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

2011 February 26 / 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 / 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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NEH (U.S.) Awards Grants for Documentaries

2010 December 13 / Documentary Production, Producers' Tool Kit, Public Television

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 …

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PBS Gets the Jitters: Rumble or Earthquake in LA?

2010 October 11 / Public Television

The PBS system has championed the documentary for forty years. PBS factual strands and slots have provided opportunities for hundreds of thousands of professionals from across the television value chain and in dozens of countries. Coming on top of a decline in viewing, an aging audience and the loss of corporate sponsors, the system is absorbing …

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