Index of Articles
Peter Hamilton’s expert analysis and context covering the development, production and distribution of documentary and unscripted content. Posts, video and podcasts since 2010.
2023
- Juan Carlos I: Downfall of a King. Interview with Producer Christian Beetz 2023 May 24
- Juan Carlos I: Money, Sex, Power and the Downfall of a King. Case Study of a €2.5 Mn Docu-series 2023 May 23
- Scandi Prison Reform Comes to Chester, Pennsylvania. A $600k Nordic Coproduction Case Study 2023 May 16
- AI for Documentary Filmmakers: Enhancing Storytelling & Workflow. A Pact Webinar with Philip Shane 2023 May 8
- Charles in His Own Words: Inside Nat Geo’s Fast Track Coronation Special. MIPDOC Case Study 2023 May 4
- Sixty Years of MIP’s. Only Reiner Moritz attended every one 2023 April 25
- Rupert Murdoch’s Dark Power: How His Kingmaker Father Inspired the ‘Aussie Prince’ 2023 April 23
- President Awards Nation’s Highest Honor to Indie Director, DP and PBS NOVA 2023 April 12
- HGTV & Food: Dan Salerno’s Program Schedule Analysis & Takeaways For Producers. A Pact Webinar 2023 March 31
- Industry Trends: Stay ahead of the curve with Pact webinars: What the U.S. channels are buying 2023 March 31
- MIPDOC 2023: The 25th International Documentary & Factual Co-Production Market 2023 March 29
- AIDC: Local Content Quotas for Aussie Streamers. Conversations with Simon Nasht & Dan Goldberg 2023 March 21
- TLC Buys Series. Dan Salerno’s Program Schedule Analysis & Takeaways for Producers. A Pact Webinar 2023 March 3
- A&E & History Channel: What Are They Buying? Dan Salerno’s Program Schedule Analysis. A Pact Webinar 2023 February 20
- True Crime Boom: “Sex, Lies…” and the Latest Commissions & Acquisitions 2023 February 12
- Star Chasers of Senegal: Terra Mater Studios / NOVA Fast-track Copro Premieres February 8 2023 February 3
- National Geographic Channel & Nat Geo Wild: What are they buying? Dan Salerno’s Program Schedule Analysis. A Pact Webinar 2023 January 30
- Discovery Channel & Animal Planet: What are they buying? Dan Salerno’s deep analysis of their program schedules. A Pact Webinar 2023 January 24
- Streaming services remain most popular destination for U.S. TV viewing in December 2023 January 19
- Sundance 2023: $852 Million Spent on Docs That Were Not Selected 2023 January 17
- David Bowie Tops Music Documentary Update. Huge Stars. Unique Access. New Footage. Mega Budgets 2023 January 12
- Best Documentaries of 2022: The Picks from the Players. The Oscar Noms & More 2023 January 10
- Shedding Light on the Business of the Documentary Business. 2022 Report Card. Mission for 2023 2023 January 2
2022
- New Industry Trends series with Pact kicks off with Ed Hersh’s exploration of the True Crime boom 2022 December 22
- Resilience Rules at World Congress of Science & Factual Producers, 2022. Impressions by Indie Producer Ruth Berry 2022 December 8
- NAKED – Generation Gender: How a topical Canadian-German Coproduction Happened! Watch my MIPCOM Case Study Panel 2022 December 7
- True Crime Booms: What Producers Need to Know Before They Pitch. My Pact UK Webinar with StoryCentric’s Ed Hersh 2022 December 7
- STAR CHASERS OF SENEGAL: Indie Producer’s Terra Mater Studios / NOVA Copro. A MIPCOM Case Study 2022 November 23
- How to Find and Manage Reality TV Stars: My Newsweek Interview 2022 November 23
- S4C honors Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney for their docuseries at Wales’ World Cup sendoff on Broadway 2022 November 16
- Nat Geo & Disney+: What Do They Want? And Not! Read their ‘Unscripted Creative Brief, October 2022’ 2022 November 14
- Congress ’22: Inspiration & Connection in Glasgow. SOLD OUT! 2022 October 27
- NEW!! How to Reach 260 Documentary Decision Makers by Sunny Side of the Doc 2022 October 25
- David Attenborough’s Lasting Power #2: FROZEN PLANET II ices competition 2022 October 20
- David Attenborough’s Lasting Power: UK Natural History Ratings Snapshot, 2018-22 2022 October 13
- MIPCOM Case Studies. Three Revealing International Copro’s. Wednesday, October 19 2022 October 6
- Love Nature Gives Back: “Chasing The Rains” and more at Wildscreen Festival 2022 October 4
- Netflix Dominates: 85% of “Minutes Watched”. All Other Streamers: 15% 2022 September 23
- SMART CONTENT MATTERS: Celebrate at Congress ’22 in Glasgow, November 28 – December 1 2022 September 19
- CHARLES III: New British Monarch is a Documentary Patron 2022 September 13
- TRUE ROYALTY: The Netflix for “super-engaged Royals fans”. A Podcast with CEO Gregor Angus (Republished) 2022 September 9
- Netflix & the Streamers. What do they want? What they pay! My Show & Tell Webinar with Keith Ochwat. September 15, 1pm/PT 2022 September 8
- New Trends in True Crime: Streamers are Changing the Game… What producers need to know! A podcast with Ed Hersh 2022 August 30
- True Crime Boom: Recent Releases Highlight What Producers Need to Consider (Part 2) 2022 August 29
- Netflix & the Streamers Put a Blowtorch to the PayTV Model. What Do the Charts Say? 2022 August 23
- True Crime Boom: Recent Releases Spotlight What Platforms Want (Part 1) 2022 August 17
- Is Peacock the “New Quibi?” Wall Streeters say “Stop! Put a bullet in it!” 2022 August 4
- Selling Your Documentary to the Streamers: Opportunities beyond Netflix and the Big 5. Podcast with Wendy Bernfeld 2022 July 27
- Streamers Spend on Music Documentaries. Big Stars. Unique Access. Sky High Budgets. $25 Million for Billy Eilish 2022 July 6
- Netflix & the Rise of the Streamers: What do the Charts Say? 2022 June 24
- How to Pitch Your Documentary & Reality Series to Streamers & Channels. Webinar with Steve Harris, Veteran Exec & Producer. Tues June 28, 10am/Pacific 2022 June 24
- “2000 Mules”: $11+ million payday for a “stolen election” documentary 2022 June 22
- Love Nature Unveils “Evolution Earth” at Sunny Side Of The Doc 2022 June 20
- Season of the Osprey: How It Happened! The Development, Production & Global Distribution of a Blue Chip Wildlife Special 2022 June 3
- Cannes Film Festival: Documentary Takeaways with Veteran Sales Agent Jan Rofekamp. Podcast 2022 May 31
- Waterbear CEO Ellen Windemuth on conservation, community, programming and her new free streaming platform (Podcast) 2022 May 10
- True Crime All the Time: Bulk Gives Way to Bespoke 2022 May 2
- Netflix Bloodbath Explained (Part 2): Where’s the programming Zeitgeist? 2022 April 25
- Rupert Murdoch’s Dark Power: My ANZAC Day Reflection on the How a Kingmaker Father Inspired the ‘Aussie Prince’ (Updated) 2022 April 24
