A good work won't worry about not making money. On the contrary, after the production of TV series is completed, major TV platforms and online platforms will scramble to buy, especially the first broadcast rights of TV series, so that they can earn a lot of money. Under normal circumstances, after the production of a TV series is completed, it will not only be sold to a TV station or an APP, but also sold to multiple institutions at the same time.
As early as 20 18, The Story of Yan Xi Palace, an annual drama, sold its copyright to more than 90 countries, and the copyright income alone exceeded 300 million yuan. In this way, the average copyright fee for each episode has reached 4.28 million. Isn't it terrible? Of course, in real life, there are not many TV dramas of this type, and the copyright fees of most TV dramas range from hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands.
After TV stations and apps purchase copyrights, they mainly rely on members and advertisements to make profits. If a TV series is particularly popular and plays a lot, then platforms and TV stations can also make more money. Even so, the three video apps, iQiyi, Tencent Video and Youku, are losing money almost every year. The loss value in 20 18 years reaches1500 million.
2. Sponsorship fee
Before the TV series is officially filmed, investors are usually found. Among the investors, some are for the income of copyright, some are just for advertising, and nothing else is needed. Some film and television works will list sponsors at the end, perhaps for advertising, while others are to support the position of the hero and heroine.
3. Insurance premium income
At present, most TV dramas shot by actors are almost all invested by contracted companies. As long as TV plays flourish and the popularity of actors increases, besides the income of TV itself, the value of actors will be higher and higher. When their popularity increases, they can participate in business activities or receive various advertisements. Part of the income from these actors' activities should be given to the contracting company.
4. Copyright income
The popularity of a TV series will inevitably bring it high commercial value. At this time, many people want to rub the popularity of TV series. For example, clothing brands will design a character costume because of the popularity of TV dramas. Toy companies will design dolls for TV dramas when they see the popularity of TV dramas. After the game company sees it, it will design a game according to the plot. Of course, all these require the copyright of TV series.
A movie has a lot of copyright from beginning to end. If you want to use these contents, you must pay the producer. It can be seen that there are many ways for a TV series to make money.
Now there are more and more companies making TV dramas, and the quality of TV dramas is gradually declining. However, the market capacity is so large that consumers can choose freely, so TV series will definitely lose money, not a few, but most.