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Film, music, publishing and broadcasting

7 types of business

Film and TV production company financial modelDevelops and produces feature films and television series on a slate, financing each title from pre-sales, minimum guarantees, government production incentives, gap and equity finance, and earning licence fees and distribution receipts across release windows and the library.Sample structure in Excel
Streaming service financial modelSells paid memberships to an on-demand video service — often with an ad-supported tier and partner bundles — and spends heavily on original and licensed content that is capitalised and amortised on an accelerated viewing curve.Sample structure in Excel
Record label and music publisher financial modelSigns artists and songwriters, pays advances recoupable from their royalties, releases new music and exploits a back catalogue of recordings and compositions through streaming, physical, sync, performance and mechanical income, and may distribute other labels for a fee.Sample structure in Excel
Music royalty investor financial modelBuys recorded-music and publishing catalogues (or income-only royalty shares) at a multiple of their net label or publisher share, earns the royalties they collect net of administration, and funds the portfolio with equity and royalty-backed debt.Sample in Excel · live preview
Book publisher financial modelAcquires rights from authors against advances and royalties, publishes frontlist and backlist titles in print, ebook and audio across trade and education imprints, sells them to retailers on sale-or-return terms, and licenses subsidiary rights.Sample structure in Excel
Radio broadcaster financial modelHolds commercial radio licences in metropolitan and regional markets, sells airtime on the strength of its ratings share, and increasingly earns digital audio revenue from podcasts and streaming, paying on-air talent, music licensing and transmission costs.Sample structure in Excel
Outdoor advertising company financial modelSells advertising on billboards, street furniture, transport and retail sites it owns, leases or holds under concession, earning yield on occupied inventory and converting static faces to digital screens, and paying landlords fixed rents or minimum guarantees plus revenue shares.Sample in Excel · live preview

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Sport and talent

4 types of business

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