Off balance sheet financing means other people put up the money...Smart way Eric structured things for TDGI/Hannover to protect us in case one of the films doesn't pan out as planned.
Also, remember Hannover should have 4-8 Feature Films this year....you only need maybe 1 or 2 out of the 8 to hit really big for TDGI to make out well imho.
Depending on how much of a cut hannover house get's on dvd sales they could make there investment back just on home video sales alone plus cable tv and video on demand.