How do you buy the rights to a tv show?

Answer 1

I would recommend going to one of the new online content rights marketplaces like Vuulr. It's the world's biggest, with thousands of titles available, from thousands of sellers from all over the world (mainstream, indie etc) and they allow you to browse, screen, make an offer and close deals all online, and very fast. And last time I checked, they make it completely free for buyers to use the platform. Check it out!

Answer 2

Movie StudiosI'll make an educated guess. When a movie studio wants to make a movie, they can either come up a story themselves or buy one from another person or company. Well, movies and stories have one thing in common, and that is to make money. So when screenwriters (they write screenplays, similar to a play script) or movie authors want to sell an idea, they look to movie studios to see who would be willing to pay the most money. In essence, they typically sell to the highest bidder. If the movie is a hit, they'll usually enter into contract with the screenwriter or author to make additional sequels. In essence, when a movie studio has paid an author or screenwriter, they buy the "right" to make the movie. This right makes it so that only that studio can make the movie and no one else can make the movie. Some movie studios sometimes try to make and market cheap knock offs of their popular film counterparts. They change the name obviously, alter the main character a little bit, and sell it as an "original" idea, and most of the time it is. It is just that the cheap knock off usually parallels the popular film it's made after. In the past lawsuits have been filed against other movie studios for "stealing the movie", in which the knock off that's produced usually mirrors the popular film as I stated above. Some have actually won suits, while other judges have ruled in favor off the knock off producing studio.

Answer 3

To buy the rights of a TV show you must first determine who currently owns the rights to the show you want to buy. Next, contact the current owners of the TV show and let them know that you are interested in buying the rights. Usually, there are first run and off network options for TV show rights.