Channel Revenue Calculator
Estimate what your TV channel could earn from ad revenue. Based on actual industry CPM ranges, not marketing estimates.
Your channel
Total hours watched across all viewers in a month
Cost per thousand ad impressions. US channels: $8-$20 typical. News/sports: up to $40.
% of ad breaks filled with paying ads. New channels: 20-40%. Established: 60-80%.
30-second ad spots per commercial break. Typical: 2-4.
Monthly gross (before platform share)
$825
gross / month
Your share (70% revenue share)
$578
/ month
Annual estimate
$6.9K
About these numbers
CPM (cost per thousand impressions) ranges from $3-$40 depending on audience geography (US audiences are worth the most), content category (news and sports command premiums), and time of day. The calculator uses mid-range estimates; your actual CPM will vary.
Fill rate is the percentage of your ad break inventory that gets filled with paying ads. New channels typically achieve 20-40% fill. Established channels with US audiences reach 60-80%.
Revenue share on most FAST platforms ranges from 50/50 to 70/30 between the operator and platform. On Vidiyo you keep 70% of the ad revenue your channel generates.
These are estimates. Actual revenue depends on ad market conditions, viewership demographics, content category, and platform relationships.