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How much does NBC sell a season of America's Got Talent(and bad grammar) to CTV for?
Its not disclosed but looks like this.
NBC does not charge the America's Got Talent show to air outside the US. Instead, the international broadcast of the show is managed through a system of licensing agreements.
Here is how the system works:
Fremantle Media Enterprises (the production company, alongside Simon Cowell's Syco TV) sells the broadcast rights for the finished U.S. program to individual broadcasters in different countries.
These broadcasters, such as CTV in Canada, ITV2 in the U.K., or the Seven Network in Australia, pay a fee to Fremantle to air the show in their respective regions.
NBC receives revenue from these international sales through its production agreements. More than 40 percent of a hot television show's revenue can come from foreign broadcast licenses.
The specific amount each international broadcaster pays is determined through private negotiations and is not publicly disclosed. The fees vary widely based on the country's market size, the broadcaster's reach, and the specific terms of the deal.
In short, the show is licensed as a finished product to other countries, generating significant international revenue for its producers and NBCUniversal.
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Here's an idea. . . a "talent" show featuring contestants who suck, and are oblivious to their lack of talent. "America's Got No Talent." Might be good for a mean-spirited laugh.
Yes, and CTV regains that expense and more by selling advertising time on the show when they air it on CTV. They don't get that money from Joe Taxpayer.
They still have to lay out the capital before a gross return through ad sales and yes just like CBC that capital risk falls on the stakeholders (same as a taxpayer in this case) in Bell Media who can attend a shareholders meeting to voice their view on AGT as a viable investment. It impacts stakeholders dividends if AGT floats or sinks.
Call your MP to voice your concerns as a stakeholder in CBC or for a breakdown of expected ROI CBC anticipates.
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Vaguely heard about it & frankly don't care. I doubt if it's THAT popular in Canada but maybe it's an eastern thing? Will cost taxpayers more money than it's worth but hey, according to the Libs it's money well spent ??????$150 million dollars popular? Ottawa is “exploring” a Canadian entry in the famously popular Eurovision song contest, suggesting cultural participation would help deepen our commercial relationship with the Europeans. The item in question was all the way down on page 182 in the federal budget. Under the heading “Protecting Our National Broadcaster,” is the following recommendation:
“Budget 2025 proposes to provide $150 million in 2025-26 for CBC/Radio-Canada to strengthen its mandate to serve the public and to better reflect the needs of Canadians. The government will explore modernising CBC/Radio-Canada’s mandate to strengthen independence, and is working with CBC/Radio Canada to explore participation in Eurovision.”
The press secretary to the Office of the Minister of Finance and National Revenue told National Post in an email: “We are actively exploring Canada’s inclusion at this time.”
National Post has reached out to CBC for more information but did not receive a reply by press time. A spokesperson for the Department of Finance Canada told National Post after the budget announcement: “Further details will be announced in due course.”
“Several government sources have confirmed to the CBC that this is coming from the Prime Minister,” Fricker said. “And he indicated through a tweet in May that he knows the contest.” Mark Carney’s years spent living in Britain would have given him greater exposure to the annual contest.
(YouTube & Eurovision Song Contest (2020) - Double Trouble)
“I think that there’s a broader context for this in the current kind of destabilization of the global order, and the U.S.’s aggressive behaviours and dismissive attitudes towards European entities like NATO,” she said. “Canada has an opportunity here to really flex this idea of being European, whatever that means. And not the U.S.”
Canada's federal budget included a line about Eurovision. Here's what we know — National Post
Whether it came from the Prime Minister himself or the 'people who participate,' Canada is poised to join. After all, Australia did itapple.news
In an interview with Global News on budget day, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said the Eurovision proposal was at the behest of “the people who participate,” suggesting that the European organizers may have reached out. He added that Eurovision is “a platform for Canada to shine. This is about protecting, also, our identity.” (?)
