The overseas television strategic plan is crucial to the future trend of the Golden Dawn Entertainment Group!
However, its difficulty is not necessarily any simpler than building overseas distribution channels for films.
To be precise, there are more issues to consider!
The construction of distribution channels for the film market tends to be more of a commercial endeavor; however, in terms of television media, there are huge differences. In many countries and regions, television media is held in the hands of state capital, and even commercial television stations must consider political factors between countries and regions.
Kyle's Television Group oversees the UPN Television Network, the WB Public Television Network, and several regional television and radio stations in America that were acquired not long ago...
The variety shows launched in recent years include popular programs such as "Talent Show," "Millionaire," and "WWE Live Wrestling Entertainment";
As for television drama projects, there is no shortage of high-viewership shows such as "2 broke girls," "prison break," "the walking dead," and "the big bang theory";
In terms of animation, there are two ace animated series: "peppa pig" and "SpongeBob SquarePants." Coupled with the copyrights for dozens of Marvel superheroes, such as Spider-Man and Iron Man, which Kyle holds, there is no lack of animated works;
When it comes to broadcasting movies, that is even more of a strength!
Backed by Page Pictures, with a constant stream of great films every year, and the copyright to a library of up to 2,000 films acquired in recent years, it is no exaggeration to say that the movies Kyle's Television Group can broadcast are in no way inferior to the television stations under The Big Six of Hollywood.
Music, news, lifestyle... The Golden Dawn Television Group is also growing rapidly in these types of broadcast content, and its influence is increasing with each passing day.
In the American limited pay television field, the UPN Television Network firmly occupies the top 8;
The WB Public Television Network is even hailed as the 5th largest public television platform in America.
In terms of scale, Kyle's Television Group may still have a large gap compared to the previous few, but in terms of the quality of the programs launched and annual profits, the gap compared to The Big Six is not that distant, and the gap is narrowing.
Kyle's Television Group, in terms of its status within America, to speak wildly, is now afraid of no one.
However...
"In terms of overseas, my Television Group has almost no influence at all!"
"Look at public television stations like NBC, ABC, and CBS, as well as limited pay television networks like HBO and Comcast Online; they started their overseas strategies a long time ago, dominating the television markets in various countries and regions and making a fortune~"
"My Television Group has already fallen too far, too far, too far behind them!"
"Looking at the current World situation, the economies of various countries and regions around the World are rising rapidly. If I don't implement my television strategy now, I will completely lose the opportunity for overseas expansion in the future."
Kyle couldn't help but be anxious.
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August 18th.
On this day, "Spider-Man" had been released in the North American market for over ten days and had already achieved a box office of over 230 million USD. In America alone, hitting a box office of 300 million was just around the corner.
At the same time, the "Spider-Man" movie successively landed in film markets in overseas countries and regions such as Canada, Mexico, Chile, and Brazil. Its opening box office results successively broke the box office records of those countries and regions, and the situation was excellent.
The time for the movie's release in various countries and regions in Europe, Asia, and Australia was also not far off.
On this very day, Kyle also achieved a breakthrough in London.
"Congratulations, congratulations! Before long, we will also be able to watch programs from your company's UPN and WB television stations right here in Britain."
"Mr. Page, your company's television network entering the British market is indeed a great thing. You have to know that when Murdoch first entered the British television market, it took him years of effort."
One after another, local British television figures congratulated Kyle.
Undoubtedly, this was the first step in Kyle's overseas television strategy, and the results were very gratifying.
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August 23rd.
Kyle signed an entry agreement for the Golden Dawn Television Group with the Icelandic government and local television platforms.
Millions of Icelandic citizens would soon be able to watch high-quality television programs provided by the UPN Television Network and the WB Television Network.
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August 29th.
In Norway, Kyle also successfully negotiated an agreement.
In other words, as of now, Kyle's overseas television plan has already secured three locations: Britain, Iceland, and Norway. Compared to the television stations under The Big Six of Hollywood, which easily own overseas television networks in dozens of countries and regions, Kyle can only be considered to be dabbling on a small scale right now.
However, this is also a kind of progress!
August 31st.
After Kyle returned smoothly to Los Angeles, he issued an order immediately: "Have Victor and Donna accelerate the Television Group's overseas expansion. By the end of this year, I want to see results."
"Alright, boss." Alexander replied.
At the same time, Kyle gave another order to his think tank and financial management team: acquire shares in Discovery Communications.
Discovery Communications is a media enterprise in America, and the Discovery Channel is its flagship television channel. "man vs. wild," "History Zero Hour," and "Unlocking Da Vinci's Code" are all its ace programs.
Of course, many of these programs have not been launched yet.
But even so, Discovery Communications is one of the large media companies in America, with content covering nature, technology, ancient and modern history, exploration, culture, and current affairs. Since it began broadcasting in 1985, it has become one of the most widely distributed television brands in the World, broadcasting programs continuously to hundreds of millions of households in dozens of countries and regions around the World.
As of 2020, the Discovery Channel under Discovery Communications covered more than 306 million households in over 160 countries and regions globally, broadcasting programs in 35 different languages.
From 2015 to 2016, its annual revenue exceeded 10 billion USD.
"Discovery Communications?"
"As long as I can acquire its shares and subsequently take control of Discovery Communications, then Golden Dawn Entertainment Group will complete a three-step leap in development!"
"By then, I will truly have the ability to arm-wrestle with the Viacom Group, Disney Group, and News Corporation!"
Of course, Kyle also knew that taking control of Discovery Communications was very difficult and could not be accomplished overnight.
"No rush, I still have plenty of time," Kyle thought to himself.
In the following days, Kyle rested for a few days and then began his busy work life again.
He needed to constantly monitor the filming of "lara croft: tomb raider" in collaboration with Paramount; the final cut of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was completed, and he needed to consider the next stage of the promotional plan; and he also needed to pay sufficient attention to movies such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "the shallows," "district 9," and "the devil wears prada."