The Business of Television

Expanded and Updated Second Edition
2. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-03-201298-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 680 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

In this updated 2nd edition, esteemed television executive and Harvard lecturer Ken Basin offers a comprehensive overview of the business, financial, and legal structure of the U.S. television industry, as well as its deal-making norms.

The Business of Television presents a readable, in-depth introduction to the basic structure and recent history of the television and streaming business, rights and talent negotiations, intellectual property, backend deals, licensing, international production, and much more. This expanded and updated second edition reflects the historic impacts of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic and 2023 WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes, features brand new chapters about streaming and negotiation, and a greater breadth and depth of technical material about a wide variety of common television deals.

Written for working or aspiring creative professionals who want to better understand the entertainment industry — as well as for executives, agents, managers, and lawyers looking for a reference guide. The book also includes breakdowns after each chapter summarizing deal points and points of negotiation, a significantly expanded glossary, an extensive list of referenced articles and cases, and a wealth of real-world examples to help readers put the material into context.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Basin, Ken

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmproduktion, Filmtechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Installations-, Aktions-, Computer- und Videokunst
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Medienrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction, 2. Chapter 1: A Beginner’s Guide to the Television Industry, 3. Chapter 2: Streaming: The End, Present, and Future of Television, 4. Chapter 3: How Television is Developed, Produced, and Distributed (and How Streaming Broke Television Distribution), 5. Chapter 4: The Intellectual Property Context of Television (Or, When Do You Need to Acquire Underlying Rights?), 6. Chapter 5: Underlying Rights Deals, 7. Chapter 6: Writing and Non-Writing Producing Deals, 8. Chapter 7: Directing and Production Management Deals, 9. Chapter 8: Acting and Casting Deals, 10. Chapter 9: Backend, 11. Chapter 10: Overall and First Look Deals, 12. Chapter 11: Network and Streaming Licenses and Studio Co-production Deals, 13. Chapter 12: Unscripted Television, 14. Chapter 13: On Negotiation, 15. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Ken is a long-time executive leader in the television industry, innovating new models in content licensing and production management across head and senior business affairs roles at Paramount Television Studios, Sony Pictures Television, and Amazon Studios. Recognized by Variety as one of “Hollywood’s New Leaders” and by The Hollywood Reporter in its annual “Next Gen Executives” (“35 Under 35”) feature, Ken most recently served as Global Head of Business Operations (Film/TV) at Riot Games.