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The Music Documentary Rocks: New bios on Donna Summer, Willy Nelson and more…

2023 September 11 / Amazon, Commissioning Process, Hulu, Music, Netflix, Streaming Video

Platforms and channels love to love the Music genre. Leading off with Willie Nelson & Family and Love to Love You, Donna Summer, Camran Shealy updates her January 2023 profiles with eight new commissions that feature musical celebrities and cultures. The Music Production Challenge at MIPCOM Sharing his best practices at my Meet the Expert session …

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Nielsen Gauge: Streaming and Netflix Roll On. Latest Data

2023 June 24 / Amazon, Disney +, Hulu, Netflix, Peacock, Ratings

Streaming continues to increase its share of viewing at the expense of Cable and Broadcast. The May Nielsen Gauge confirms these and other key trends. Highlights: Streaming usage is now at a dominant 36.4% share — up from 31.9% a year ago. Cable TV viewing continues to decline — down 14% to a 31.1 share …

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True Crime Boom: “Sex, Lies…” and the Latest Commissions & Acquisitions

2023 February 12 / Amazon, Apple, discovery+, Disney +, Distribution, Pitching, True Crime

With Peacock’s Sex, Lies and the College Cult and Netflix’s Madoff we continue our coverage of the booming True Crime genre. Here below is Part 3 of Camran Shealy’s snapshot survey of 20+ recently announced or released projects. More: Part 1 includes The Tinder Swindler. Part 2 leads with Worst Roommate Ever. In my Pact …

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Netflix Dominates: 85% of “Minutes Watched”. All Other Streamers: 15%

2022 September 23 / Amazon, Apple, discovery+, Disney +, Netflix

Analysts LightShed Partners published a noteable pushback to the gloom surrounding Netflix‘s outlook. Remember that investors savaged Netflix, whose market cap has lost around two thirds of its its peak valuation. This tracker tells the story: Wall Street turned sour on Netflix for a cascade of factors including: Stalled subscriber growth. Questions about the quality …

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New Trends in True Crime: Streamers are Changing the Game… What producers need to know! A podcast with Ed Hersh

2022 August 30 / Amazon, Apple, Commissioning Process, discovery+, Disney +, Netflix, Peacock, Podcast, True Crime

Ed Hersh is a veteran channel executive who spent years at A&E, Court TV, and Investigation Discovery as one of the architects of their True Crime programming. He is my fellow New York-based, senior consultant, and has his own company now, StoryCentric, which advises networks and producers on their development, pitching and storytelling strategies, with a …

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True Crime Boom: Recent Releases Highlight What Producers Need to Consider (Part 2)

2022 August 29 / Amazon, Apple, Commissioning Process, discovery+, Disney +, Netflix, Peacock, Streaming Video, True Crime

With Worst Roommate Ever, we continue our coverage of the True Crime genre in Part 2 of Camran Shealy’s snapshots survey of 20+ recently announced or released projects. Read Part 1 here, including The Tinder Swindler and more. And here below is Part 2… My Podcast, Webinars + MIPCOM Workshop New Trends in True Crime: …

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Netflix & the Streamers Put a Blowtorch to the PayTV Model. What Do the Charts Say?

2022 August 23 / Amazon, Apple, Commissioning Process, discovery+, Disney +, Netflix, OTT, Peacock, Ratings, Streaming Video, VOD

There’s a mixed bag of stories revealed in the charts that caught my eye during this rather slow Summer month. Bottom line: The shift to streaming is gathering pace: consumers are putting a blowtorch to the “melting icecube” of legacy broadcast and cable media. The data asks a big question: Do Discovery, Peacock, Paramount, and …

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Is Peacock the “New Quibi?” Wall Streeters say “Stop! Put a bullet in it!”

2022 August 4 / Amazon, Commissioning Process, Digital Video, discovery+, Disney +, Internet Economy, Netflix, OTT, Peacock, Streaming Video, VOD

Influential Wall Street analysts Lightshed Partners report that NBCUniversal has spent $2.5 Billion on its Peacock streaming service. And what has it got? Peacock subscribers are stuck at around 14 million. There were zero subscriber gains for the recent quarter. Peacock lags far behind its competitors Netflix (221 million subscribers), Disney+ (138 Mn), HBO Max (77 …

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