In four decades of attending MIP, I’ve never seen a coming out like the one organized by CCTV in Cannes earlier this month. Luo Ming, CCTV’s VP for economic affairs captured China’s strategy when he was reported saying: “Size is important at MIPTV. “And the higher the profile of Chinese content in general, the more …
Our Case Study from the edge of Space, and 10 years in the making… “NHK develops a $100K space camera for a US$6.5 million copro that covers the Cosmic Shore.” Astronaut / camera operator Satoshi Furukawa We continue our case studies of producers and their projects – this time with a true signature project that originated …
A Blue Chip Science Case Study from Japan: NHK’s $6.5 Million “Cosmic Shore” Read More »
We continue our in depth coverage of the Single Doc Economy… Where can independent doc creators go: For a shot at nearly $2.5 million in funding? And for a highly-promoted U.S. slot that averages 1.2 million weekly viewers? Independent Lens is one of the first stops. We continue our in depth coverage of Independent Lens with …
We recently published a detailed 2-parter on POV – the flagshipPBS documentary strand: Click here for part 1: POV’s mission, history, budgets And part 2: the filters, selection process, critical dates, typical fees, and more Last week, POV announced its schedule for 2011. We reprint it here. And next week: we begin a 2-parter on Independent Lens, the doc …
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Our Case Study: How an ABC Australia commission for a signature doc special engaged a set of funding sources to execute a $1.2 million international co-pro. The project: Dino Stampede, Prospero Productions and the Australian International Co-production Model ($U.S.) Dino Stampede premieres on ABC1 on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. And in the U.S. on the …
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 …
Case Study: Globe Trekker’s Business Model for a Deficit-financed Public TV Series (2/2) Read More »
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 …
NEH Bridging Cultures Through Film Grants Awarded By Michael Rose The first round of documentary filmmaker recipients of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) new Bridging Cultures through Film initiative were announced today. “They were made, for a total of $1,116,715– three for development, and two for production of documentary films,” said …