Your Branded Show

The average show length is 2-3 minutes and includes 2-4 stories. This is approximately 15-30 seconds for show opening (animation, introduction), 30-60 seconds per story, and 15-30 seconds for closing (call to action, animation). You’re welcome to add additional stories or extend the length of a particular story. Anything beyond 3 finished minutes (total runtime) will generally require additional fees, but your show can be as long as you require.

Yes, everything is included in the price with some limitations. We procure up to two royalty-free videos from our Adobe Stock footage subscription per finished minute (b-roll) for use as a visual aid, either over-the-shoulder or full screen. There's no limit to photographs. We will not procure images or footage from anywhere other than Adobe Stock. If you desire specific photographs and/or video footage, you must provide them to us royalty-free or owned by you in high resolution (HD video).

If you subscribe to our social media management services, we post your episodes and segments. 

If you’re not a social media client, the video files will be delivered to you ready-to-use. 

If you’re an SEO client, your SEO strategist will likely also use the segments to create search optimized blog posts on your website. We can also upload the episodes and segments to your Vimeo account.

RivalMind has several social media management plans, including publishing options for Instant Show only. We can write headlines and descriptions, then publish your segments on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and your blog. Ask your producer for details!

We track finished minutes in 15-second intervals. From there, we’ll always round down to the nearest quarter minute. For example, if the show is 5:25, we’ll round down to 5:15, then subtract the 3 minutes already included in the episode price.

Make sense? If not, we welcome questions and will make everything crystal clear.

Episodes must be shot on a monthly schedule and cannot rollover. We’re not trying to be inflexible. It’s simply a function of a tight production schedule and the difficulties in rescheduling talent and crew.

You’re welcome to provide your own show host(s). Knowing that people vary in their on-camera abilities, our team will help them get comfortable on-set with cameras, teleprompters, lights, mics, and makeup.  We also discuss expectations ahead of time, including extra cost for studio time if the production goes over the scheduled duration. Arranging practice time with a producer is helpful and can be made available. We also have a podcast studio available for rent, which is fully video-equipped with six cameras—a great option to facilitate recorded discussions.

You can make one round of revisions to the photographs and/or b-roll selected for the episode. Reshoots for an approved script are charged to the client on an hourly basis, unless it's our mistake.

We’ll make one round of script revisions at no additional cost. More than one round will be charged hourly. There's also a one-hour limit on script writing per episode. It's rare to go over an hour, but occasionally a client doesn’t supply enough information, sources, and/or resources to write a script. The one-hour limit encourages clients to provide good source material. Writing time beyond one hour per episode will be charged hourly.

We're coordinating so many schedules that the official answer is no, but we'll do the best we can to accommodate you. We also do our best to keep your onscreen talent consistent from episode to episode.

Yes, rights to the content are assigned to you. However, you must abide by any content licensing. For instance, there's terms of use from your supplier if you provide us with royalty-free images or b-roll. Additionally, there's terms of use for Adobe Stock video. If you intend to use a segment in a commercial context, rather than simply posting on social media or your website, we need to know. There's an additional fee from Adobe Stock for commercial use (e.g. TV or social media advertisement), which is passed to the client.

The most cost-effective approach is to send us a prerecorded interview along with instructions (time code). During the show, we will "set up" the segment, "Earlier in the week we sat down with..." Our team can also prerecord an interview with your guest using questions provided. We charge hourly for this service.