when i went on the tgn chat when they were 80-20 there recruiters and members were screaming it was a scam
Were they still stuck on 80/20? I'd be screaming it too! heh
Really though... it was kind of unclear if it was "100%" for everyone or just for new partners, but info indicates it's across the board...
Automatically payout increase – If we announce a better version of your payment plan in the future, we automatically upgrade your contract to the higher payout
The lack of clarity in some places probably isn't good for their PR on this. I bet there is a lot of confusion on that point.
@Creator X and ghostlyrich
I believe that could make sense as a temporary action, if their goal is to bring in more channels for a short period of time. I believe however this is not the case and the contract may be a scam.
Researched a bit and found some rumors. Apparently what people are saying is that BroadbandTV takes a cut of your earnings and sends the rest to TGN. You get 100% of this rest that was sent to TGN.
I just find it absolutely ridiculous how a network can claim to be offering a 100-0 deal. Sounds like a scam but yes there's always the possibility that BroadbandTV is financing this TGN for some reason.
Yeah, they never say "temporarily" or "promotional"... so it seems like a long term commitment... and we agree that part does not make sense.
On your second point. We have heard (but can't really confirm) that some networks base the % split on
what they get from another network above them. (we don't and we don't like the tactic) So, the first network gets 100% of gross and the sub-network gets X% of that. Then the sub-network bases their split (70/30 or whatever) on what they actually got.
Even if that's true... TGN still needs revenue to survive. Networks are not cheap to maintain. (money or time wise) So, they must be getting revenue from somewhere else above the "100%". Anyway, we'll paste in a quote from TGN and leave interpretation of the wording up to everyone else.
100% Payout
Signing up with TGN means you get the best rate, period. Get 100% of everything TGN receives for your channel!
How is this possible? Because BroadbandTV is TGN’s YouTube sponsor and they agreed to pay all of TGN’s staff and expenses.
We do not place an artificial $2 or $3 cap on your earnings the way other networks do.
For example, if TGN gets a $10 CPM ad-buy, you will earn 100% of that $10 CPM. To put it simply, there is no glass ceiling on your revenue.
Overall, we're not calling it a scam and want to give TGN the benefit of the doubt, but we're definitely questioning the business sense. Without knowing what agreements they have in place with BroadbandTV it's hard to make judgement calls anyway. BBTV may have bought them out for all we know... and the rest is just careful wording.
Regardless of all that,
they still have a PR problem... because it does come off shady. They'd almost be better off to just offer 90/10 ... would still sound awesome and would cut down the questioning big time.
Ultimately, time will tell.
( Quotes sourced from
http://tgn.tv/partners/ )
