Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator Instructions). And we'll go first to Safa Rashtchy with Piper Jaffray.
Paul Bieber - Piper Jaffray
Hi Mike and Colin, this is Paul Bieber for Safa.
Michael Li
Hi, Paul.
Paul Bieber - Piper Jaffray
How are you? I have two questions. Can you provide an overview, how the different TV partnerships will affect the seasonality? And then secondly, when do you think the revenue will bottom out and Linktone will be able to resume revenue growth?
Michael Li
Let me ask you -- let me answer the second question first, regarding what the revenue bottoming out. With still some residual impact up on the policy changes in Q4, that's why we are giving a guidance is roughly about 15% down from the previous quarter. And at this current stage, we expect Q4 will be the bottom of the policy changes at this current stage. As far as the first question regarding seasonality of TV programs, I think the TV as you know is very popular in China. It's very hard to expect a seasonality at current stage. The viewer-ship itself, it depends up to on holidays, it's no different than the other. We expect the season itself, it will be -- majority depends on the school year, as well as a solo major holidays for the Chinese.
Paul Bieber - Piper Jaffray
And a quick housekeeping question, I didn't see it in the press release. Can you provide a breakdown of the stock-based compensation?
Michael Li
A what breakdown?
Paul Bieber - Piper Jaffray
Yes.
Michael Li
I'm sorry, I missed your question?
Paul Bieber - Piper Jaffray
Can you provide a breakdown of the stock -- how stock-based compensation is allocated between the different line items?
Michael Li
The current stock compensation charge is basically, roughly around $400,000 for the current stock compensation in this quarter.
Paul Bieber - Piper Jaffray
But can you provide how it's broken down between G&A, sales and marketing, et cetera?
Michael Li
As roughly selling and marketing is 26%, product development 20%, and general and administration is about 54%.
Paul Bieber - Piper Jaffray
Okay, thank you.
Michael Li
You're welcome.
Operator
We'll go next to William Bean with Deutsche Bank.
William Bean - Deutsche Bank
Hi, guys, just stepping back a bit, maybe you could give a sense of where you think you guys are going to be in 2008 to 2009 and sort of the steps you're thinking about to get there?
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