- Spotlight on the Netflix Bloodbath: Lessons Learned from Discovery International (Part 1) 2022 April 22
- Disney Dances Ever More Closely with Disney+ and the Streaming Model! 2022 April 15
- MIPTV & MIPDoc Unpacked: Serendipity rediscovered in Cannes… and more Takeaways with Dan Salerno. Podcast 2022 April 12
- MIPDoc: Gédéon’s “Sagrada Familia: Gaudi’s Challenge” Case Study. Coming Soon 2022 April 12
- MIPDoc Coverage: Streamers, post-pandemic demand & star names boost factual market 2022 April 7
- New York WILD Film Festival: Award for Minna Dufton’s BIG vs SMALL on Saturday April 9. 2022 March 30
- U.S. Cable Channels: Legacy networks retain significant if declining footprints 2022 March 23
- At Risk in Russia: Soviet-Era Nuclear Icebreaker Smashes Arctic Floes… and the Budget! (Case Study) 2022 March 18
- Vacation. Coming up: Dan Salerno webinar and MIPDOC 2022 February 28
- The Sundance Documentary Economy: $848 Million Spent by Producers Who Miss Out 2022 February 14
- FREE NETFLIX WEBINAR with Show&Tell: What the streamers want. Pitching strategy. The deal. 2022 February 13
- The Truth About Netflix: Free Webinar with Show&Tell’s Keith Ochwat, February 17, 4pm ET 2022 January 30
- Netflix Market Value Crashes: What does losing $50 Bn mean for producers? 2022 January 24
- Top 100 UK Documentaries in 2021: Attenborough and familiar talent stand out in a 2nd troubled year of Covid 2022 January 20
- Fading U.S. Channels: How steep is their audience decline in the streaming era? 2022 January 17
- Need To Know for ’22 #1. Apple Hits $3 Trillion Market Cap. Tech giants extend dominance over legacy media players 2022 January 4
- LAST DAYS!! Global Pitch Call for Projects. Submissions close on January 5 2022 January 3
2021
- Happy Holidays from Stockholm: Wrapping up 2021. Excited about 2022! 2021 December 19
- Sunny Side News Roundup: Global Shift to Streaming Accelerates 2021 November 30
- Executive Producers: What do they do?? A podcast with Love Nature’s James Manfull 2021 November 23
- GZ DOC Panel: Global Factual Content Summit: 2021 VOD Platforms & Festivals 2021 November 22
- Annual Nielsen Update of U.S. Population Trends and Latest Household Universes 2021 November 17
- Disney+ Subscriber Slowdown: Watch leading analyst say why Disney’s streaming strategy is a fail 2021 November 12
- Disney, Discovery and media giants spend $600 Mn on promoting their streamers, but don’t gain ground on Netflix 2021 November 12
- The Most Watched U.S. Streamers: Netflix dominates Disney+, Apple TV+ and more. PBS viewing is resilient 2021 November 10
- Netflix’s 41% of Time Spent dominates viewing of commissioned & acquired programs 2021 November 5
- News Roundup: Climate Change Documentaries Breaking Through? 2021 October 29
- The Art, Craft & Persistence of Blue Chip Wildlife Filmmaking. WCS executive producer Natalie Cash in conversation with Jacob Steinberg 2021 October 26
- Netflix & YouTube dominate viewing of streamers. End of Discovery+ as a standalone? 2021 October 19
- “How I go about writing a NATURE special for PBS.” WNET’s Janet Hess on Season of the Osprey 2021 October 19
- Ellen Windemuth discusses conservation, wildlife filmmaking and her Waterbear streamer with Season of the Osprey’s Jacob Steinberg. 2021 October 12
- Scientist Dr. Alan Poole shares the wonders of the species with Melanie Wallace for Season of the Osprey outreach campaign 2021 October 9
- PBS’s Bill Gardner on programming strategy, working with the NATURE series, and Season of the Osprey 2021 October 6
- Sunny Side News Roundup: 9/11 anniversary documentaries disappoint… & much more 2021 September 29
- PBS Nature series launches Season of the Osprey promotion 2021 September 24
- In memory of Matt White, passionate archivist and producer: David Royle’s tribute 2021 September 20
- Sean Bean To Narrate Osprey Raptor Wildlife Doc For Love Nature & Sky (by Deadline’s Peter White) 2021 September 15
- Shark Week vs SharkFest: Quick bites on strategy, audience, $23 million production spend, and more 2021 September 10
- Netflix Subscribers: Democrats or Republicans? Plus more charts on the demographics of U.S. streamers 2021 September 1
- Afghanistan in Documentaries: Sunny Side’s Story of the Month. Plus: Is Barack Obama a celebrity-fixated documentary producer? 2021 August 30
- PBS Strategy in the Streaming Era: Meet Sylvia Bugg, PBS Chief Programming Executive & General Manager at Sunny Side of the Doc 2021 August 11
- The NATURE strand celebrates 40 years as the U.S. home of great Wildlife programs! Congrats to The WNET Group and PBS. 2021 August 10
- Trillion-dollar Death Stars are Existential Threats to Legacy Media Players. 2021 Media Universe Map by Evan Shapiro 2021 August 9
- Documentary Decision-makers Guide. New and Updated from Sunny Side. 260 Buyers. 42 Countries! Save $69.95!!! 2021 August 9
- Crime Pays: Documentary sub-genres that are most In Demand by viewers. Research findings from Parrot Analytics (chart) 2021 July 21
- NHK Japan’s $6.5 Million “Cosmic Shore”: A space science coproduction that compares favorably with billionaire-funded space tourism 2021 July 14
- Sunny Side of the Doc: Who came? Who won? Most attended session? And much more! Highlights of the successful 2021 Virtual Edition. 2021 July 5
- Nielsen’s The Gauge: Streaming Rises. Cable / Broadcast Viewing is Resilient… for Now. Watch Out for Young Viewers 2021 June 23
- SEASON OF THE OSPREY: A Beautiful Blue Chip Wildlife Special from Love Nature, CosmoVision and PBS/WNET’s Nature. 2021 June 21
- SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC – NEWS ROUNDUP, June 2021: Unscripted Investment Frenzy & more 2021 June 14
- Nat Geo Sets High Bar for Diversity and Inclusion. Releases Detailed Production Standards and Benchmarks 2021 June 9
- Streaming Addiction: New SVOD entrants are all making a critical strategic mistake 2021 June 8
- Discovery Documentaries: SVP Howard Swartz reveals “The docs we’re looking for!” 2021 June 2
- Netflix Shrinks Australia’s Local Production Spend: My back-of-envelope lesson 2021 May 27
- A PERFECT CRIME: Creating Germany’s First Netflix Original Documentary Series 2021 May 19
- Discovery Transformed by WarnerMedia: Pro’s & Cons. Winners and a Loser. 2021 May 17
- My NETFLIX LIVE Webinar. Desktop Documentaries Course. Thursday May 13, 1pm (EST). SAVE NOW! 2021 May 12
- BBC STORYVILLE: Mandy Chang departs. A lookback at her strategy. Our panel at virtual CCDF-CNEX 2021 May 10
- R.A.W. TUBA: From Sandtown to Symphony. A short Arts documentary with a hero message 2021 May 5
