That will allow it to offer video on demand when other networks might not be able to because of ancillary rights controlled by studios.
Its earnings potential has been damaged by the fact that it does not own many of the valuable ancillary rights to its films.
Our theory is that with today's ancillary rights, there is real profit in a movie that costs $3 million.
The deal did not involve ancillary rights.
Control of the highly lucrative foreign-film distribution and ancillary rights to the films was not a part of the accord.
Increasingly, foreign corporations are investing in Broadway productions in return for ancillary rights.
The Act can also be used to acquire ancillary rights needed in the national interest to facilitate the working of minerals.
However, most Bollywood producers make money, recouping their investments from many sources of revenue, including selling ancillary rights.
And we need to do a much better job of marketing the ancillary rights through licensing and promotion.
Feldman (and eventually his estate) would gain all ancillary rights through 1993.