Pay-one window bid prep

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# Pay-one window bid prep

For one film, before a licensing offer. The TMDB id from step 1 drives every later lookup.

## 1. The title and its windows

1. Resolve the film with @[TMDB · Search](alexandria:themoviedb-org/films/search) and read @[TMDB · Get title](alexandria:themoviedb-org/films/get_title) for genres, runtime, user score and top-billed cast. Carry the tmdb_id.
2. Read @[TMDB · Get release dates](alexandria:themoviedb-org/films/get_release_dates) for theatrical, digital and physical dates per country. Note how many weeks the film has been out in each target territory.

## 2. Who holds it today

3. Pass the tmdb_id to @[JustWatch · Title offers](alexandria:justwatch-com/streaming-availability/title_offers) with your target countries. Split each country into flatrate (already licensed), rent/buy only (open for SVOD) and absent. Name the services holding it.

## 3. Demand signal

4. Read @[Letterboxd · Film](alexandria:letterboxd-com/films/film) by tmdb_id for average rating and fan counts, then @[Letterboxd · Reviews](alexandria:letterboxd-com/films/reviews) sorted newest to see whether word of mouth is holding or fading.
5. Run @[Trends · Interest by region](alexandria:firecrawl-trends/trends/interest_by_region) for the title at country resolution over the last three months, and @[Trends · Interest over time](alexandria:firecrawl-trends/trends/interest_over_time) since the first theatrical date to see the decay curve.

## Write the bid prep

- **Window map:** country, theatrical date, digital date, current holder or "open".
- **Open territories:** ranked by search interest, with the rent/buy services already carrying it.
- **Audience read:** rating, review trend and interest decay in plain terms.
- **Bid notes:** where demand and an open window line up, and where a rival already holds it. No price recommendation.
- **Sources:** cite every figure to the capability and record it came from. Say what could not be found rather than guessing.

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