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Case Study: Globe Trekker’s Business Model for a Deficit-financed Public TV Series (2/2)

2011 February 26 2017 June 4 / Distribution, Producers' Tool Kit, Public Television

This is part 2 of a two-part post on Globe Trekker, the leading PBS Travel series created by Pilot Productions’ Ian Cross. Last week: Globe Trekker’s history, distribution and audience This post: the business model and Takeaways. REVENUES Public TV Revenue Model Stations are given programs for free or for a comparatively low license fee The producer sells …

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Case Study: ‘Globe Trekker’ and How a Deficit Financed Travel Series Became a Winner for PBS and Pilot Productions (1/2)

2011 February 19 2017 June 4 / Distribution, Documentary Production, Producers' Tool Kit, Public Television

Is there a way for Factual producers to succeed the old-fashioned way: in U.S. public television? In this week’s Case Study: How the Globe Trekker series blazed a path to a respectable living for Pilot Productions. At History Makers and then at Real Screen, we met with Ian Cross, Pilot Productions’ founder and managing director. Ian …

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Cord-cutting: How Serious? What Does it Mean for Channels and Producers?

2010 December 15 2017 June 4 / Distribution

Are U.S. multichannel subscribers cutting the cord in such numbers that programmers and producers should be concerned for the long term? Analysts of our sector were recently whipped into a bit of a frenzy by the release of two studies: SNL Kagan reported that the U.S. industry lost 119,000 subscribers in the 3rd quarter 2010, …

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