Chapter 143： TV channel

Chapter 143 TV Channels

This year's Oscars are relatively bland, lacking blockbusters like "Forrest Gump", "Schindler's List", "Titanic", "Saving Private Ryan", except for Sam Mende "American Beauty" directed by St. John's, and the other films in the competition are all sub-heavyweights.

Therefore, this year's Oscars are destined to be "American Beauty".

"American Beauty" is a film produced by DreamWorks and distributed worldwide, so when receiving the Best Picture Award, it was two producers from DreamWorks Studios who took the stage to receive the award.

The real core of the film, the soul, screenwriter, and producer Alan Ball missed the stage.

Alan Ball is the epitome of writer-to-screenwriter-turned-producer. This type of producer is usually literary and artistic, pursuing complex people, and the film market is becoming more and more entertaining.

Therefore, Alan Ball, who was neglected in the film circle, moved to the TV circle, joined hbo, and launched two series of "Under Six Feet" and "True Blood" one after another, and participated in the behind-the-scenes planning of many episodes. It is the soul of hbo who is yellow and violent.

However, the later "Black Eat Black" was so large in scale and sharp in subject matter that even HBO couldn't accept it, so it was thrown directly to the sister channel cinemax, which is a channel that can directly push adult films.

However, in 2000, when the scale of American dramas was still slightly restrained, Alan Ball was definitely a god!

The director of "The Girl Who Moved the Soul" is Sam Mendes, and Dunn and Alan Ball are co-producers, so there are some friendships.

Since Tang En intends to participate in the production of "Band of Brothers", the TV production department is naturally indispensable for Tang En Films.

Alan Bauer is Dunn's first choice.

At the subsequent Oscar reception, Dunn came to the "American Beauty" crew, laughed and greeted everyone, and said to Sam Mendes, "Is it possible to win another grand prize in May?"

Sam Mendes laughed: "I can't say that!"

Tang Enruo said meaningfully: "I have made inquiries. The chairman of the jury of this Cannes Film Festival is an old friend from Hollywood, Luc Besson."

"Luc Besson?" Alan Bauer glanced deeply at Natalie beside Dunn.

This kind of topic, everyone has pointed to it. After all, it is a public occasion. Dunn changed the subject, "Alan, what are your plans next?"

Alan Ball sighed, "To be honest, I've written nearly a hundred scripts, and only American Beauty has been made into a movie."

"did you mean?"

"I'm going to try writing a TV show."

Tang En's heart skipped a beat, and it really came!

Sam Mendes felt very sorry, "Alan, you can't do this, movies are your future!"

Alan Bauer shook his head, "Producers are different from directors. A director of a literary film can be called an artist, but what is a producer of a literary film? Even to accept the award, it is an investor who takes the stage."

Sam Mendes opened his mouth, indeed, had nothing to say.

He was paid $1.2 million as a director for "The Girl Who Moved Souls," compared to Alan Ball's $200,000 as a producer, a huge gap.

Dunn blinked and stared at him, "Alan, would you still choose to cooperate with Dunn Pictures?"

"Dawn Pictures? I'm sorry, Dunn, I'm afraid you didn't understand what I meant. Next, I'm going to make a TV series." Alan Ball was a little desolate, like a loser.

Tang Enzheng said: "So what? To be honest, Allen, Tang En Pictures intends to set up its own TV production department. The position of director may not be available, and the position of deputy director is absolutely no problem."

Alan Bauer was stunned for a moment, staring at Dunn, a little dazed.

Bill McNick has been clear about Dunn's ambitions.

In a short period of time, Tang En Pictures successively established its subsidiary Furious Pictures, and at the same time established its own TV production department, which marked that Tang En Pictures was no longer satisfied with a small film company, but developed towards a multi-channel comprehensive media company.

Dunn Pictures must also have its own TV channel.

It is too unrealistic to build its own TV network. With the strength of News Corporation, it has taken nearly 20 years to build the Fox TV network.

With Tang En's Xingge, I can't wait.

Acquisition has become the only choice for Dunn Pictures!

The public wireless TV station, Dunn can't afford it, the target can only be placed on the cable TV station.

There are two types of cable television stations in the United States: basic cable television stations and professional cable television stations.

Basic cable TV station, the main profit model is "family subscription fee, interstitial advertising fee, drama DVD sales", mainly including tnt, fx, amc, Disney channel, mtv and so on.

Professional cable TV stations do not broadcast any advertisements, and their main income depends on home subscription fees and sales of DVDs and videotapes, mainly including hbo, cinemax and so on.

