Producers’ Tool Kit

Preferred Vendors: Multiple Commissions / Multiple Networks. Why?

2010 August 16 / Commissioning Process, Documentary Production, Documentary TV, Producers' Tool Kit, Upfronts

This week, we ask three questions: Which producers are getting the repeat commissions? Who gets commissions from multiple U.S. networks? And why? The Data We created lists of producers who earned commissions for new and returning programs from Discovery Networks, including the digi-nets, as well as AETN and Nat Geo Channels. Our sources were: Upfront press …

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Fair Use: Expanding Opportunities for Documentarians

2010 June 20 / Operations, Producers' Tool Kit

Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment, under some circumstances. It is a basic part of copyright law in the U.S., but had fallen into disuse because of lack of clarity around what was safe to use. Since the Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use was …

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