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Q So how many shows -- your typical wrestler, how many they do in a given year?

A For us?

Q Uh-huh.

A The most they can do if they are on every single show and very few are on every single show would be 64 now.

A year?

Ms. Carter. Yes, ma'am.

Q And typically on a given show what -- how many wrestlers I guess it is changing a little bit because you are going to 2 hours. But say a 2-hour show -- now you've got 50 to 60 on a contract.

A typical 2-hour show, how may wrestlers will You use?

A A typical 2-hour show, you might have as many as 40, maybe a few more on the show where half of them or more than half may not wrestle, but they'd be used in the scripted story lines to further character development and things such 13 as that.

Q Okay. What is TNA's annual revenue?

A This year we should do -- it would be $15 million. And I would like to check that number. I'm not --

Q And can you walk us through the sources of that revenue?

A Absolutely.

Q Just in a general sense giving us how much they contribute to the company?

A Absolutely. The licensing fee from Spike is a majority of that. We have pay-per-view licensing and international licensing and then we have merchandise and toy sales and things such as that. And the first three would be the majority of our income, you know, pretty much evenly split. Maybe a little more in television rights.

Q Okay. And you've got no Live Gate component of your revenue?

A Well, we've toured so few times, what we'd call a house show, which is a nontelevised show. It is something we want to do. Up until this point, we have been mostly a television production company, but we want to get out there and start touring. But you have to create the demand first. It is a very expensive business. So our goal in 2008 is to tour. And we have tested the waters in a few markets this year before we get out there next.

Q Okay. And with regard to your television ratings, what is TNA's prime demographic?

A We hope our prime demographic is men 18 to 34, but men 18 to 49 is really what Spike TV is looking for and what we have a tendency to deliver the highest demo in.

Q Okay. Are adolescent males and adolescents in general an important demographic for TNA?

A They are not at all to the network. Really they just look at that 18 to 49, really 25 to 34 is their key demo that they're going after, you know. But to us, we're kind of -- we call ourselves Shakespeare to the masses. So it is really -- you know, we pride ourselves on being a family friendly show. So we're trying to get the grandparents back to bringing their children. Where, you know, I would not let my children watch other product necessarily, we try to make it where, you know, it appeals to all ages.

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