The two different revenue models determine that the two TV stations target different viewing groups. Basic cable TV stations have low subscription fees and higher ratings, which means that the broadcast episodes must be moderate in scale, and there should be no excessive scenes that are not suitable for children.

At the same time, high ratings means high revenue and high market value!

Professional cable TV stations need special set-top boxes to access, and the content is encrypted and strictly controlled, so the scale is very large, and there are even some super large-scale channels, such as Playboy's spice and vivo.

In this way, it is destined that professional cable TV stations will not have too high ratings, low revenue, and low market value. It is suitable for Tang En Films to start.

Of course, a well-known TV station like HBO, which is famous all over the world for its mirror dramas, has a high profit margin even if its revenue is not high, and its market value is no worse than that of basic cable TV stations.

The entire Dunn Films executives are familiar with the television field only Bill McNick, who led the 20th Century Fox, including the Fox Television Network.

Especially under the leadership of Bill McNick, the Fox network has achieved rapid development.

Bill McNick's suggestion was to hold off on the acquisition and instead reach a strategic partnership with professional cable TV stations.

Tang En Pictures is now weak, it is not suitable to spread out too quickly, it is better to focus on one area.

Tang En of course disagreed. If he didn't start early, he wouldn't even have the chance to drink soup any later.

The "Band of Brothers" project is about to start, and once the series is released and has achieved great success, it will make hbo who is still confused now find the future direction.

Large-scale productions of American TV dramas will be launched one after another. In the entire cable TV market, hbo will dominate and soar to the sky, accounting for 90% of the market share!

If Dunn starts late, how can there be room for him to expand in the future?

"No, we must start as soon as possible! Bill, this task is handed over to you. Within this year, I will complete the acquisition of a professional cable TV station!"

Tang Endian was very determined, "Bill, "Band of Brothers" is a drama I am very optimistic about. If nothing else, Spielberg will definitely choose to cooperate with us and cast "Band of Brothers". I hope to be able to grab "Band of Brothers" by then. North American TV rights to Band of Brothers!"

Bill McNick was silent for a moment and sighed, "Don, shouldn't you be cautious?"

Tang En said angrily: "Bill, you are fine, but you are too careful! This is Tang En Pictures, not 20th Century Fox! There is no supervision by the board of directors, only me, the boss, what are you afraid of?"

Bill McNick's face was dark and in a bad mood, "I just don't want you to bring the company down."

"I'm sorry, Bill, what I said was a little rushed just now." Dunn waved his hand, "Bill, you know, I won't make a decision lightly, the fields I'm not familiar with, or the situations I don't understand, are all about you. The reason why I dare to make up my mind is because my decision is in the best interest of the company at the moment!"

Bill McNick pondered for a long time and sighed, "Okay, DreamWorks, I'll get in touch and make sure to pull the "Band of Brothers" project. As for your plan to acquire a cable TV station, I'll implement it as soon as possible."

Tang En finally smiled, "Bill, that's right, we cooperate with Jingcheng, why don't we succeed?"

Bill McNick was not overwhelmed by Tang En's cannonball, and warned: "Tang En, I have to say one thing again, Tang En Films can't give a penny right now, and more funds must be injected!"

"I know, don't worry Within half a month, the funds will be guaranteed!" Tang En was confident.

Bill McNick glanced at him, "I wonder, where did you get so much money? Buying a TV station, even a professional cable TV station, costs hundreds of millions of dollars!"

"As I said, I'll solve the problem of funding, Bill, you just need to pay attention to Tang En Pictures." Tang En's high leverage and large-scale shorting of the stock market is a taboo topic in any country, and he can't say much. .

Bill McNick shrugged, "Well, the company is now facing a serious funding vacancy. Excluding $100 million in debt, The Chronicles of Narnia is waiting for funding, at least $100 million. And "Band of Brothers", the principal of the TV station's acquisition, by the way, Jamie's new film will also be approved."

"James Cameron?" Dunn was shocked, "Are you sure? This time, he won't delay anymore, right?"

Bill McNick shook his head, "The script is on my desk, and I'll send the secretary to deliver it to you in a moment. The script is very good, but the movie budget is probably not low. Jamie means that if we have financial difficulties, he He just found a big company to cooperate, he didn't want to worry about money during the filming process. After all, "Titanic" gave him a bad impression."

"It's ok!"

Dunn waved his hand, "He is our old friend. Whether it's personal or business, there is no reason for us not to invest in James' movies!"

"The investment is probably no less than $200 million!"

"Ha ha!"

Tang En laughed, high-spirited, "As long as he dares to open his mouth, I will dare to give it! Bill, as I said, the problem of money will never be a problem!"

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Chapter 143 TV Channels