15. Commitment and Contingencies
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3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2014
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Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] | |
Commitment and Contingencies |
In the normal course of the its business, the Company enters into agreements which call for the payment of royalties or profit participations for the use of third party intellectual property. For properties such as Gisele & The Green Team, Martha & Friends and Stan Lee and the Mighty 7, the Company is obligated to share net profits with the underlying rights holders on a certain basis, defined in the respective agreements.
In addition, the Company has also entered into an agreement with XingXing Digital Corporation, an animation company based in China pursuant to which in exchange for the investment of 100% of the costs of the animation, XingXing is entitled to receive a specified percentage of the net proceeds received by the Company from the exploitation of those series on which XingXing has provided animation services. The series covered by this arrangement are Secret Millionaires Club and Gisele & the Green Team.
The Company has also entered into a similar arrangement with another production vendor, BangZoom Entertainment, which calls for a payment of $120,000 from the net profits received by the Company from the exploitation of the series Secret Millionaires Club. The payment represents the deferral of certain costs and fees for audio/video post-production work performed by such vendor in connection with that series.
The Company is obligated to pay in cash to the investors from the fourth quarter 2013 private placement a fee of 1% per month of the investors investment for every thirty (30) day period up to a maximum of 6% upon the occurrence of certain events, including: (i) following the Filing Date that the registration statement has not been filed and (ii) following the Effectiveness Date that the registration statement has not been declared effective. |