- PBS NEWSHOUR features BIG vs SMALL, a GIANT WAVE surfer story by Finland’s Minna Dufton 2021 May 4
- Streaming Market Disruption: Netflix loses share as new services create opportunities for viewers & producers 2021 May 4
- OSCAR win for MY OCTOPUS TEACHER. Listen to executive producer Ellen Windemuth in our “How we sold OCTOPUS to Netflix” podcast (Update) 2021 April 26
- Channels & Streamers: How Animal Planet is adapting to the rise of discovery+, with Dan Salerno 2021 April 21
- Streamers will reach 1.2 billion subscribers worldwide. Pressure mounts on the legacy channels / broadcaster model and its producers 2021 April 2
- Greenlights and awards are buzzy for Wildlife 2021 April 2
- The Sundance Documentary Economy: The Odds for Feature Docs. The $806M Cost of Missing Out 2021 March 11
- Disney+ with Nat Geo tops 100 million subscribers. Forecast: 230M+ by 2024. Podcast with Dan Salerno 2021 March 10
- discovery+ leads “Most Streaming Sign-ups” in January: 19% of all U.S. SVOD new subscribers 2021 March 3
- QUOLL FARM: A $600k Wildlife hit for ABC Australia, Smithsonian, ZDF/Arte & NHK 2021 February 28
- discovery+ Report Card: 11 million subscribers. What does it mean? A Dan Salerno podcast 2021 February 27
- Netflix Europe commissions ROOM 2806: THE ACCUSATION, an original documentary series from France’s CAPA Productions. Case Study 2021 February 21
- Off The Fence execs reveal Sales, Acquisitions & Commissioning strategy at our Sunny Side Global Pitch. Webinar 2021 February 19
- SELLING YOUR DOCUMENTARY TO NETFLIX: My new resource-packed online course. Now with a 700-program online database 2021 February 18
- BIG vs SMALL: Production & festival strategy for a giant wave surfer doc. Indie Case Study from Finland 2021 February 9
- Dan Salerno on discovery+: A 1st look at the appearance, functionality & content selections 2021 February 5
- BBC director general floats deep cuts to documentaries in ‘Smarter. Bigger. Better’ strategy 2021 February 4
- Top 100 UK Documentaries in 2020: The Land & Country theme comforts viewers in a troubled year 2021 February 2
- Oscar Documentary Award 2021. APOCALYPSE ’45: The Road from Concept to Qualification 2021 January 29
- Nielsen’s Streaming Ratings 2020: Positive Takeaways for the Documentary / Unscripted Sector 2021 January 17
- Selling OCTOPUS to Netflix. A podcast with executive producer & distributor Ellen Windemuth (reposted) 2021 January 17
- Watch: Dalai Lama / Greta Thunberg. 1st ever meeting discusses Climate Feedback Loops / Update: Now a 1 hour special for international distribution 2021 January 9
- Today’s discovery+ launch spotlights David Attenborough’s 10 years of ratings dominance 2021 January 3
2020
- Netflix’s 3.3 Billion Minutes Viewed in a Week for THE CROWN. What it might mean for Unscripted. Dan Salerno’s Takeaways 2020 December 23
- World Congress of Science & Factual Producers. WCSFP Takeaways with Ed Hersh. Podcast 2020 December 15
- ‘The Crown’ & ‘Diana’ – Multi-platform examples of the social media explosion 2020 December 9
- Netflix’s THE CROWN creates a social media tsunami for DIANA documentary. Podcast with Tom Jennings 2020 December 8
- NOVA: What do they want? Watch Sunny Side’s Meet the Executive Presentation 2020 December 6
- discovery+. What You Need to Know! Key Facts and Takeaways 2020 December 4
- PBS’s Science Strand NOVA: The production pipeline, sources, new digital platforms and more… 2020 December 2
- President Trump to pardon Netflix’s Joe Exotic, the Tiger King? 2020 November 26
- Who are the documentary buyers? What do they want? How many? Deal highlights and more 2020 November 21
- How the channels are responding to the rise of the streamers. A podcast with Dan Salerno 2020 November 19
- Sports viewers are leaving the channels. Why? What it means for the Documentary Economy 2020 November 4
- SNAP: The paths to mobile video success that Quibi missed 2020 October 23
- Quibi: Collapse was in its DNA! 2020 October 22
- BBC STORYVILLE: Mandy Chang guides her legendary documentary strand through COVID turbulence. Our panel at virtual CCDF-CNEX 2020 October 15
- Humboldt: Epic Explorer – A €600,000 Drama Doc from ZDFE, Spiegel TV, Arte and Smithsonian Networks. A Case Study 2020 October 6
- News Roundup: BBC’s new vision meets hardcore opposition, and more… 2020 October 2
- The Making of Netflix’s Hit Wildlife Documentary: MY OCTOPUS TEACHER 2020 September 18
- Latest U.S. Cable Network Universes and Population Trends. Annual Nielsen Household/Persons. Update from Dr John Morse 2020 September 14
- Distributing Discovery’s APOCALYPSE ’45 in the COVID Era. A podcast with Abramorama’s Karol Martesko-Fenster 2020 September 9
- Making Discovery’s APOCALYPSE ’45: A podcast with director Erik Nelson 2020 September 8
- APOCALYPSE ’45: Discovery’s powerful WW2 documentary in virtual theatrical release. A Case Study for the COVID Era 2020 September 8
- Younger UK viewers turn to Netflix and the streamers in COVID 2020 September 4
- UK Wildlife: Top 25 programs in the year of Covid. What next? 2020 September 4
- NETFLIX: What do they want? True Crime, Reality Formats, the Sussexes and more. Plus my new guide! NETFLIX 2021: What You Need To Know Now! 2020 September 1
- How Discovery is positioning for long-term growth with the next generation of fans: Nancy Daniels podcast for CTAM 2020 August 25
- Meet President Trump’s Rightwing Documentary Producers 2020 August 24
- UK History Programs: Top 25 in the Year of COVID (1st Half 2020) 2020 August 20
- BBC History Strategy: Sunny Side interview with commissioner Simon Young, buyer of 70+ hours / year 2020 August 20
- Top 100 UK Factual Programs, 1H 2020. ‘Land & Country’ is the winning theme in the Covid Era 2020 August 13
- REELZ Commissions 200 Originals: What do they want? What is the budget ‘Sweet Spot’? 2020 August 11
- CuriosityStream Strategy. 3,000 Titles: What do they want? Meet Jorge Franzini. (Video + Notes) 2020 July 27
- France Télévisions’ Documentary Strategy for 1,900 hours: An interview with Catherine Alvaresse for Sunny Side. Watch the video! 2020 July 24
- Smithsonian Channel’s Unscripted Strategy: What are the trends? A Sunny Side interview with Chris Hoelzl. Watch the video! 2020 July 16
- Channel 4 Unscripted Strategy: What do they want? What do they pay? An ‘exit interview’ with Fatima Salaria. Watch the video! 2020 July 14
- Bernie Blackout: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. A fast turnaround for VICE. Podcast with producer Pat McGee 2020 July 9
