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Docsville: The Streaming Home for Amazing Indie Documentaries

2023 September 12 / Docsville, Documentary Production, Documentary TV, Streaming Video

Docsville is the real streaming destination for independent, thought-provoking and inspiring global documentary films. Docsville is designed for viewers who are looking to better understand our world and the key challenges of our time. Its curated offering spans the climate crisis to racism & inequality, true crime and inspiring personal stories. Docsville is your home …

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Scandi Prison Reform Comes to Chester, Pennsylvania. A $600k Nordic Coproduction Case Study

2023 May 16 / Case Study, Documentary Production, Documentary TV, Public Television

More than 100 million Americans, myself included, share the harrowing experience of being involved with a family member caught up in the nation’s notorious prison system. American jails rely heavily on punishment versus rehabilitation. But there are stories of hope. Swedish filmmakers Tomas Lindh and John Stark just premiered on SVT their absorbing series that …

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TLC Buys Series. Dan Salerno’s Program Schedule Analysis & Takeaways for Producers. A Pact Webinar

2023 March 3 / Commissioning Process, Disney +, Distribution, Documentary Production, Documentary TV, Internet Economy, PACT, Streaming Video, Webinars

TLC is actively premiering new programs as we move into the Streaming Era! Discovery Networks US plans to order 4,500 new hours in 2023, according to Kathleen Finch, chairman and chief content officer at Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) US nets. What pitches do TLC decision-makers want to see from producers? The short answer: female-targeted Reality …

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A&E & History Channel: What Are They Buying? Dan Salerno’s Program Schedule Analysis. A Pact Webinar

2023 February 20 / Commissioning Process, Disney +, Distribution, Documentary Production, Documentary TV, Internet Economy, PACT, Streaming Video, Webinars

Are A&E and History Channel still buying programs as we move into the Streaming Era? What do they want from their producers? Unlike Nat Geo and Discovery, A+E Networks’ decision-making is not complicated by the need to synchronize with their corporate parent’s streamer. Veteran international programming executive and respected senior consultant Dan Salerno dives deep …

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True Crime All the Time: Bulk Gives Way to Bespoke

2022 May 2 / Amazon, Commissioning Process, discovery+, Disney +, Distribution, Documentary TV, Internet Economy, Netflix, Pitching, Producers' Tool Kit, True Crime

by Ed Hersh If there’s anyone out there who doesn’t yet believe that the media ecosystem is shifting under our feet, the tumultuous events of the last few weeks at Netflix, Warner/Discovery and CNN certainly should convince you. And nowhere can you see these shifts more clearly than in the still-burgeoning field of True Crime …

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Rupert Murdoch’s Dark Power: My ANZAC Day Reflection on the How a Kingmaker Father Inspired the ‘Aussie Prince’ (Updated)

2022 April 24 / Australia, Documentary TV, Internet Economy, UK

Rupert Murdoch stepped into his father’s shoes when he took aim at power and profit. Keith Murdoch was the Australian kingmaker who taught the young Rupert how to forge political influence from media ownership. The son’s values differ from the father: Rupert’s incites racial and class resentment saturated with bigotry. His objectives: Build profitable audiences, …

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News Roundup: Climate Change Documentaries Breaking Through?

2021 October 29 / Archive, Commissioning Process, Conferences & Markets, Coronavirus, Digital Video, discovery+, Disney +, Distribution, Documentary Budget, Documentary TV, Facebook, Foundation Funding, Funding a Documentary, Inclusivity, Internet Economy, Monthly News Roundup, Netflix, Off The Fence, Osprey, Pitching, Privacy, Producers' Tool Kit, Public Television, Ratings, Reality Television, Streaming Video, Sunny Side of the Doc, Theatrical Documentary, UK, VOD, Webinars, Women and Film, ZDF-E

The COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference opens in Glasgow on October 31, bringing urgency to the race to save our planet. Documentary commissioners, producers and distributors have responded with lots of new orders. Does global warming have the urgent audience appeal of programs that address hot button issues like true crime, gender, and social …

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PBS Strategy in the Streaming Era: Meet Sylvia Bugg, PBS Chief Programming Executive & General Manager at Sunny Side of the Doc

2021 August 11 / Conferences & Markets, discovery+, Disney +, Distribution, Documentary TV, Inclusivity, Internet Economy, Interviews, Netflix, Network Profile, Osprey, Panels, Pitching, Public Television, Sunny Side of the Doc, VOD, Webinars

Sylvia Bugg is PBS‘s highly-respected Chief Programming Executive & General Manager, General Audience Programming. Sylvia shares her strategy and program highlights in our engaging Meet the Executive session for Sunny Side of the Doc. Watch the Session: Key Themes I begin by asking Sylvia how PBS is adapting to the streaming era. She references clips …

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