Kartoon Studios, Inc. Segments Disclosure

Note 21: Segment Reporting

 

ASC Topic 280, Segment Reporting establishes standards for companies to report in their financial statement information about operating segments, products, services, geographic areas, and major customers. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise that engage in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, and for which separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by the Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), or group, in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance.

  

Our Chief Executive Officer, as the CODM, organizes our company, manages resource allocations and measures performance among two operating and reportable segments, which were identified based on the nature of the products and services offered:

 

	·	Content Production and Distribution segment includes the operations of Kartoon Studios, Inc, Mainframe Studios, and Frederator Studios. These entities are aggregated due to their similar economic characteristics, nature of products and services, production processes, customer types, and distribution methods. This segment is focused on the creation, production, and distribution of animated and live-action content, as well as licensing and royalty revenue from intellectual property.
	·	Media Advisory and Advertising Services segment includes the Beacon Media Group and the Beacon Communications Group. These entities provide media advisory and advertising services and marketing services.

 

The Company’s CODM decides on resource allocation predominantly based on the annual budget and forecasting process. The CODM considers budget-to-actual variances on a periodic basis when making decision about allocating resources to the segments.

 

The CODM uses revenue and net income (loss) to evaluate the profitability and performance of each operating segment, because it provides insight to operational leverage and other operational metrics for each segment. The CODM reviews revenue and net operating results, as allocated based on the nature of the business activity.

 

The CODM does not evaluate the operating segments using asset information and it is therefore not disclosed.

 

Segment operating expenses include operating expenses directly attributable to the segment as well as certain shared corporate administration services and other costs which are allocated to the reportable segments, such as legal expenses, human resources expenses, accounting expenses, insurance expenses, and corporate facilities expenses. Segment operating expenses exclude certain non-recurring items and other costs, such as interest expense, interest income, share-based compensation expense and taxes.

 

The following table presents the revenue and net income (loss) within the Company's two operating segments (in thousands):

Schedule of segment information by revenues and net income (loss)
		Year Ended December 31,
		2025				2024
Total Revenues:
Content Production and Distribution		$	35,201			$	27,755
Media Advisory and Advertising Services			4,152				4,836
Total Revenues		$	39,353			$	32,591
Net Loss:
Content Production and Distribution		$	(22,432	)		$	(21,160	)
Media Advisory and Advertising Services			(2,100	)			421
Total Net Loss Attributable to Kartoon Studios, Inc.		$	(24,532	)		$	(20,739	)

 

Geographic Information

The following table provides information about disaggregated revenue by geographic area (in thousands):

Schedule of segments by geographic area
		Year Ended December 31,
		2025				2024
Total Revenues:
United States		$	18,119			$	17,805
Canada			13,208				5,769
United Kingdom			7,888				8,637
Other			138				380
Total Revenues		$	39,353			$	32,591

 

Additional considerations include the use of segment-level budgets and forecasts created by Mainframe Studios, Frederator and Kartoon Studios at the entity level. The additional financial information prepared by the segment managers is discussed at length in meetings with the CODM. The Company determines that the revenue information reviewed by the CODM, combined with the financial information discussed with the segment managers is sufficiently detailed to allow the CODM to assess each component’s performance and make resource allocation decisions. Kartoon Studios, Frederator and Mainframe Studios are separate entities, although according to ASC 280-10-50-11 all criteria are met in order to present result in aggregation.

 

When evaluating the Company’s performance and making key decisions regarding resource allocation, the CODM reviews several metrics included in net income or loss, which also include the following:

Schedule of segment allocations
		December 31, 2025
		Content Production and Distribution				Media Advisory and Advertising				Total
Revenues		$	35,201			$	4,152			$	39,353
Less Operating Expenses:
Selling, Marketing and Direct Operating Costs			27,167				343				27,510
General and Administrative Expenses			15,108				5,672				20,780
Other Expenses			–				7				7
Segment results:			(7,074	)			(1,870	)			(8,944	)
Reconciliation of net (loss) income:
Depreciation Expense			2,697				177				2,874
Interest Expense			656				–				656
Share-Based Compensation			331				–				331
Tax provision			(135	)			–				(135	)
Loss on Debt Settlement			1,753				–				1,753
Impairment of Intangible Assets			767				–				767
Other			9,455				53				9,508
Net Loss Attributable to Non-Controlling Interests			(166	)			–				(166	)
Net Income (Loss)		$	(22,432	)		$	(2,100	)		$	(24,532	)

  

		December 31, 2024
		Content Production and Distribution				Media Advisory and Advertising				Total
Revenues		$	27,755			$	4,836			$	32,591
Less Operating Expenses:
Selling, Marketing and Direct Operating Costs			24,103				274				24,377
General and Administrative Expenses			16,351				4,868				21,219
Other Expenses			–				3				3
Segment results:			(12,699	)			(309	)			(13,008	)
Reconciliation of net (loss) income:
Depreciation Expense			3,120				199				3,319
Interest Expense			778				1				779
Share-Based Compensation			669				–				669
Tax provision			19				(62	)			(43	)
Other			4,077				(868	)			3,209
Net Loss Attributable to Non-Controlling Interests			(202	)			–				(202	)
Net Income (Loss)		$	(21,160	)		$	421			$	(20,739	)

 

In evaluating segment expenses, the CODM primarily focuses on cash operating costs and budget-to-actual variances, as these measures are most relevant to assessing operating performance and making resource allocation decisions. All other segment items included in net income or loss are reported on the consolidated statements of operations and described within their respective disclosures.