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Packaging can be much more lucrative for agencies than the usual 10% fee. Instead, the packaging agency receives the equivalent of 5% of what the studio or network pays the production company; 5% of half (i.e., 2.5%) of any profit the production company earns; and 15% of adjusted gross (syndication
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