Re: Why are rights to movies/TV series split up to different distributors?

leo86 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>When the rights are sold, doesn't it make
>more sense to buy all the rights at once rather than just the TV
>series or movie?

It's hard to ask for the license of a movie that doesn't exist, or 
it isn't worth the risk of paying the additional licensing fee for 
a movie that may not ever be conceived.  I suspect most license fees
are an accumulation of fees for each type of item (e.g. add video
distribution + music distribution + theatric distribution + broadcast
distribution + media type + ...).  During the transition from VHS to 
DVD, some companies had to renegotiate DVD distribution rights for
some of their titles.  We're talking about a niche market here, so 
margins have to be watched.  After that, often the decision to even 
make a movie comes after, or at least too late for, the licensing of 
the TV series.  So the movies go up for bids as separate items, and
nearly anything goes at that point.

ru

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