Timely article: How TV Makes Money Now

As ratings drop, the business is moving beyond ads.

http://www.vulture.com/2013/06/under-the-dome...-fail.html

Under the Dome and TV’s New Ad-less Ways to Make Cash
June 24, 2013

International sales have become increasingly important to the TV business, much as global box office is now just as, and sometime more, important to the financial health of American feature films. And Dome has turned out to be a massive hit with overseas networks: Vulture hears the show will pull in around $1.9 million in license fees paid by foreign broadcasters.