The Business of Television
{{Short description|Book by Ken Basin}}
{{Infobox book
| author = Ken Basin
| isbn = 0815368666
| pub_date = July 16, 2018
| name = The Business of Television
| genre = Business, Arts, Humanities, Law
| pages = 320
| publisher = Routledge
| image = The Business of Television book cover.jpg
}}
The Business of Television is a 2018 book by television executive, Harvard lecturer, and lawyer Ken Basin detailing the business, financial, and legal structure of the American television business and how the economics of the industry is changing.{{Cite web |last=Wallenstein |first=Andrew |date=2018-07-31 |title=Listen: 'The Business of Television' Author Reveals How Peak TV Shook Up Studio Dealmaking |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/listen-the-business-of-television-author-reveals-how-peak-tv-shook-up-studio-dealmaking-1202889978/ |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |author=Variety Staff |date=2024-09-11 |title='Business of Television' Author Updates Book to Reflect a Very Different Hollywood Era |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/business-of-television-updated-book-ken-basin-1236132647/ |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} A second edition was published September 19, 2024 and expands on the first edition's 320 pages to 644 pages with information on the evolving streaming television business.{{Cite web |last=Low |first=Elaine |title=A Business Affairs Exec: How to Bring TV Back from the Brink |url=https://theankler.com/p/a-business-affairs-exec-how-to-bring |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=theankler.com |language=en}}
Overview
The chapters of the 1st edition book are:
- A Beginner's Guide to the Television Industry
- The Life Cycle of a Television Series
- The Intellectual Property Context of Television (Or, When Do You Need to Acquire Underlying Rights?)
- Underlying Rights Agreements
- Talent Agreements
- Backend
- Exclusive Studio-Talent Relationships
- Network and Streaming Licenses and Studio Co-Production Agreements
- Sample Economic Model
- Unscripted Television
The 2nd edition of the book expands on the 1st edition with information about the evolving streaming business, reflects the impacts of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. The chapters of the 2nd edition book are:
- A Beginner's Guide to the Television Industry
- Streaming: The End, Present, and Future of Television
- How Television Is Developed, Produced, and Distributed (and How Streaming Broke Television Distribution)
- The Intellectual Property Context of Television (Or, When Do You Need to Acquire Underlying Rights?)
- Underlying Rights Deals
- Writing and Non-Writing Producing Deals
- Directing and Production Management Deals
- Acting and Casting Deals
- Backend
- Overall and First Look Deals
- Network and Streaming License and Studio Co-Production Deals
- Unscripted Television
- On Negotiation
Publication history
- {{Cite book |last=Basin |first=Ken |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351254175 |title=The Business of Television |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-25418-2 |location=New York |language=en |doi=10.4324/9781351254182}}
- {{Cite book |last=Basin |first=Ken |title=The Business of Television: Updated and Expanded Second Edition |date=2024 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-040-10527-6 |edition=2nd |location=New York}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003178095/business-television-ken-basin The Business of Television, Updated and Expanded Second Edition]
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Category:2018 non-fiction books
Category:Books about television
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