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No other book contains so much useful information about the industry and how it works. Whether it's background on infomercials or documentaries, AFTRA or the BBC, you'll find it here in clear, concise language.
Dana Calderwood, Director-Producer: Late Night with Conan O'Brien (NBC); Biography (A and E); shows for Nickelodeon, MTV, and Comedy Central.
Television has become a very complicated business. Blumenthal and Goodenough have found a way to explain it, simplify it, and show you how to earn a living at it.
Robert Small, RSE. Executive Producer and Creator: MTV Unplugged (MTV); Pulp Comics (Comedy Central); Hard Rock Cafe Live (VH-1).
THIS BUSINESS OF TELEVISION has gotten me through years of moderate success in the TV business. I'm now ready to burn the damn thing and open a restaurant.
Robert "Morty" Morton, President, PanaMort Television. Former Executive Producer, Late Show with David Letterman (CBS).
Howard and Oliver possess a real world understanding of how to... Tovább

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No other book contains so much useful information about the industry and how it works. Whether it's background on infomercials or documentaries, AFTRA or the BBC, you'll find it here in clear, concise language.
Dana Calderwood, Director-Producer: Late Night with Conan O'Brien (NBC); Biography (A and E); shows for Nickelodeon, MTV, and Comedy Central.
Television has become a very complicated business. Blumenthal and Goodenough have found a way to explain it, simplify it, and show you how to earn a living at it.
Robert Small, RSE. Executive Producer and Creator: MTV Unplugged (MTV); Pulp Comics (Comedy Central); Hard Rock Cafe Live (VH-1).
THIS BUSINESS OF TELEVISION has gotten me through years of moderate success in the TV business. I'm now ready to burn the damn thing and open a restaurant.
Robert "Morty" Morton, President, PanaMort Television. Former Executive Producer, Late Show with David Letterman (CBS).
Howard and Oliver possess a real world understanding of how to balance the creative and business sides of television. I've worked in television for two decades and I've never seen a better book about our industry
Bob Boden, Vice President of Development and Production, FX Networks. Former Director of Daytime Programming, ABC.

This is essential reading, if you're serious about television. No other book comprehensively describes the U.S. television industry, and also details what's happening in Europe, Asia, and emerging international markets
Ned Kandel, Executive Producer: Are You Afraid of the Dark? (Nickelodeon); Ghost Writer (CBS); and various International series.
Before you negotiate or sign a contract in the television business, you should consult this book.
John Fisher, Vice President, Production, HBO Downtown Productions. Executive in Charge of Production: Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (ABC); The Chris Rock Show (HBO).
For producers, distributors, legal practitioners, business-affairs experts, advertisers, and even newcomers in the field. . . this book is undoubtedly THE working handbook.
Michael Collyer, Kay, Collyer & Boose. Former Chairman, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
I've known Howard for two decades. He's a talented producer and an inspiring teacher. If you want to understand how the TV business really works, read this book!
Jim Jinkins, President, Jumbo Pictures. Creator and Executive Producer: Disney's Doug; PB&J Otter: and 101 Dalmatians, The Series.
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Television
Revised and Updated Second Edition Howard J. Blumenthal and Oliver R. Goodenough
The essential reference for anyone working in the television or video industries, This Business of Television is a comprehensive guide to the inner workings of the business. This book examines how television programming is financed, produced and distributed; how FCC regulations and federal law shape the form and content of broadcast, cable and satellite television; and how producers, networks, cable companies, and • local stations work together to create or acquire programming.
This Business of Television has 50 chapters and includes three useful appendixes: legal documents and forms; concise boilerplate contract forms for the most common business transactions in television; and a list of useful industry contacts and addresses. The legal documents and the ready-to-use contract forms are included on the enclosed disc, so they can be easily accessed for home use.
Part 1 covers distribution—networks and local stations, syndication, public television, cable systems and services, video formats, pay television and new technologies such as satellite delivery and high-definition television. Parts 2 and 3 explain FCC and federal regulations, as well as legal concepts such as copyright, the right of privacy, libel and slander, and protection of society. Part 4 discusses program production and financing, with separate chapters on production aspects such as location, post-production, scenic design, and music. Part 5 examines audience measurement and advertising; Part 6 explains contract basics, legal entities, and tax issues in the television business; and Part 7 offers an overview of the television industries in countries around the world.
All of the chapters have been revised and completely updated in this second edition. There are also brand new chapters on religious television, home shopping, satellite TV and the ever more important international marketplace.
Broad in scope and rich in detail, This Business of Television is an invaluable sourcebook for producers, writers, broadcasters, network executives and other television professionals—and an easy-to-read how-to manual for beginners in the field.
688 pages. 6 x 9%" (15 x 23 cm). Appendixes. Index.
Howard J. Blumenthal is a producer, creative consultant, teacher and journalist. He developed and served as senior producer for the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning PBS series, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, and served as creative or marketing consultant for MTV, Cartoon Network and various advertising agencies. He has produced hundreds of hours of programming, including game shows, talk shows, dramas and children's programming. He was a senior vice president for KidSoft, a Silicon Valley start-up partly owned by Hearst, head of content for a CompuServe venture, and in charge of development, production and business affairs for several production companies. Howard's print work includes a weekly syndicated newspaper column that has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times and other papers. He is the author of sixteen books, and has contributed to many magazines.
Oliver R. Goodenough has been in legal practice for nearly 20 years, specializing both in entertainment and communications law, and in corporation and business law. Currently of counsel to the New York law firm of Kay Collyer & Boose, LLP, and a Professor at the Vermont Law School, Goodenough has held academic appointments as a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University and as a Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and was formerly a partner in Kay Collyer & Boose. His writings include the articles "Retheorizing Privacy and Publicity" and "Television via Telephone Lines: Regulation of the Fiber-Optic Revolution in the United States." Professor Goodenough lives in Woodstock, Vermont, with his wife, Alison Clarkson, and their two children. Vissza