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Distribution, sales & platforms · Specialist

Distribution

ELI5

The process and business of making a film or show available to audiences through licensed channels and territories.

Used in conversation

“The deal needs to state distribution clearly before it is signed.”

Definition

The process and business of making a film or programme available to audiences through licensed channels and territories.

Here “Distribution” means: The process and business of making a film or programme available to audiences through licensed channels and territories.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Distribution” in rights, contracts, finance, distribution & labour conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.

Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.