It varies tremendously by market and territory, from new satellite services or small country broadcasters paying hundreds of dollars per hour to major market terrestrial networks or pan-territory satellite services paying as much as $50,000 per hour. Of course, the higher-paying markets are significantly more difficult to sell. More than that we really cannot say. Several trade publications publish periodic price charts, but a word of caution: rarely are they accurate. Often they confuse commission, coproduction, and acquisitions pricing levels. And most also retain the model of territory-by-territory pricing, which does not take into account the prevalence of multi-territory pan-regional satellite deals. Also usually they are television-based models that do not calculate DVD licenses and royalties or revenue from other markets (inflight, VOD, IPTV, etc.)




