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Netflix’s 3.3 Billion Minutes Viewed in a Week for THE CROWN. What it might mean for Unscripted. Dan Salerno’s Takeaways

2020 December 23 / Commissioning Process, discovery+, Disney +, Documentary Production, Netflix, Streaming Video, VOD

by Dan Salerno “Netflix users watched more than 3 billion minutes of The Crown in the week of Nov. 16-22”. That’s The Hollywood Reporter’s headline for its coverage of Nielsen’s latest streaming rankings. Nielsen noted that two thirds of The Crown’s viewers were over the age of 55. That inspires a question: Does the older …

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discovery+. What You Need to Know! Key Facts and Takeaways

2020 December 4 / Coronavirus, discovery+, Disney +, Distribution, Internet Economy, Netflix, Streaming Video, Unscripted TV, VOD

Discovery Inc. President and CEO David Zaslav announced the discovery+ streaming service on Wednesday. Here are: The key facts. Takeaways from veteran programming exec Dan Salerno and myself. And another veteran network exec added valuable feedback. Mission “With discovery+, we are seizing the global opportunity to be the world’s definitive product for unscripted storytelling.” David …

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