Need help deciphering a contract clause re: revenue sharing

[JDBVideoProduct]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California

Hello, everyone:

Can anyone help me decipher what this contract clause means? I run a startup video production company, and I am the content provider. An Internet television station sent me the clause below in a contract. i am trying to decipher what it means.

I want to know this: if the Internet TV station carries my program, and if my program has an announcement for the sale of a DVD, and if I am able to sell the DVD to individuals who have watched the show using the Internet television station, does this mean I have to pay them 80% of what I earn on DVD sales?

Here goes the clause:

"Revenue Share – Ad-supported Distributions - Advertising Content Owner Provided: After mutually agreeing to include an advertisement in Content Producer Content, Content Producer shall pay ANONYMOUS TELEVISION STATION a fee equal to eighty (80) percent of the amounts actually received by Content Producer, less any taxes, technology fees and sales commissions to third parties.

Thank you.

 

[HomeGuru]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California

Hello, everyone:

Can anyone help me decipher what this contract clause means? I run a startup video production company, and I am the content provider. An Internet television station sent me the clause below in a contract. i am trying to decipher what it means.

I want to know this: if the Internet TV station carries my program, and if my program has an announcement for the sale of a DVD, and if I am able to sell the DVD to individuals who have watched the show using the Internet television station, does this mean I have to pay them 80% of what I earn on DVD sales?

Here goes the clause:

"Revenue Share – Ad-supported Distributions - Advertising Content Owner Provided: After mutually agreeing to include an advertisement in Content Producer Content, Content Producer shall pay ANONYMOUS TELEVISION STATION a fee equal to eighty (80) percent of the amounts actually received by Content Producer, less any taxes, technology fees and sales commissions to third parties.

Thank you.

**A: no, that's not exactly what it says. What is your projected yearly income from this business?

 

[JDBVideoProduct]

Contract

About $65,000

 

[Some Random Guy]

I don't see in there that the DVD customers had to watch the Internet television station at all in order to have you give away the 80%. and remember that the 80% comes out of the revenue before you pay for making the DVDs, shipping them and actually creating the content.

I would suggest that you take the price of your DVD and work out exactly how much you would profit on each DVD. I suspect its going to be very very small.