## Disney's cut of $0 is???

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Posted by Buck on April 21, 1998 at 23:18:06:

The info I have seen about the Shiff/Disney split has been mixed. Some sources say Disney kept the showing rights, others say that not showing OG4 violated that contract, making the rights available. Let's assume that Disney does have the full exclusive showing rights for the purpose of this note.
In the USA, we have what is known as the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). The majority of money that comes to them is private and corporate donation. The rest is governmental with more coming recently for licensing products connected with shows. The key about PBS is that they are non-profit. That's why their website is www.pbs.org, not www.pbs.com.
PBS shows varied programming including regular international shows. They have ties to various broadcasters and are also enticed by award winning foreign shows like OG. If there was enough of a response would Shiff and PBS be able to get Disney to allow PBS to show OG1-4? Would Disney think attacking a non-profit organization fruitful, especially if their cut of no profits would still be zero? Might allowing OG to be on PBS (especially if one of the corporates would help fund it) end up being more of a publicity gold mine for Disney/Cap Cities? Could the only thing keeping OG off PBS is that they don't know about the show? It couldn't be that simple, could it?
I just put this up more for my own curiousity and for our discussion. Sorry if it got a bit long, but I know not everybody here would be familiar with PBS. If you want more info, their website could probably help quite a bit.

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    :      The info I have seen about the Shiff/Disney split has been mixed.  Some sources say Disney kept the showing rights, others say that not showing OG4 violated that contract, making the rights available.  Let's assume that Disney does have the full exclusive showing rights for the purpose of this note.
    :      In the USA, we have what is known as the Public Broadcasting System (PBS).  The majority of money that comes to them is private and corporate donation.  The rest is governmental with more coming recently for licensing products connected with shows.  The key about PBS is that they are non-profit.  That's why their website is www.pbs.org, not www.pbs.com.
    :      PBS shows varied programming including regular international shows.  They have ties to various broadcasters and are also enticed by award winning foreign shows like OG.  If there was enough of a response would Shiff and PBS be able to get Disney to allow PBS to show OG1-4?  Would Disney think attacking a non-profit organization fruitful, especially if their cut of no profits would still be zero?  Might allowing OG to be on PBS (especially if one of the corporates would help fund it) end up being more of a publicity gold mine for Disney/Cap Cities?  Could the only thing keeping OG off PBS is that they don't know about the show?  It couldn't be that simple, could it?
    :      I just put this up more for my own curiousity and for our discussion.  Sorry if it got a bit long, but I know not everybody here would be familiar with PBS.  If you want more info, their website could probably help quite a bit.

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