- The Bernie Sanders Blackout: A Fast Turnaround Documentary for VICE. Case Study 2020 July 9
- What producers need to know about the virtual film festivals and online markets. A podcast with Peter Broderick 2020 July 4
- Non-fiction Programming in the Time of BLM, COVID & Netflix. A podcast with veteran consultant Ed Hersh 2020 June 24
- “26 Days to Kill de Gaulle”: A Case Study of a French archive-based production that blends facts and speculation 2020 June 23
- Documentary Eco-system Snapshot: The Outlook for the Channels 2020 June 22
- U.S. Consumers & Viewers in a “Twilight Zone”. The key data & analysis with Dr John Morse. PACT UK Podcast 2020 June 13
- Archives help bridge the gap in the “Content Desert” that will follow COVID production shutdowns 2020 June 1
- Footage.net’s David Seevers Interview: “Making the world’s best stock, news and archival footage searchable from a single site” 2020 May 27
- Get Ready for the Content Desert! with programmer Dan Salerno & producer Michael Hoff. Podcast 2020 May 22
- PACT Webinar: U.S. Networks & Factual Producers: Get Ready for the Content Desert! with Dan Salerno and Michael Hoff 2020 May 22
- Quibi’s $1.8 Billion Fiasco: Founder blames coronavirus, not flawed business model 2020 May 12
- Netflix: Tiger King’s Joe Exotic vs David Attenborough for the Most Popular Launch of a Series 2020 April 22
- Sunny Side of the Doc 2020: The Connected Edition. A Podcast with Strategy Director Mathieu Béjot 2020 April 22
- INSIDE WUHAN: A short-turnaround, undercover investigative documentary from Canada: Case Study 2020 April 15
- Monthly News Highlights: Documentaries in the Streaming Era. TIGER KING takes Wildlife genre to dark side 2020 April 9
- GREAT INVENTIONS: The development, production & distribution of a 35-episode Science series. A Podcast with ZDF Enterprises’ Nikolas Hülbusch & WMR’s Alan Griffiths 2020 April 7
- The Woman Who Loves Giraffes. Case Study of an inspiring theatrical documentary that blends Wildlife & the Archive 2020 April 1
- Responding to the Coronavirus: Programming & Production Snapshot. A pod-versation with Ed Hersh 2020 March 29
- COVID-19 Recovery: Picking the ‘Pawn Stars’ of the Coronavirus Recession? A Case Study 2020 March 25
- Polio Virus Documentary: A Case Study in the Defeat of a Raging Epidemic 2020 March 22
- Coronavirus: Consumers Watch More Television. Networks can’t exploit the opportunity due to their lost capacity 2020 March 17
- Factual Production in the Age of the Coronavirus 2020 March 15
- Coronavirus: The Economic Impact of Lost Markets & Festivals. Workarounds for Producers 2020 March 13
- Killer Virus: Case Studies of co-productions on the AIDS & Ebola epidemics 2020 March 11
- Canadian Factual Production in the Streaming Era: 2020 Outlook & Trends with Stephen Ellis. Podcast 2020 March 5
- Mental Health: The Hidden Struggle Among Documentarians. Podcast 2020 February 22
- YouTube: Billions in Revenues Expand Documentary Commissions. Netflix’s Audience Share 2020 February 18
- Discovery Inc Cuts into the Bone 2020 February 16
- Ira Deutchman: A legendary distributor on the changing economics of theatrical campaigns in the Streaming Era. Podcast 2020 February 9
- UK Documentary Ratings: The Top 100 for 2019. Takeaways on Natural History, True Crime and Brexit 2020 February 3
- Tugg Bankruptcy: Letter from CEO & Co-founder Pablo Gonzalez 2020 January 30
- PGA’s Outstanding Producer Award for APOLLO Signals Boom-time for the Documentary Genre 2020 January 28
- Sundance’s Bank-busting Economics: $862,500,000 spent on documentaries that miss the cut 2020 January 23
- Netflix’s Fyre vs hulu’s Fyre. Parrot Analytics’ Courtney Williams on measuring audience engagement in the online video era. Podcast 2020 January 20
- Sundance Selections 2020: What are the Odds for Documentaries? 2020 January 19
- DOCUBAY: CEO Akul Tripathi reveals his Mumbai-based, global documentary streamer. Podcast 2020 January 18
- How documentary story-telling is changing in the Netflix Era, and what it means for producers. A podcast with StoryCentric’s Ed Hersh 2020 January 9
2019
- Happy New Year! 2019 December 26
- Documentaries in the Streaming Era: 2020 predictions, Apple TV+’s The Elephant Queen, and much more in our Monthly News Highlights 2019 December 23
- The Five Top Trends in 2019 from Veteran Producer Michael Hoff. Podcast 2019 December 19
- NETFLIX sails into rough seas. What does Wall Street’s negative forecast mean for producers? 2019 December 17
- Cable Network Distribution Trends: Nielsen reports the average channel loses 6.2% homes 2019 December 11
- Are U.S. Cable Channels Heading Over a Cliff? An audience snapshot at the end of the ‘Teens 2019 December 10
- Steve Burns, veteran programming executive reflects on the changing documentary landscape. Podcast 2019 November 27
- DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION ROADMAP: 34 CASE STUDIES – A new resource packed with valuable detail and strategic Takeaways 2019 November 27
- Yves Jeanneau, Sunny Side of the Doc co-founder & CEO, and most valued friend, passes away in La Rochelle 2019 November 15
- Ken Burns’ COUNTRY MUSIC triples PBS’s prime time average 2019 November 7
- Sunny Side of the Doc 2019 Snapshot: Growing engagement by producers, decision-makers & exhibitors 2019 November 4
- Netflix: 73 New Releases Streamed in November 2019 November 3
- News Roundup: New slates & docs are announced daily by the streamers… 2019 October 29
- “We Are Netflix” — The #1 streamer’s team describe their work in 18 podcasts 2019 October 25
- The D-Word Forum: Dealing with Netflix: What you need to know NOW! 2019 October 22
- NETFLIX 2020: What You Need To Know Now! Save 20% 2019 October 18
- The most in-demand documentaries in the world: Congratulations from Parrot Analytics 2019 October 15
- TRUE ROYALTY: The Netflix for Viewers who are “Super-engaged with the Royals”. A Podcast with CEO Gregor Angus 2019 October 9
- Australia’s Stadium Documentary Project: An A$1.25 Mn Production Inspires a New Format for the Multi-Platform Video Era 2019 September 26
- Sue Dando shares her programming strategy for CBC-Canada’s The Nature of Things, in its 59th season. A Podcast from Sunny Side of the Doc 2019 September 25
- Chris Hoelzl shares Smithsonian Networks’ Programming Strategy. A Podcast from Sunny Side of the Doc 2019 September 20
- ZDF’s Ricarda Schlosshan shares Terra X’s Programming Strategy. A Podcast from Sunny Side of the Doc 2019 September 15
- U.S. TV Universe Update. Plus the Distribution Footprints of Channels that Buy Documentary & Unscripted Programs 2019 September 12
