However, watching TV at home or even watching TV online is mostly free, compared with watching movies with tens or even hundreds of dollars.
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Seeing this, it is estimated that many people don't understand that the production cost of a TV series is very high. The star's salary alone may reach tens of millions. Coupled with other people's wages and production costs, the cost of a TV series is relatively high.
Since the production cost of TV plays is so high, why are TV plays free of charge? How do they make money?
In fact, after the production of a TV series is completed, there are still many channels for him to make money. There are usually the following ways to make money.
First, sell the broadcasting rights.
A good TV series can't worry about making money. On the contrary, once the TV series is produced, major TV stations and online platforms will compete to buy the right to broadcast TV series, especially the right to premiere it.
Under normal circumstances, after the production of a TV series is completed, it will be sold not only to a TV station or an institution, but also to many institutions.
For example, the 20 18 drama "The Story of Yan Xi Palace" is said that the copyright has been sold to more than 90 countries, and the copyright income is estimated to be more than 300 million yuan, so the average copyright fee for 70 episodes is as high as 4.28 million yuan, which is very high.
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But in reality, there are not many phenomenal TV dramas like this, and only a few TV dramas are produced a year. The copyright fees of most TV dramas are not very high, and many may be in the hundreds of thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars.
After purchasing TV broadcasting rights, major TV stations or online platforms mainly earn income through advertising fees or membership fees. If a TV series is very popular and plays a lot, then these TV stations or online platforms can make more money.
Second, sponsorship fee
Many TV dramas will look for investors before shooting. Some of these investors may be for copyright income, while others are purely for advertising sponsorship.
So we can see that in some TV series, some sponsors will be listed at the end. These sponsors may be for advertising, and some are to support the hero and heroine to get jobs.
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Third, premium income.
At present, many TV dramas in which actors participate are basically invested by companies they have signed. Once the TV series they participate in is on fire and their popularity is improved, in addition to the income of TV itself, their own worth will also rise.
Then their business activities will naturally increase, such as participating in various business activities and receiving various commercial advertisements. And part of the income earned by actors participating in these activities will be given to the company they signed.