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A measurement system that estimates television and streaming audiences in the United States.

The Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is the world's most prestigious competition for amateur screenwriters, administered by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Event access managed as on-chain tokens with provenance, resale controls, and programmable perks.

A commercial forensic watermarking solution for tracing piracy across distribution channels.

A neutral Spanish track is a localized audio version using standardized Spanish to appeal across multiple Spanish-speaking regions.

Netflix Originals is the brand name for films and series that are commissioned, co-produced, or exclusively distributed by the streaming service Netflix.

Net Promoter Score is a market research metric that measures audience loyalty by asking how likely they are to recommend a film to a friend or colleague.

Profit-sharing based on net profits after all costs and expenses are recouped

A net deal is a profit-sharing contract in the film industry where a participant is paid a percentage of the movie's net profits, which are notoriously difficult to realize.

A negotiated license is a custom legal agreement that grants a production the specific right to use a copyrighted piece of music, art, or intellectual property.

A financing deal where a distributor agrees to buy a completed film negative at a set price

The National Film Registry is a collection of films selected by the United States Library of Congress for preservation due to their cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence, including film and media arts.

The National Board of Review is one of America's oldest film organizations, dedicated to supporting cinema and known for being the first major group to announce its annual awards.

The National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET-CWA) is a labor union representing technical and production staff, primarily in the broadcast television and radio industries.

A music synchronization license, or sync license, grants the legal permission to pair a musical composition with a visual medium.

A music cue sheet is a detailed legal document that logs every piece of music used in a film or television show for the purpose of paying royalties.

Music clearance is the process of securing licenses to use copyrighted music in a film’s soundtrack or diegetic performance.

The Film Department at New York's Museum of Modern Art was the first art museum department in the world devoted exclusively to film as an art form.

A financing arrangement pooling resources across multiple films to spread risk.

A multi-language subpackage bundles subtitle and audio track assets for various languages into a single distribution package.

The MTRCB is the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board, the government agency for media classification in the Philippines.

The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) is an honorary society dedicated to advancing the craft of sound editing and recognizing artistic excellence in the field.

MPEG-H Audio is an advanced, object-based audio standard designed for broadcasting, streaming, and VR that offers immersive sound and user personalization features.

An industry trade association overseeing film ratings and advocacy.

The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is the trade association that represents the major film studios and streaming services, serving as their chief global advocate and administering the U.S. film rating system.

The Motion Picture Association is a trade organization that serves as the leading advocate for the major American film studios and administers the well-known film rating system.

Moral rights are a set of legal protections that safeguard a creator's personal and reputational connection to their work, separate from its economic copyright.

A model hallucination log records instances where AI systems generate incorrect or fabricated information during film-related tasks.

A mockbuster is a low-budget film created to capitalize on the popularity of a major blockbuster through a similar title or premise.

A guaranteed payment from distributors to producers securing distribution rights.

A mini-room is a small, short-term writers' room convened to develop a show before it is officially greenlit or to break stories for a future season.

A 'milk run' is a production slang term for a simple, routine errand, typically assigned to a Production Assistant, that involves picking up or dropping off multiple items at various locations.

A special late-night showing of a film, often for enthusiastic fans or event premieres.

Midnight Madness is a celebrated program at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) that showcases the best in new genre films.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) is a legendary American media company, renowned for its major film studio that was a dominant force during Hollywood's Golden Age.

Metadata Harvesting is the automated process of extracting, collecting, and indexing all available technical, descriptive, and administrative data associated with digital film assets to ensure they are discoverable and usable in the future.

Metacritic is an online aggregator that assigns weighted average scores to films based on critic reviews.

Merchandising rights are a form of intellectual property licensing that grants a company permission to manufacture and sell consumer products based on a film's creative elements.

The commercial practice of producing and selling goods based on films and their characters.