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How Indie Studios Use the Streamers' Own Money to Outbid Them
The licensing model that built the streaming era ends up costing platforms more to rent IP than they were willing to pay to own it. What, if anything…
Apr 21 • Ken Basin
The Business Model of TV's Future Is Being Built With the Dealmaking Tools of Film's Past
The "indie TV" business may be new, but the dealmaking tools needed to make it work are not.
Apr 2 • Ken Basin
A Dealmaking Default Fit for a Playground
As complex as it may seem at first glance, the indie film world's "50/50 Pools Waterfall" gets its power and flexibility by capturing a childlike sense…
Mar 30 • Ken Basin
The 50/50 Pools Waterfall
Drafting the 50/50 pools waterfall into a contract doesn't require a 30-page exhibit. Here are some definitions you can consider and adapt for your own…
Mar 26 • Ken Basin
One Waterfall to Rule Them All
Discover a classic revenue sharing structure from the independent film world that might prove essential to the future of television dealmaking.
Mar 23 • Ken Basin
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