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Films and Pay-Television

 
Introduction
Overview
Free Samples
Table of Contents
Who Should Buy?
The Author
Reviews
Executive Summary
Introduction
The Economics
The Studios
Other Distributor/ Producers
The Major Markets
The Channels
Channels by Country/Region
Pay-Per-View
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Overview
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
 

A summary of the findings of the report.

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Overview 1
INTRODUCTION
 

Provides a general background and explanation of the film and television business. The section analyses the top grossing movies, the income stream ratio for movies by territory and distribution method. It shows wide discrepancies that the movie industry receives from TV income from less than 20% to more than 60% of turnover depending on territory. The section also provides key statistics on film finance such as production and marketing costs.

 
Overview 2
THE ECONOMICS OF FILM & TELEVISION
 

TThis section analyses the economics of the film and television industries with an examination of each part of the value chain, namely production, distribution and delivery.

 
Overview 3
THE STUDIOS
 

An analysis of the major studios and how they do business with the television industry. This includes deal structures, license conditions and prices. The Section also examines the studios' strategies in their approach to the growing potential in Pay-Per-View, piracy issues and the internet

 
Overview 4
OTHER DISTRIBUTORS/PRODUCERS
 

This Section examines the role of distributors and producers other than the big studios. It looks at the potential of the Internet as a distribution outlet. A Canal+ case study demonstrates the distribution issues in a major broadcaster/rights owner.

 
Overview 5
THE MAJOR MARKETS FOR PAY-TV MOVIES
 

An examination of the global marketplace for movies on Pay-TV. The market in every major country is broken down according movie industry income from theatrical, video and television turnover. The television industry in each major region is also analysed to demonstrate potential for Pay-TV.  

 
Overview 6
THE CHANNELS
 

This Section examines the economics and operation of movie channels. It analyses the costs, content strategies and channel revenues. A major part of the section focusses on the deals between channels and studios including licence conditions, deal determinants, with particular emphasis on PPV deals and analysis of the prices paid for movie content.

Case Studies in this Section include Starze Encore, BSkyB, Star TV, TCM and FlimFour.

 
Overview 7
MOVIES CHANNELS BY COUNTRY/REGION
 

The Section lists the world's movie channels and analyses each channel in terms of content specialisation and includes details such as daily programming duration, platform and number of movies broadcast per year.

 
Overview 8
PAY-PER-VIEW
 

Pay-Per-View is the fastest growing revenue stream in the movie and television industries and this Section provides an in-depth analysis of operational issues and potential in PPV. Subjects covered include; license conditions, content/scheduling, financial analysis, niche movies, the Internet and the future of PPV. Case Studies include Yes Television and Filmgroup.