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Most films today made for U.S. release generate more revenue abroad. Generally, if a film does well domestically, it becomes popular in most foreign markets, particularly in Europe and Australia.
Between 2000 and 2010, global box office revenues are estimated to grow to $28 billion.
A typical American film release earns 60% of its money in International markets, which is why a film that only does marginally at the U.S. box office will still be profitable for the studio or production company that owns it.
One of the many fiscal ironies of the film industry is that even if a given film has a mediocre domestic box office performance, the producing body that obtained the film’s financing, retained management control and copyright, can predictably recoup their expenses and expect a reasonable profit from distribution abroad, cable television, video sales and ownership of product placement licenses.
Television exhibition includes over-the-air reception for viewers either through a fee system (cable) or the advertising-supported “free television” (national and independent broadcast stations).
Advertiser supported Broadcast television networks include ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox. The networks (a subdivision of broadcast television or free TV) are groups of TV stations throughout the U.S. interconnected by satellite that are primarily programmed from a single corporate headquarters, even though individual network affiliates may provide local news and public relations programming. The Network provides prime time programming, national news programming, and sports.
Advertiser supported cable-delivered networks are A&E, CNN, Discovery, Lifetime, PBS, TNT, and USA.
Subscriber Cable Television (sometimes called "pay TV") refers to all networks and cable-delivered stations that cost the consumer an extra fee. The Subscriber Cable television networks are HBO, Showtime, Disney Channel and Cinemax.
Pay-per-view is a subcategory of pay TV.
The proliferation of new cable networks in the last fifteen years has created what’s called in the industry as the “fragmentation of the dial,” increasing competition — and opportunity — on all fronts.
Cable television has grown steadily over the past twenty years, accelerating during the past ten years with the addition of many pay TV subscriber services.
In 1984, 43% of all the television households in the United States had basic cable, totaling approximately 36.5 million households. Currently there are 34.1 million pay cable households, 12.9 million satellite households and 69.1 million computer households — all of that growing exponentially.
The main staple for many pay television services is motion pictures originally released in theaters. Home Box Office has a 400-films-a-year appetite, and Cinemax, its sister service, has a diet of 200 films per year. These services combined represent 60% of the market; Showtime/The Movie Channel has a 28% market share and other smaller pay television services make up the remainder.
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