The Business of Television

Ken Basin currently works as Executive Vice President, Business Affairs at Paramount Television, where he is responsible for dealmaking with talent, producers, and licensees in support of Paramount's broad slate of premium original television programming. Prior to joining Paramount, Ken served as Vice President, U.S. Business Affairs for Sony Pictures Television, and before that, Co-Head of Business Affairs for Amazon Studios. Ken is also a published scholar, as well as a long-time speaker and commentator, on entertainment and intellectual property legal matters. Since 2014, he has been a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, where he teaches Entertainment and Media Law, and has previously served as an Adjunct Professor at UCLA School of Law (teaching Television Law) and Southwestern Law School (teaching Motion Picture Production Law).

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How to Use this Book

Preamble

Introduction

CHAPTER 1: A Beginner’s Guide to the Television Industry

CHAPTER 2: The Life Cycle of a Television Series

CHAPTER 3: The Intellectual Property Context of Television (Or, When Do You Need to Acquire Underlying Rights?)

CHAPTER 4: Underlying Rights Agreements

CHAPTER 5: Talent Agreements

CHAPTER 6: Backend

CHAPTER 7: Exclusive Studio-Talent Relationships

CHAPTER 8: Network and Streaming Licenses and Studio Co-Production Agreements

CHAPTER 9: Sample Economic Model

CHAPTER 10: Unscripted Television

Conclusion

Glossary

Bibliography/Case Listing

Acknowledgements

Index