- Greg Boustead shares Science Sandbox’s Grantmaking Strategy. A Podcast from Sunny Side of the Doc 2019 September 8
- Sports megastars emerging as new source of funding for documentary projects that address racial & cultural injustice 2019 September 2
- Apple TV+ Faces Dominating Competition from Disney+ in the Streaming Wars 2019 August 28
- Streamers vs Channels: A Reality Check on U.S. Video Entertainment Spending and What It Means for Producers 2019 August 26
- UK Broadcast Trends: Documentary / Unscripted Category Defies Gravity: Top 100 Gain in 1H 2019 2019 August 13
- UK Documentary & Lifestyle Broadcast Ratings. The Top 100 for 1H 2019. Notorious British Crime Delivers 2019 August 4
- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARIES, GERMANY : Formula 1 leads the Top 20 Originals in 2019 from Parrot Analytics. Compare Demand for Documentaries with Scripted Originals like Black Mirror 2019 August 4
- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARIES, FRANCE : The Top 20 Originals in 2019 from Parrot Analytics. Comparison with U.S., UK, Australia & Germany 2019 August 4
- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARIES, AUSTRALIA : The Top 20 Originals in 2019 from Parrot Analytics. Plus a Comparison with UK and U.S. Demand 2019 July 29
- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARIES, UK: The Top 20 Originals in 2019 from Parrot Analytics. Plus UK & U.S. Demand for Documentaries Compared 2019 July 27
- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARIES USA: The Top 20 Originals in 2019 from Parrot Analytics. Plus: ‘Stranger Things’ vs David Attenborough’s ‘Our Planet’ 2019 July 24
- Takeaways from NEWF 2019 in Durban. At the Nature Environment Wildlife Filmmakers Congress, “My mind is blown. My heart is full!” 2019 July 18
- Netflix’s Documentary Strategy. Diego Buñuel’s presentation at Sunny Side of the Doc reported in detail by D-Word’s Eli Brown 2019 July 1
- Case Study: STORMBORN. A $1.5 Mn Wildlife Coproduction by Love Nature, Smithsonian Channel, ARTE, BBC Scotland & Screen Scotland. Maramedia is the Producer 2019 June 23
- Case Study: POMPEII RISING: A €1.6 Million Coproduction from France’s Gedeon Productions 2019 June 13
- CuriosityStream’s CEO Clint Stinchcomb on the Highlights of Offering a Competitive Documentary Direct-To-Consumer Service 2019 June 13
- The PBS Series Ranker for Eleven Strands: Average Audience and Trends, 2015-2018 2019 June 11
- Ratings Snapshot for U.S. Channels in 1Q’19: Average Primetime Audience & Distribution Footprints for 40 Factual Channels 2019 June 4
- PBS Snapshot: Public Television Viewing in the Age of Netflix 2019 June 2
- Discovery CEO David M Zazlav earned $128 million in 2018 2019 May 25
- Recent stories that capture key industry trends: Fetishizing personalities in the Age of Netflix, and much more 2019 May 23
- Munich DOK.Fest: The Master’s Pitch produced by Documentary Campus 2019 May 18
- Chasing Netflix: The Keys to Success & Failure for New Online Video Services 2019 May 7
- MIPDoc International Coproduction Summit: Strategic & Practical Takeaways from the Expert Roundtables 2019 May 2
- Case Study: THE SIEGE OF MECCA, A French / German Coproduction of an Investigative Documentary with a 600,000+ Euros Budget 2019 April 29
- THE SIEGE OF MECCA: A Podcast with Producer Dirk van den Berg 2019 April 29
- UNITED SKATES Case Study: Five Years from Inspiration to Tribeca & HBO. Podcasts with Tina Brown & Dyana Winkler, Co-producers & -directors 2019 April 15
- The ZDF Enterprises / Off The Fence Panel at MIPDoc with Terra Mater’s Walter Koehler 2019 April 15
- Off The Fence: Independent Distributor Celebrates 25th Anniversary in Cannes. A Podcast with CEO Ellen Windemuth 2019 April 3
- ZDFE.unscripted at MIPDoc & MIPTV: Highlights from the Wildlife, Science, History & Entertainment Catalog 2019 March 29
- Russell Kagan, the “Mayor of Cannes” — International Television Pioneer, and an Always Generous Cheerleader and Inspiration 2019 March 28
- UNITED SKATES: A First Documentary Feature Wins the Tribeca Audience Award and a HBO Deal. A Case Study 2019 March 25
- Amazon Prime Video Direct Slashes Royalties for Creators in U.S., UK, Germany and Japan 2019 March 19
- Sundance 2019: Women Filmmakers Crash Through the Celluloid Ceiling. The Key Takeaway by Peter Broderick 2019 March 11
- Quibi: $1 Billion for Short-form Content. Watch the Pitch. Why I Think It’s a Long Shot. Lessons from CBS Cable, Discovery and China’s TikTok 2019 March 7
- Pitch your documentary project at Sunny Side of the Doc 2019! 2019 March 1
- Sundance: Buyers Bid $20 Million as the Feature Documentary Category Booms 2019 February 16
- Getting Real at Realscreen: A Podcast with Michael Hoff, Veteran Producer 2019 February 11
- Sundance Takeaways: A Podcast with Peter Broderick, Veteran Distribution Strategist 2019 February 6
- Netflix: Why Subscriber Retention is High as New Subs Flock to the SVOD Leader 2019 February 4
- Royal Wedding & Better Baking: Best British Factual, 2018. The Top 200 2019 January 25
- Ralf Blasius: Losing a Dear Friend, Passionate Producer and Industry Leader 2019 January 25
- Sundance and the Single Documentary Economy: The $1.3 Billion Cost of Missing Out 2019 January 19
- Sundance Film Festival Selections 2019: What are the Odds for Documentaries? 2019 January 13
- Lifetime’s Hit Docuseries Surviving R. Kelly Busts Through Our Netflix Fixation 2019 January 8
- Trends in the Arts Documentary Category. A Podcast with Dr Reiner Moritz, Veteran Distributor & Producer 2019 January 2
2018
- The Rise of Netflix Increases Pressures on Producers. My Big Takeaways for 2018 2018 December 27
- Happy Holidays! 2018 December 24
- Distributing Documentaries & Non-fiction Programs. A Podcast with Ludo Dufour, Off The Fence’s MD for Sales & Copro’s 2018 December 14
- Letters from Baghdad: A Case Study of an Archive-based Documentary With a $1.2 Mn Budget 2018 December 11
- Revenues Drain from the Cab/Sat Programming Ecosystem. Part 4: Cord-cutting Accelerates 2018 December 2
- Sweet Spots: Production Cost Benchmarks for U.S. Factual Networks, 2019. Save 20%. Order Now! 2018 November 26
- Netflix, Prime & Hulu Audience Data: Comparing “The Grand Tour” with Their Hit, Binge-watched Scripted Series 2018 November 25
- Revenues Drain from the U.S. Cable / Satellite Programming Ecosystem. Part 3: Advertising Shows Modest Decline 2018 November 12
