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Summary of significant accounting policies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Summary of significant accounting policies
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Summary of significant accounting policies

Revenue recognition - Revenue from the licensing of characters and storylines (“the properties”) owned by the Company are recognized in accordance with guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) where revenue is recognized when the earnings process is complete. This is considered to have occurred when persuasive evidence of an agreement between the customer and the Company exists, when the properties are made available to the licensee and the Company has satisfied its obligations under the agreement, when the fee is fixed or determinable and when collection is reasonably assured.
 
The Company derives its licensing revenue primarily from the sale of options to purchase rights, the purchase of rights to properties and first look deals. For options that contain non-refundable minimum payment obligations, revenue is recognized ratably over the option period, provided all the criteria for revenue recognition have been met. Option fees that are applicable to the purchase price are deferred and recognized as revenue at the later of the expiration of the option period or in accordance with the terms of the purchase agreement. Revenue received under first look deals is recognized ratably over the first look period, which varies by contract provided all the criteria for revenue recognition under Staff Accounting Bulletin 104 have been met.
 
For licenses requiring material continuing involvement or performance based obligations, by the Company, the revenue is recognized as and when such obligations are fulfilled.
 
The Company records as deferred revenue any licensing fees collected in advance of obligations being fulfilled or if a licensee is not sufficiently creditworthy, the Company will record deferred revenue until payments are received.
 
License agreements typically include reversion rights which allow the Company to repurchase property rights which have not been used by the studio (the buyer) in production within a specified period of time as defined in the purchase agreement. The cost to repurchase the rights is generally based on the costs incurred by the studio to further develop the characters and story lines.
 
The Company recognizes revenue from television and film productions pursuant to FASB ASC Topic 926, Entertainment-Films. The following conditions must be met in order to recognize revenue under Topic 926: (i) persuasive evidence of a sale or licensing arrangement exists; (ii) the program is complete and has been delivered or is available for immediate and unconditional delivery; (iii) the license period of the arrangement has begun and the customer can begin its exploitation, exhibition or sale; (iv) the arrangement fee is fixed or determinable; and (v) collection of the arrangement fee is reasonably assured. Advance payments received from buyers or licensees are included in the condensed consolidated financial statements as a component of deferred revenue.
 
Use of estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Those estimates and assumptions include estimates for reserves of uncollectible accounts, analysis of impairments of recorded intangibles and investments in film library, accruals for potential liabilities, and assumptions made in valuing stock instruments issued for services and in valuing derivative liabilities.

 
 
Concentrations of risk - During the three and nine months and ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company had customer revenues representing a concentration of the Company’s total revenues. For the three months ended September 30, 2011, one customer represented approximately 78% of total revenues. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, three customers represented approximately 46%, 17% and 12% of total revenues. For the three months ended September 30, 2010, two customers represented approximately 66% and 13% of total revenues, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, one customer represented approximately 91% of total revenues.
 
Derivative Instruments – The Company evaluates all of its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. For stock-based derivative financial instruments, the Company uses the Binomial option pricing model to value the derivative instruments at inception and on subsequent valuation dates. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative instrument liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement of the derivative instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.
 
Fair Value of Financial Instruments – Fair value measurements are determined by the Company's adoption of authoritative guidance issued by the FASB, with the exception of the application of the statement to non-recurring, non-financial assets and liabilities as permitted. The adoption of the authoritative guidance did not have a material impact on the Company's fair value measurements. Fair value is defined in the authoritative guidance as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A fair value hierarchy was established, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value into three broad levels as follows:
 
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2—Inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, are observable either directly or indirectly.
Level 3—Unobservable inputs based on the Company's assumptions.
 
The Company is required to use observable market data if such data is available without undue cost and effort.
 

The following table presents certain investments and liabilities of the Company’s financial assets measured and recorded at fair value on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets on a recurring basis and their level within the fair value hierarchy as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010:
   
September 30, 2011 (unaudited)
 
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Fair value of convertible note conversion feature
  $ -     $ -     $ 7,540,494     $ 7,540,494  
Fair value of warrants
    -       -       11,407,213       11,407,213  
    $ -     $ -     $ 18,947,707     $ 18,947,707  

   
December 31, 2010
 
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Fair value of convertible note conversion feature
  $ -     $ -     $ 2,017,663     $ 2,017,663  
Fair value of warrants
    -       -       5,746,305       5,746,305  
    $ -     $ -     $ 7,763,968     $ 7,763,968  

See Notes 8 and 9 for more information on these financial instruments.
 
Development costs - Development costs, primarily character development costs and design not associated with an identifiable revenue opportunity, are charged to operations as incurred. For the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, development costs were $194,298 and $101,307, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, development costs were $514,305 and $240,246, respectively.
 
Net loss per share – Basic income per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the periods, excluding shares subject to repurchase or forfeiture. Diluted income per share increases the shares outstanding for the assumption of the vesting of restricted stock and the exercise of dilutive stock options and warrants, using the treasury stock method, unless the effect is anti-dilutive. Since the Company incurred net losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, any increase in the denominator would be anti-dilutive and therefore, the denominator is the same for basic and diluted weighted average shares.
 
The potentially dilutive securities consisted of the following as of September 30, 2011 and 2010:
 
 
   
September 30, 2011
   
September 30, 2010
 
             
Warrants
    1,005,426,136       41,958,600  
Options
    14,265,000       24,585,000  
Convertible Notes
    877,975,080       85,526,319  
      1,897,666,216       152,069,919  
 
Recently issued accounting pronouncements

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2011-04, “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs”. ASU No. 2011-4 does not require additional fair value measurements and is not intended to establish valuation standards or affect valuation practices outside of financial reporting. The ASU is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company will adopt the ASU as required. The ASU will affect the Company’s fair value disclosures, but will not affect the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05, “Presentation of Comprehensive Income”. The ASU eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in shareholders’ equity, and instead requires consecutive presentation of the statement of net income and other comprehensive income either in a continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. ASU No. 2011-5 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company will adopt the ASU as required. It will have no affect on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.

In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08, “Testing Goodwill for Impairment”, an update to existing guidance on the assessment of goodwill impairment. This update simplifies the assessment of goodwill for impairment by allowing companies to consider qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount before performing the two step impairment review process. It also amends the examples of events or circumstances that would be considered in a goodwill impairment evaluation. The amendments are effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted. The Company will adopt the ASU as required. It will have no affect on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.

Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the AICPA, and the Securities Exchange Commission (the "SEC") did not or are not believed by management to have a material impact on the Company's present or future consolidated financial statements.