Residuals
When Are Residuals Due?
Wondering when your residuals are due? Here's a handy guide to when to look for that green envelope. Have a question? Email the Residuals Department or call (323) 782-4700.
| RESIDUALS DUE DATES | ||
| Made-for-market | Reuse market | Due Date |
| Theatrical | Free TV, Pay TV, Video and Basic Cable | Within 60 days of the end of the quarter in which revenue is received by Company |
| Free TV | Free TV (Primetime or Network Non-Primetime) | Within 30 days of telecast |
| Free TV | Free TV (Syndication) | Within 4 months of telecast |
| Free TV | Foreign Free TV | Within 6 months of initial foreign telecast (thereafter on a quarterly basis if certain thresholds are exceeded) |
| Pay TV | Pay TV, Video, and Basic Cable | Within 60 days of the end of the quarter in which revenue is received by Company |
| Pay TV | Free TV | Same as made-for-free |
| Pay TV | Pay TV (for fixed residual payments under 2001, 2004, 2008, and 2011 MBA) | Within 120 days of the 11th exhibition day or 1 year from first exhibition, whichever occurs first |
| Pay TV | Pay TV (under the 1998 or prior MBA) | Within 60 days of the end of the quarter in which revenue is received by Company (in excess of the break amount) |
| Pay TV | Video | Within 60 days of the end of the quarter in which revenue is received by Company (in excess of the break amount/or after certain threshold met) |
| Pay TV | Basic Cable | Within 60 days of the end of the quarter in which revenue is received by Company |
| Video | Free TV | Same as made-for-free |
| Video | Pay TV and Video | Within 60 days of the end of the quarter in which revenue is received by Company (in excess of the break amount) |
| Video | Basic Cable | Within 60 days of the end of the quarter in which revenue is received by Company |
| Basic Cable | Free TV | Same as made-for-free |
| Basic Cable | Pay TV and Video | Within 60 days of the end of the quarter in which revenue is received by Company |
| Basic Cable | Basic Cable | Sanchez formula (most common) due within 4 months of telecast; Hitchcock formula due within 30 days of initial telecast and thereafter on a quarterly basis |
| Traditional Media or New Media that is a derivative of an existing TV program | New Media Electronic Sell Thru (EST), Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD or Rentals), Ad Supported Video on Demand (AVOD or Free Streaming) |
Within 60 days of the end of the quarter in which revenue is received by Company or in which the new media residual is triggered |
| QUARTER END DATES | ||
| Quarter | Quarter Dates | Residual Due (60 days later) |
| 1st | January 1 - March 31 | May 31 |
| 2nd | April 1 - June 30 | August 31 |
| 3rd | July 1 - September 30 | November 30 |
| 4th | October 1 - December 31 | February 28 |