GENE A&E U.S. DEAL.
Figured that would get your attention.
i'm going to put a fork in it now as i've been trying to explain to many of you the situation. this is not a hypothetical this is fact.
Gene cannot sell the show to A&E. Paperny can't sell it to Gene or A&E. Rogers ordered season1 and season2 that means they paid for the cost of the show. Paperny shot it and got paid to make the episodes. Gene came in for who knows what on Season2, but he's not a seasoned TV producer and has only one show on air that he didn't get picked up. a production company did that for him.
The only way we get a U.S. network deal is through Rogers(who owns the option and rights to the show)
Rogers has to do the deal. They have the syndication rights. There is no other way. That's why Dussault Inc moved time slots in the past day without any P.R. release from Paperny or Dussault, They have no control of how the show plays out which is great in my opinion.
For example: Take two and Half Men as it's been in the news a lot. producer/creator Chuck Lorre has no control where it airs. Warner and CBS have the rights to the show. they can sell it to whoever they want. they are the ones getting paid and doing the international syndication deals. it's their investment. Chuck Lorre can't stop reruns of charlie sheen airing even if he wants to. he is paid residuals and that's it.
even on the sept 24th release by dussault about the show airing. the media contact directly at the bottom is all Roger
So to break this down. Stop talking about A&E and Gene. focus on Rogers (RCI - NYSE) a company trading at 35.68 today when doing dd on dussault. they did the deal in new zealand. they can get us the u.s. deal and numerous other countries. They are the keyholders not Gene, Paperny, or Jason. Those three combined are small goldfish while rogers is a 16 foot great white.
Rogers Communications = 18 billion in assets.
Gene, Jason, and Paperny = lets be nice and say 250 million
do the math.
If you want to know more or pry further about our show doing a u.s./international deal this is who'd id be contacting:
Media Contact:
Meghan Hardy, Rogers Media Television, 416.764.3197, Meghan.hardy@rci.rogers.com
Michelle Lomack, Rogers Media Television, 416.764.3190, michelle.lomack@rci.rogers.com
