About HNA Broadcast

HNA Broadcast is a streaming network built by a creator, for creators. We give independent filmmakers, musicians, performing artists, and content creators a curated home for their work, and a real share of what it earns.

What We Do

HNA Broadcast streams independent work on YouTube at youtube.com/@hnabroadcast for broad reach and discoverability. We program the work, promote it, and build an audience that is here specifically to discover independent creators. Not a feed. Not an algorithm. A network with intention, curation, and community behind it.

How Creators Earn

When your content generates ad revenue on HNA Broadcast’s network, you earn a share of it. Tier structure and revenue percentages are established at onboarding and spelled out in full in the Creator Agreement. Current revenue split calculations are published by YouTube at support.google.com/youtube/answer/72902 and may be updated by YouTube at any time.

Payments are issued monthly with transparent per-video reporting. Revenue is calculated from what HNA Broadcast actually receives from YouTube. You see the math every cycle.

Ad revenue begins when HNA Broadcast is accepted into the YouTube Partner Program. Current eligibility requirements are published by YouTube at youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/monetization/ and may be updated by YouTube at any time. Current network metrics are publicly visible at youtube.com/@hnabroadcast. You will always know where we stand.

Where We Are Going

HNA Broadcast publishes its growth roadmap openly so creators know where the network stands today and where it is headed.

Phase One is where we are now. HNA Broadcast operates on YouTube, building audience, content, and the watch hours needed to unlock ad revenue through the YouTube Partner Program.

Phase Two is our growth target. When the network reaches consistent viewership and ad revenue sufficient to cover the cost of a dedicated streaming platform, HNA Broadcast will migrate to a branded OTT platform with applications for television, iOS, and Android. This expands every creator’s content distribution beyond YouTube to television and mobile audiences. All active creators will be notified before any migration occurs.

Phase Three is the network vision. A fully independent streaming network with multiple content categories, branded TV and mobile apps, and subscription and sponsorship revenue alongside ad revenue. Creator agreements will be updated to reflect new revenue streams as they become available, with creator benefit and transparency maintained throughout.

HNA Broadcast will not move to a paid platform until the network’s revenue is sufficient to cover those infrastructure costs without reducing creator payouts. That is a commitment, not a goal.

How Productions Get Funded

HNA Broadcast is supported by Patreon, not as a creator payout stream, but as a production fund. Patreon revenue goes into equipment, production quality, and programming improvements that raise the floor for every creator on the network.

Your Work, Your Rights

You own your content. Full stop.

By joining HNA Broadcast, you grant us a non-exclusive license to stream and promote your work. You remain free to publish the same content on any other platform, channel, or service. We’re not asking for exclusivity, we’re asking for the opportunity to help your work reach more people, and to pay you when it does.

Either party can end the relationship with 30 days written notice.

Who We’re Looking For

HNA Broadcast is built for creators with work to share:

• Filmmakers and directors — shorts, features, documentaries, experimental work
• Musicians and performing artists — music videos, live performances, studio sessions
• Content creators — original series, interviews, commentary, creative projects
• Independent artists — authentic, community-rooted, and genuinely made

If you have finished work ready to share, a project in development, or an idea worth building, we want to hear from you.

Built by Hollywood North Annex

HNA Broadcast is operated by Hollywood North Annex, an award-winning cinematic storytelling studio based in Sacramento, California. The studio holds Best Cinematography at the Davis Film Festival, Best Lighting at the Sactown Film Festival, and IMDb-credited narrative and commercial work.

The studio is the craft foundation. The network is where independent work, ours and yours, reaches an audience.

Join the Network

Creators — submit your work for distribution on HNA Broadcast.

Supporters — help fund the production quality that benefits every creator on the network.

Brands & Partners — reach an audience that cares about independent craft.