- Netflix’s Deals with Producers and its Impact on the Channels. A Podcast with John Ford, GM of the NPACT Producers’ Association 2018 November 6
- Global Demand for Food Programs. A Podcast with Parrot Analytics’ Insights Director Karina Dixon 2018 November 1
- Revenues Drain from the U.S. Cable / Satellite Programming Ecosystem. Part 2: Subscriber Losses for a Snapshot for 23 Channels 2018 October 31
- Factual Channels Continue to Lose Distribution & Revenues. Part 1: A Snapshot with Byron Media’s Dr John Morse 2018 October 29
- The Development History of NATIVE AMERICA, a $3-4 million Signature PBS Series. A Case Study 2018 October 16
- Facebook Watch Delivers A Half Billion Views For Factual Producer. A Podcast with Sam Barcroft 2018 October 4
- Off The Fence: Latest for Mipcom. Royals. Wildlife. Aerials. Science/Tech. Crime, and more 2018 September 28
- Netflix: How Its Continuous Innovation Strategy Drives Programming Decisions 2018 September 20
- Low-cost Documentary Shorts Are a Revolutionary New Tool in U.S. Democratic Party Campaigns 2018 September 12
- “Death of a Nation” and the Rightwing Documentary Ecosystem 2018 September 12
- Attend the SMASH Science Media Awards & Summit, Boston, September 25-27. Save $50! 2018 September 10
- Trends in How Americans View, Measure and Value Programs. A Podcast with Byron Media’s Dr John Morse 2018 September 5
- THE CAT REPORT: A Weekly Wildlife Soap Opera Now Available from WildEarth, the Producers of safariLIVE 2018 August 31
- Anthony Bourdain: A leader in online engagement across the documentary genre. Latest research 2018 August 20
- Facebook Unscripted Strategy: From “Video First” to “Video Fumble” 2018 August 9
- How to Measure and Value Audiences for Unscripted Programs. A Podcast with Parrot Analytics’ Courtney Williams 2018 July 29
- Hitchhiking Pays Off: Four Key Takeaways from NEWF, Africa’s Nature, Environment & Wildlife Film Congress 2018 July 28
- NEWF: Peter’s Takeaways from an Excellent Week in Durban 2018 July 28
- THE CLEANERS An Anti-Case Study From Berlin: UPDATE 2018 July 25
- Best British Documentaries, Factual, Lifestyle & Current Affairs, 1H 2018. UK Ratings #1-100 2018 July 10
- Africa’s Nature, Environment & Wildlife Filmmakers Congress (NEWF), Durban, July 16-18. The Program 2018 July 6
- THE CLEANERS An Anti-Case Study from Berlin: A $1.3 Mn Investigative Documentary Premieres at Sundance. Faces Deep Deficit 2018 June 19
- Discovery For Sale? 2018 June 18
- Astrid Steinmeyer: Remembering a Wonderful Friend and Colleague 2018 June 9
- Program Development & Pitching Trends. Podcast with Michael Hoff 2018 June 1
- The Obamas’ Output Deal With Netflix. Takeaways for Producers. A Podcast with StoryCentric’s Ed Hersh 2018 May 26
- Privacy Policy 2018 May 24
- Program Development and Pitching in the Online Video Economy. Takeaways from Hoff Productions 2018 May 18
- Hulu: The Appetite for Documentary Viewing on the Home of “The Handmaid’s Tale” 2018 May 3
- MIP Takeaways #6-12: Budget Cuts. Elvis & A-Listers. Tentpoles vs Tents. China and more… 2018 April 30
- MIPTV & MIPDoc Takeaways #1-5: That Unsettled Netflix Feeling Along the Croisette 2018 April 25
- Woodcut Media’s Kate Beal Shares Three Key Guides to Success: Creativity, Commercial & Collaboration 2018 April 17
- LE JAPON VU DU CIEL au MIPDoc. Étude du d’une co-production 4K couronnée de succès. 2018 April 16
- JAPAN FROM ABOVE at MIPDoc. Case Study of a Successful 4K Co-production 2018 April 13
- MLK: The Assassination Tapes: Winning Awards by Overcoming the Challenges of Working with the Archive 2018 April 4
- MIPDOC 2018 Conference Programme. Factual Attraction: Taking Non-Fiction To Premium 2018 March 24
- How to Work With a Boutique Distributor. Case Study: Preparing to Sell Documentaries at MIPTV & MIPDoc 2018 March 1
- Cable Distribution Snapshot: 48 U.S. Networks that Commission or Acquire Unscripted Programs 2018 February 14
- Ken Burns’ ‘The Vietnam War’ Triples PBS’s Primetime Average 2018 February 2
- Sundance Film Festival Selections 2018: What are the Odds for Documentaries? 2018 January 25
- The Demand for Documentaries Across Online & Social Media Platforms: Recent Highlights 2018 January 16
- Facebook Commission: Tom Brady Gives Intimate Access to His Private Life. “It’s Like Therapy” 2018 January 10
- Best of British Documentaries, Factual & Lifestyle, 2017. UK Ratings #101-200 2018 January 7
- Best of British Documentaries, Factual & Lifestyle, 2017. UK Ratings #1-100 2018 January 7
2017
- PBS History Programming: Audience & Pipeline. Top 5 2017 November 28
- PBS Science Audience: Top 5 Non-NOVA Series & Specials, 2015-17 2017 November 27
- NOVA Tops 4.5 Million Viewers: Trends, Filters, and Recent Greenlights 2017 November 26
- PBS Series Ranker: The Audience For History & Science Strands, 2014-2017 2017 November 24
- Audience Ratings Information for Producers: Arming Yourself for Negotiations 2017 November 22
- ARCHIVE VALLEY: FASTER, EASIER & MORE COST-EFFECTIVE RESEARCH & LICENSING. FREE ACCESS OFFER 2017 November 21
- Program Tune-in is Boosted by BIG DATA plus Psychographics plus Targeted Promo’s plus Addressable TV’s. New Case Study 2017 November 12
- Facebook’s Video Strategy: “Throw Lots Of Video Against The Wall. See What Sticks!” 2017 November 6
- “Hands & Pans”: Tasty’s Cooking Format Burns the Food Network in the Online Video Economy 2017 October 31
- Facebook Dominates While Newspaper Publishers Pivot to Video: Takeaways for Channels? 2017 October 4
- MIP Cancun Co-production Matchmaking Market: Last Chance to Register for Pre-scheduled 1-to-1 Meetings with Industry Leaders 2017 September 28
- David Lyle. A Wonderful Friend and Colleague. His ‘First Steps’ Remembered 2017 September 25
- PBS & Natural History Programming: A Ratings Snapshot for the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. 2017 September 21
- Generational Switch From Cable / Satellite to Streaming Services: Pew Research 2017 September 19
- U.S. Cable Channels Forecast: Dark Clouds With Silver Linings. Takeaways 2017 September 16
- China Trends: 850 Million New Middle Class Video Consumers. Broadcasters Edge Back to Copro’s. SVOD Boom 2017 September 6
- An Expert Challenges The “China’s Booming Middle Class” Theory 2017 September 6
- Attenborough Dominates Online Audience Demand Data. U.S. / UK Top 20 for Documentaries & Factual (Q2 2017) 2017 July 28
- Princess Diana: The Archive Wave. Or Wars? 2017 July 25
- UK Ratings Snapshot, 1H 2017: The Sizzling 60 Documentaries & Lifestyle Hits 2017 July 19
- “The Beatles: Eight Days A Week”. Fab 4 Archive Case Study at Sunny Side 2017 July 3
