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Oprah’s Documentary Club Picks Three More: How Many Slots Left? What are they Paying?

2010 November 17 / 'Sweet Spots', Commissioning Process, Network Profile

OWN The Oprah Winfrey Network announced the acquisition of three documentary films for Oprah’s Documentary Film Club One Lucky Elephant follows circus producer David Balding as he struggles to find a nurturing home for his beloved orphaned baby African elephant. The film was ten years in the making 65 Redroses captures the spirit of a …

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HBO Documentary Films’ VP Lisa Heller at Sheffield: “We look for observational films that are action-packed”

2010 November 14 / Commissioning Process, Network Profile

Sheffield Doc/Fest Session What Do U.S. Broadcasters Want? How Much Do They Pay? Who? When? 2/3 U.S. channels spend more than $2.0 billion / year on Factual productions. But how can producers get a sliver of that huge pie? They need useful tools to analyse the channels and then to pitch the ideas that networks are …

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The Documentary Channel: Cash Positive and a Sweeter ‘Sweet Spot’

2010 October 1 / 'Sweet Spots', Commissioning Process, Network Profile

At Westdoc, we met with James Ackerman, president and CEO of the Documentary Channel (DOC). We knew James in a previous life, when he was a respected executive at Sky UK. Documentary Channel is a 24-hour niche television network ‘devoted to documentary films and the independent documentary filmmaker’. The tagline is Lights. Camera. Action. History …

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The Style Network: Clear Brand + Distribution Upside, Backed by Family Revenues of $36+ Billion!

2010 September 26 / 'Sweet Spots', Commissioning Process, Network Profile

At Westdoc, DocumentaryTelevision.com caught a rewarding presentation about Mission, Filters and ‘Sweet Spots’ by Renee Simon, The Style Network’s vice president, Current Programming. According to the Westdoc guide: Renee Simon oversees series, specials and interstitials for The Style Network, including the Emmy-nominated series Ruby, as well as the popular franchises Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back, …

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How to Pitch & Sell Your Project. A&E, #3/3. “Seven Key Takeaways”

2010 September 10 / Commissioning Process, Documentary Production, Network Profile, Producers' Tool Kit

Part 3/3 Click here for Part 1/3.: A day in the life of a developer, and more Click here for Part 2/3: A&E’s four filters: “Death is the ultimate high stakes”, and even more By Erin Essenmacher A&E director of Development Stephen Harris spoke at Silverdocs and WIFV panels that were moderated by DocumentaryTelevision.com editor Peter …

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How to Pitch and Sell Your Project to a Network. A&E, #2/3. “Death is the Ultimate ‘High Stakes'”

2010 September 6 / Commissioning Process, Network Profile

By Erin Essenmacher Part 2/3. Click here for Part 1/3. A&E director of Development Stephen Harris spoke at Silverdocs and WIFV panels that were moderated by DocumentaryTelevision.com’s Peter Hamilton. Will It Really Matter in 18-Months? Harris emphasized that the best ideas aren’t necessarily the most controversial: “We’re looking for programs that aren’t just topical …

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Discovery Doubles Up On OWN The Oprah Winfrey Network. Why?

2010 August 25 / Network Profile

This week: The Latest on Oprah’s Documentary Club What’s going on with Discovery’s big new investment in OWN? The Rosie thing? And Martha is in the picture? A Tanned and Buffed DCI Legal/Business Affairs office in LA? More on Oprah’s Documentary Club We recently reported that OWN rolled out the red carpet for Julia, Forest, …

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Oprah’s Documentary Club: The Red Carpet for Julia, Forest, Goldie, Gabriel & Mariel

2010 July 28 / 'Sweet Spots', Commissioning Process, Network Profile

“Oprah’s Documentary Club – Is it a Game-changer?” We asked that question in our May 12 post, when we examined: OWN’s partnership with ro*co productions to acquire ‘cinematic documentaries that can inspire and entertain’ The anticipated license fees, and how they compare with other networks The acquisitions process And we flagged the potentially huge impact …

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