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Broadcast Price Guide

As of January 2008
Please note that these are very general guidelines to television licensing (this is not a guide to DVD licensing).
Pricing will vary greatly according to the following factors:
Size of the network's viewership
Length of license term
Number of transmissions licensed
Daypart licensed
Platform (eg. terrestrial, satellite, cable, digital terrestrial, digital cable, PayTV, etc.)
Number of territories licensed
Type of deal (eg. acquisition, pre-sale, co-production, etc.)
The number of programs included in the package being licensed

Broadcast Price Guide
Territory
Docs Kids Drama Series TV Movies Feature Films
 
US$ per hr
US$ per half-hr
US$ per hr
US$ per title
US$ per title
EUROPE (WEST)
United Kingdom
5,000-50,000
5,000-25,000
20,000-500,000
35,000-175,000
40,000-4,000,000
Germany
3,000-25,000
5,000-15,000
10,000-400,000
30,000-200,000
40,000-3,500,000
France
5,000-25,000
2,000-12,000
7,500-300,000
25,000-150,000
30,000-3,000,000
Italy
5,000-25,000
2,500-10,000
5,000-150,000
30,000-150,000
20,000-3,000,000
Spain
2,000-15,000
2,000-15,000
10,000-100,000
10,000-100,000
50,000-1,200,000
Netherlands
3,000-5,000
2,000-5,000
5,000-75,000
10,000-100,000
10,000-175,000
Belgium
3,000-10,000
1,000-10,000
2,000-35,000
4,000-50,000
5,000-125,000
Switzerland
1,200-7,500
1,200-6,000
2,000-15,000
4,000-30,000
5,000-50,000
Austria
2,000-10,000
1,000-5,000
3,000-30,000
4,000-35,000
5,000-65,000
Portugal
800-2,500
800-2,000
3,000-7,500
3,000-20,000
6,000-40,000
Norway
2,000-5,000
1,000-2,000
3,000-15,000
4,000-20,000
10,000-70,000
Ireland
1,000-3,000
1,000-2,000
2,500-25,000
3,000-30,000
5,000-50,000
Sweden
2,000-7,000
1,500-3,000
5,000-40,000
5,000-50,000
10,000-200,000
Denmark
1,000-5,000
1,000-2,000
2,000-10,000
4,000-15,000
7,000-60,000
Finland
1,200-5,000
1,000-1,500
2,000-7,000
3,000-10,000
6,000-50,000
Iceland
500-1,500
500-1,500
1,000-4,000
1,500-5,000
2,000-7,500
EUROPE (EAST)
Albania
200-750
200-750
400-1,500
400-2,000
500-2,500
Poland
2,000-12,000
2,000-10,000
4,000-40,000
5,000-50,000
5,000-75,000
Hungary
800-3,000
800-3,000
2,000-20,000
3,000-30,000
5,000-40,000
Czech Republic
800-3,000
800-3,000
3,000-25,000
4,000-30,000
5,000-50,000
Slovak Republic
800-2,000
800-2,000
2,000-15,000
3,000-20,000
4,000-40,000
Bulgaria
400-1,000
400-1,000
500-2,000
1,000-2,500
1,000-3,000
Romania
500-1,500
500-1,000
1000-4,000
1,000-5,000
2,000-15,000
Slovenia
600-1,500
500-1,000
1,000-2,000
1,000-3,000
1,000-5,000
Croatia
600-1,000
300-1,000
1,000-4,000
2,000-5,000
4,000-9,000
Russia & CIS
800-15,000
800-5,000
4,000-50,000
5,000-60,000
30,000-350,000
Greece
1000-2,500
1,000-2,000
2,000-15,000
2,000-25,000
4,000-65,000
MIDDLE EAST
Turkey
1,000-2,500
1,000-2,000
2,000-6,000
4,000-25,000
5,000-50,000
Israel
600-1,200
500-1,000
1,000-4,000
2,000-15,000
3,500-25,000
Arabic Territories
500-1,000
500-1,000
1,000-3,000
2,000-3,500
2,000-5,000
Iran
100-500
200-1,000
500-2,000
1,000-2,000
1,000-3,000
AFRICA
South Africa
500-1,000
500-1,000
2,000-4,000
2,000-4,000
3,000-6,000
Africa (all countries)
100-2,000
100-2,000
150-5,000
200-10,000
500-15,000
ASIA
Japan
2,000-15,000
2,000-15,000
20,000-60,000
30,000-100,000
15,000-2,000,000
Korea
800-2,000
1,000-2,000
3,000-20,000
5,000-50,000
10,000-100,000
China
800-1,500
500-1,000
1,000-20,000
2,000-30,000
2,000-40,000
Hong Kong
Taiwan
1,000-3,000
500-2,000
1,500-30,000
2,000-40,000
3,000-50,000
Indonesia
Thailand
500-1,500
500-1,000
1,500-20,000
2,000-30,000
3,000-40,000
Philippines
700-1,500
500-1,000
1,500-4,000
2,000-10,000
4,000-35,000
Malaysia/Brunei
500-1,500
500-1,000
1,000-3,000
1,500-8,000
3,000-25,000
Singapore
500-1,500
500-1,000
1,500-20,000
2,000-30,000
3,000-40,000
India
400-1,000
200-1,000
1,500-20,000
2,000-30,000
3,000-40,000
Pakistan
200-1,000
200-1,000
1,000-2,000
1,000-3,000
1,000-4,000
OCEANIA
Australia
2,000-15,000
1,500-7,500
15,000-50,000
15,000-60,000
15,000-750,000
New Zealand
1,000-3,000
1,000-2,000
2,000-20,000
3,000-30,000
4,000-40,000
NORTH AMERICA
Canada/English
2,000-30,000
3,000-10,000
35,000-140,000
40,000-200,000
50,000-400,000
Quebec
2,000-10,000
2,000-7,000
10,000-30,000
15,000-40,000
10,000-100,000
United States
5,000-75,000
5,000-50,000
30,000-1,000,000
40,000-2,000,000
50,000-5,000,000
LATIN AMERICA
Mexico
1,000-10,000
1,000-3,000
4,000-20,000
5,000-30,000
10,000-120,000
Brazil
1,000-10,000
1,000-5,000
4,000-30,000
5,000-130,000
4,000-40,000