- U.S. Factual Networks: Ten Year Viewing Trends. Sunny Side Takeaway #1 2017 June 26
- Big Trends in the Internet Video Economy: Takeaways from Silicon Valley 2017 June 13
- Jeremy Clarkson’s “Grand Tour” Scores Big for Amazon in Parrot Analytics’ New Measure of Cross-platform Demand For Content 2017 June 4
- “The Beatles” at Sunny Side of the Doc, La Rochelle, June 19-22. Speaking Engagements 2017 June 3
- U.S. Networks: Subscriber Decline Is Modest But Steady 2017 May 30
- The LOST Kennedy Home Movies – Unlocking an Archival Treasure for History U.S. 2017 May 29
- Donald Trump and the Rightwing Documentary Ecosystem 2017 May 23
- M研究院|Facebook原创内容将至,美国内容行业的反应是…… 2017 May 16
- Facebook Originals Are Coming! Update: What Will They Pay? 2017 May 8
- Facebook Originals Are Coming! 2017 May 8
- Cezame: Your Partner in Creating Music for Documentaries 2017 May 5
- Netflix: Licensed and Not Original Shows Dominate the SVOD Giant’s TV Streams 2017 May 2
- ITVS: $191+ Million Spent on Independent Productions Since 1990 2017 April 25
- MIPDoc Takeaways: Here Comes Amazon Prime, The Big Disrupter of the Video Industry 2017 April 23
- MIPTV Takeaways: International Distribution Contracts: What’s New? 2017 April 10
- MIP CHINA: Chinese Majors Are Seeking Coproduction Partners. Hangzhou, May 23-25 2017 April 7
- AIDC #2: Australia’s Documentary Conference Was A Winner / Updated 2017 March 30
- Coproduction: A Growing Trend in Factual. MIPDOC Panel Preview 2017 March 19
- AIDC: Australian International Documentary Conference. Post #1. The Guardian’s Filters & Deals 2017 March 6
- Titles: How To Win In The New Programming Arms Race 2017 March 1
- “Who The F*@% Is Frank Zappa?” $1.1 Mn Pledged. Kickstarter Documentary Record Smashed 2017 February 20
- More on Facebook’s ‘Video-First’ Strategy and Exec Hires. Apple Sits on Fence 2017 February 14
- GRAMMY FOR BEST MUSIC FILM: “The Beatles: Eight Days A Week”. Fab 4 Archive Case Study 2017 February 12
- Realscreen Takeaways: Documentary Budgets, Facebook Strategy, China’s New Buyers, and More 2017 February 8
- Inmigración 411: A Timely Spanish-language Public Television Series On Immigration Law 2017 January 30
- UK’s Fantastic 50 Documentaries, 2016. Plus 25 Lifestyle Hits. The Brexit Predictors. And More! 2017 January 18
- “Hamilton’s America”: A Snapshot of the Television, Digital & Social Media Audiences for a PBS Hit 2017 January 12
- VR: Disillusionment at CES Las Vegas / Science Producers’ Congress Takeaway #1: VR is a Big Bust 2017 January 9
- Sundance Film Festival 2017: What Are The Odds for Documentaries? 2017 January 6
2016
- Amazon Prime Video Undercuts Netflix in Worldwide Rollout 2016 December 20
- Happy Holidays! 2016 December 18
- Science Congress Takeaway #3. LIVE! Leads ‘What’s the Buzz!’ Cab/Sat Model Looks Fragile 2016 December 18
- Science Congress Takeaway #2. Megyn Kelly and Living in Dangerous Times 2016 December 16
- U.S. Presidential Election 2016: Why Polling Missed the Mark. Trump’s Secret Research Weapon 2016 December 13
- The Rightwing Documentary Producers Who Are Shaping Trump’s America 2016 December 1
- WCSFP: Where to Drink, Eat and Swim in Hipster Stockholm. Plus Designer Shopping, Museums and more… 2016 November 26
- The Fidel Archive Case Study: Inside a PBS / NGC International Coproduction 2016 November 26
- The Archive Comes Back in the ‘Post-Schedule Documentary Economy’. Interview with Peter Hamilton & Tom Jennings for Footage.net 2016 November 12
- WildLIVE! Crocodiles Attack. Blue Whales Surface. Real Time Takeaways from Wildscreen 2016 November 1
- Facebook Video: Most Watched Publishers, September 2016 2016 October 25
- mipcom Takeaways: Ten Tips for Working with a Distributor 2016 October 18
- WildLIVE! Comes to Wildscreen, Bristol 2016 October 5
- Takeaways: Choppertown and the Wild West of Facebook Video (3 of 3) 2016 October 3
- The Online Video Revolution Comes to SMASH: Trends & Insights from Nielsen 2016 September 22
- Digital Video Landscape: “Producers Out! Tech-savvy Marketers In!” 2016 September 9
- Choppertown Rides Facebook Video to Earn Multiple Revenue Streams (2 of 3) 2016 August 29
- Very Sad News: Mercury Media’s Tim Sparke 2016 August 26
- Choppertown: A Model Facebook Network with 2.0 Million Friends. (Part 1 of 3) 2016 August 23
- Reality TV’s Hidden War: Legal Battle with Discovery Highlights Rising Tensions (Variety) 2016 August 22
- Amazon, Netflix & Nat Geo: Notes from the ‘Post-Schedule’ Documentary Economy 2016 August 12
- SMASH: Celebrating the Best Science Media, Boston, September 20-22 2016 August 10
- UK’s Fabulous 50 Documentaries + Factual, 1H 2016: The Brexit Predictors 2016 August 2
- Meet the Budget Whisperer: A Production Budget Template for a Documentary Special, 2016-17 Edition 2016 July 28
- The Future of Video & the Internet: The Year of Live! Millennials, China, Shifts in Adspend, and More. 2016 July 22
- UK TV: ‘Generation Gap’ Widens. Viewing Time Drops. Ofcom Annual Report 2016 July 14
- Facebook Live. A Fatal Shooting Marks a Historic Tipping Point for Video 2016 July 12
- Sunny Side Takeaways: BREXIT Strands Projects, EC Payback Time, 4K Picks Up, China, SVOD and More… 2016 June 28
- SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST 2016: HBO’s Sheila Nevins, Sharp Minds, Original Thinkers, VR & Artificial Intelligence 2016 June 25
- 探索通信的估价过高?华尔街分析师最新言论全解析 2016 June 17
- “Discovery Communications Is Over-valued.” Wall Street Analysis & Takeaways 2016 June 13
- ITN Source Short Film Competition: Three Finalists 2016 June 10
- Vale Brian Beaton, Documentary filmmaker, advocate, and friend 2016 June 9
- Amazon Video Direct, the ‘Netflix Killer’? Analysis and Takeaways 2016 May 19
- ACSIL Footage Expo, New York, June 9 2016 May 18
- A Producer at Risk: Siberian Budget-buster! The Takeaways (Case Study 2/2) 2016 May 14
- A Producer at Risk: Soviet-Era Nuclear Icebreaker Smashes thru the Arctic… and the Budget! (Case Study 1/2) 2016 May 13
- MIPDoc Takeaways: A Video Interview for China’s Unscripted Marketplace 2016 May 13
- Advertiser-funded Programming. The Factory Media Case Study: ‘The Indestructibles’ Reaches 34 Million 2016 April 26
- Amazon Prime Challenges Netflix With Monthly Subscriptions / SVOD Shakes Up Aussie Viewing 2016 April 18
- 小公司如何备战MIPTV?小型纪录片公司Windrose案例分享。 2016 April 14
- ABC Australia Restructures: Dramatic Rise of Digital Viewing 2016 March 24
- AIDC VOD Takeaways (1/2): The VOD Boom and ABC Australia 2016 March 20
