if you are scheduling a program for a network or local station that's opposite "Monday Night Football" (an extremely popular TV series with men, in case you've just arrived from another planet), you will probably not chose another program that appeals to men. Unless you have something that will draw more men than the major football teams -- and that would be difficult -- you would probably be better off scheduling a program that appeals to women who aren't interested in football.

A.C. Nielsen Co.

does the ratings man

Pilot Presentation

f a network is not completely sold on a potential series' premise but still wants to see its on-screen execution, and since a single pilot can be expensive to produce, a pilot presentation may be ordered. Depending on the potential series' nature, a pilot presentation is a one-day shoot that, when edited together, gives a general idea of the look and feel of the proposed show. Presentations are usually between seven to ten minutes. However, these pilot-presentations will not be shown on the air unless more material is subsequently added to them to make them at least 22 or 45 minutes in length, the actual duration of a nominally "30 minute" or "60 minute" television program (taking into account television commercials that fill the remaining time). Occasionally, more than one pilot is commissioned for a particular proposed television series to evaluate what the show would be like with modifications.

T/F: The FCC currently prohibits the major broadcast networks from owning a portion of show sproduced by other networks or their sister companies?

false. used to be against the law. all of those restrictive laws were thrown out in 1980s/90s during a succession of pro business administrations w/ bush sr and reagan

license fee

fee you have to pay to get rights to something ???? NOT DONE GET THIS DEF ???is it this? A television licence (or broadcast receiving licence) is an official record of payment required in many countries for the reception of television broadcasts, or the possession of a television set where some broadcasts are funded in full or in part by the licence fee paid.

counterpgoramming would be/

friends vs. dark thing

Les (Leslie) Moonves

is President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation. Moonves served as co-president and co-chief operating officer of Viacom, Inc., the predecessor to CBS Corporation, from 2004 until the company split on December 31, 2005. Prior to that he had been in a series of executive positions for CBS since July 1995. Moonves has also been a Director at ZeniMax Media since 1999.

network yearly development schedule. you have got to know this hahahahaha.

june-october (take pitches and buy scripts) november/december (evaluate scripts that come in) jan/feb (order pilots) feb/april (shoot/edit pilots) late april/early may (test pilots and determine fall schedule) May (announce fall schedule, sell upfront advertising) late may/early june (vacation/rehab haha. for the developers that is.)

what do major networks go through to broadcast/

just local Tv stations, then they broadcast over the air. You can get these channels without cable. If you do get them through cable, they go through local tv stations first then through local cable system operators

if you are negotiating a contract for yourself with a produciton comapny, studioo, or network, fi you don't ask for something you want during negotiations and before the contract is signed, you can

kiss it goodbye

CEO OF CBS

les moonves

Packaging Fee

major talent agents can put together packages of talent--> writer/show creator, director , and an actor, for instance. you can package those 3 as a deal, pitch the showrunner's idea to a studio w/ the attached director,/actor, and you must pay a package fee to get this group. Package fee goes to the AGENCY, not to the people in the package. Big agences--william morris? 3 people in the package don't have to pay comission?

wahich is likely to be least amount of money: gross profit, net profit, adjusted gross?

net

rupert murdoch

news something? australian? i dont know

whats up with the cw

owned by cbs and warner brothers--how? UPN and WB were two separate networks vying for same age group and both were losing money/not getting enough viewers. so they merged.

share

percentage of households actually watching TV at a given time that are tuned in to a particular broadcast

rating

percentage of total television households in the us that are tuned in to a particular broadcast

jeff zucker

pres of CNN

why is central/mountain prime time dfferent, what is it?

rather than 8-11, it is 7-10. b/c they rely on NY feed. on west coast it is a different feed but on central they rely on ny

senior VP of alternative series programming at a network is in charge of?

reality shows, game shows, awards shows

revenue stream

revenue stream is a form of revenue. Revenue streams refer specifically to the individual methods by which money comes into a company.[citation needed] Revenue streams may be characterized. For example, a revenue stream has volatility, predictability, risk, and return.

lead out

show scheduled to follow another show??

prime time access rules

was instituted in the USA by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1970 to restrict the amount of network programming that a local owned-and-operated or affiliated station of a television network may air during "prime time". This law was repealed in 1996. just the rule that no networks can broadcast between 7-8?

things u can negotiate in a contract idk

what u get 4 royalties, hours?, seasons/episodes mebbe?, WHAT CREDIT you will have on a tv show? how much omoney duh

what is incestuous amplificatgion or the echo effect

when people reinforce a set belief they have (by listening to other ppl echoing it/not getting other opinons) causes miscaulculation or error in judgement? not necessarily intentional? PROBELM WITH NEWS AND STUFF YOU MIGHT NOT GET WHOLE STORY IF EVERYONE IS ECHOING ONE THING

residuals

you get money each time a show is run (after the first time). the idea behind it: the show is running, taking up time and air space that would otherwise be filled with new shows that the studio would pay for anyways.