Which again brings me to my original question: how do DVD residuals work? If they are willing to offer the four cents for an iTunes download of an episode, that means it's a per-episode thing, right? When you buy a DVD set, four cents goes to the writer(s) (if an episode is co-written, do they split the four cents?) of each episode? That would make sense to me.
Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.
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Polter-Cow - Nov 08, 2007 9:08:33 am PST #7658 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
§ ita § - Nov 08, 2007 9:08:53 am PST #7659 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Whenever I watch CSI:NY online, I see it straight through without commercials. Which seems pretty odd to me. I usually watch it first thing Thursday morning, so maybe they introduce the commercials later on?
CSI Old School does--at the beginning of each segment, so it's about 4. I used to like their interface, but it's bugging the hell out of me lately.
Kevin - Nov 08, 2007 9:09:05 am PST #7660 of 10001
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Spied this on the interweb: [link]
Sophia Brooks - Nov 08, 2007 9:09:37 am PST #7661 of 10001
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PC, I don't think it is a flat 4 cents, I think it is a percentage. So, they would get the same percentage of the download as the DVD, but the cost for the download is less.
Polter-Cow - Nov 08, 2007 9:15:05 am PST #7662 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Aw, I know the girl who delivered the fruit to the SPN folk!
Oh, and their Facebook group appears to answer my question: 4 cents per disc. And that gets distributed to the writers of the episodes on that disc? So, basically, a penny for each writer? HOT DAMN. And where does all the other money go? How does the writer rate compare to the actor/director/anyone else rate? I assume most of the money goes to overhead and then corporate profit.
Wolfram - Nov 08, 2007 10:22:41 am PST #7663 of 10001
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PC, I don't think it is a flat 4 cents, I think it is a percentage. So, they would get the same percentage of the download as the DVD, but the cost for the download is less.
It's .3%. I think the 4 cents comes from the average DVD price ($20) times the .3%. (Except this equals 6 cents, so maybe I'm wrong.)
Polter-Cow - Nov 08, 2007 10:25:34 am PST #7664 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think the 4 cents comes from the average DVD price ($20)
That's the average movie DVD price. But TV-on-DVD usually sells for three times that, MSRP.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 08, 2007 10:26:36 am PST #7665 of 10001
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Maybe the price is based on what the stores/distributors pay wholesale rather than the retail price?
Sophia Brooks - Nov 08, 2007 10:31:10 am PST #7666 of 10001
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Tamara - Nov 08, 2007 10:35:19 am PST #7667 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Maybe the price is based on what the stores/distributors pay wholesale rather than the retail price?
Bingo!