- MIPDOC 2016: Moderating Panels on Online Originals + History Trends. Juror for Tokyo Docs Pitch 2016 March 14
- Documentary & Reality Case Studies: 21 Projects From Concept through Development to Delivery 2016 March 12
- 新兴的YouTube Red如何抢夺付费点播市场? 2016 February 22
- YouTube RED: A New SVOD Pipeline for Documentary & Unscripted Commissions 2016 February 21
- Realscreen Summit 2016: A Takeaway – The Financial Model The Channels Are Leaving Behind 2016 February 16
- 2015英国真实类节目TOP 60:世界终究是视频点播的 2016 February 15
- 2015英国真实类节目TOP 60:世界终究是视频点播的 2016 February 15
- Documentaries are back. A report on Realscreen Summit 2016 by Jesus Chavez 2016 February 10
- Nat Geo 3.0: ‘Challenger Disaster’ Premiere Ratings 2016 February 6
- How To Win £1000: ITN Source launches Short Film Competition 2016 February 5
- AIDC Melbourne 2016: Don’t Miss an Exciting Program + Networking. My Two Panels 2016 February 4
- UK Factual Hits: The Sizzling Sixty for 2015 2016 January 29
- In Ebola’s Wake: Case Study of a High-risk, Fast Turnaround Documentary 2016 January 27
- Nat Geo Takes The Archive Global. Case Study: ‘Challenger Disaster: The Lost Tapes’ 2016 January 22
- Al Jazeera America Closes. Other Quality Channels That Folded 2016 January 14
2015
- David Attenborough’s U-Boat Explores the Great Barrier Reef for BBC1 2015 December 29
- Five Takeaways from Guangzhou Doc Fest 2015 / Asian Side of the Doc 2016 Announced 2015 December 20
- Harry Butler: The Aussie Talent Who Helped Build Discovery Off the Backs of Snakes and Lizards 2015 December 16
- Happy Holidays! 2015 December 14
- Successful Factual, Documentary & Reality Projects Revealed: 18 Detailed Case Studies, from a $40 Mn Box Office Hit to Passion Docs 2015 December 11
- Ten Takeaways for Creating a Successful Fundraising Trailer 2015 December 9
- AIDS: ‘The Rise of the Killer Virus’ A Case Study of an International Co-pro Event 2015 December 1
- Nearly $3M for a Blue Chip Citizen Science / Crowdsourcing Series from NSF! Coming to WCSFP Vienna… 2015 November 23
- Nat Geo 3.0: Reorg + Takeaways / Showtime Ups Docs 2015 November 20
- Hoff Productions: An Independent Producer Manages the Ups and Downs 2015 November 18
- Blackfish: Proof That Documentary Can Be a Powerful Force for Change 2015 November 12
- Donald Trump: Reality TV’s Presidential Candidate Rides ‘Earned Media’ to the Nomination 2015 November 9
- National Geographic Society: Layoffs Prior to Expanded Partnership with Fox 2015 November 5
- Marlon Wayans: Celebrity Documentary. ‘Sweet Micky’, The Fugees’ Pras Michel & Winning Slamdance 2015 November 1
- MIPCOM Takeaways: VOD Is Hot Business Along the Croisette 2015 October 30
- The Dramatic Shift in U.S. TV Viewing: A Conversation with Dr. John Morse about the Nielsen Data 2015 October 28
- POV Revealed (2/2): The Filters & Selection Process. What Are Your Odds of Success? 2015 October 12
- CNEX Chinese Doc Forum 2015: Standouts & Prizewinners 2015 October 5
- Inside PBS’s POV Documentary Strand (1/2): How Many Greenlights? The Fees? Budgets? And Rights? Plus Changes at the Top 2015 September 30
- Kickstarter Success Stories: The Win/Loss Rate and Payoff Amongst 13,049 Launched Projects 2015 September 24
- $859,425! The New Kickstarter Record for a Documentary Is Set by a Nerdy Science Film! 2015 September 18
- Marlon Wayans: Celebrity Reality. Inside the Successful Launch of a Reality Production Company / Updated 2015 September 17
- 16 and Pregnant: Can Reality TV Promote Positive Social Change? 2015 September 1
- Sunny Side Videos: Select Trends in China, U.S., Germany, Singapore, Asia, Europe, South Africa, Taiwan, France and More 2015 August 25
- UK Viewing Snapshot: The Highest-rated Program for 40+ Networks 2015 August 19
- UK Ratings: Top 50+ Documentary & Lifestyle Programs in 2015 2015 August 11
- Citizens United: Rightwing Documentary Studio With Zero Hits But a Huge Home Run 2015 August 6
- The Sunny Side Vibe: More Takeaways from South Africa, Beijing & Taiwan, Australia and France 2015 August 4
- BBC Storyville’s Nick Fraser Speaks Out at Sunnyside. Plus Yves Jeanneau, Mette Hoffman and Ove Jensen 2015 August 3
- “Go Watch Cable TV!” How Parents Punish Kids Today 2015 July 24
- “Binge-viewing is the New Normal.” And It Hurts Reality TV – TiVo Research 2015 July 10
- 比尔·盖茨与 《拯救世界的一针》: ——为史密森频道制作特别纪录片的经验之谈 2015 July 7
- A 4K Conversion & Social Media Unlock Value from the Archive. The Story of “Every Face Has a Name’ 2015 June 16
- The Business of the Documentary & Unscripted Business. Thirteen Case Studies 2015 June 11
- OnScreen Manitoba Leads a Delegation of Producers to Sunnyside of the Doc 2015 June 8
- ITN Source Short Film Competition for Archive Specialists. Three Finalists. £1,000 Prize. Winner Announced at Sheffield Doc / Fest 2015 May 27
- China at MIPTV: Profile Shrinks, But Size Tells Another Story. Greenlight Back On 2015 May 20
- Discovery Founder John Hendricks Launches SVOD Factual Service, CuriosityStream. Meet President Elizabeth Hendricks North at MIPDoc 2015. 2015 May 15
- MIPDoc Takeaways: Copro Model Under Fire. Aussie Financing Solutions 2015 May 10
- 传统电视人“Netflix恐慌症”怎么破?(下) 2015 April 29
- 传统电视人“Netflix恐慌症”怎么破?(上) 2015 April 29
- 为纪录片投入250万美元 2015 April 8
- Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav’s Compensation in 2014: $156 Million 2015 April 6
- Thessaloniki Takeaway #3. Video: Trends in the Documentary Distribution Business by Jan Rofekamp, Films Transit International 2015 March 31
- Thessaloniki Takeaways # 2: Leo Dicaprio Builds His Resume. The False Hope of NETFLIX 2015 March 29
- ITN Source Short Film Competition, in Association with Sheffield Doc/Fest & Audio Network / £1,000 Prize 2015 March 20
- On BBC4: ‘The Polio Story: The Vaccine That Changed The World’ Triples Average Audience for its Slot 2015 March 15
- MIPDoc Panels: ‘Going Global & Digital’ / ‘Getting Funders + Incentives’ 2015 March 13
- ITN Source & DocumentaryTelevision.com Announce Sponsor Partnership 2015 March 10
- Condolences Following Copenhagen Attacks / EDN Docs in Thessaloniki Master Class, March 19 2015 February 16
- From New York Times: CCTV, China’s Propaganda Tool, Finds Itself at Center of Antigraft Drive 2015 February 15
- Asian Side of the Doc, Xiamen, March 17-20, 2015. Connecting with the Asian Factual Market 2015 February 9
- Realscreen 2015. Ten Takeaways: More Delegates. Snow-zilla. Uncertainty. Scale. Humble. Fear. Back to Content? Diversity. 2015 February 6
- Super Bowl by the Second: The Top 10 Commercials from TiVo Research 2015 February 3
- Independent Lens Spends $2.5 Million on Docs: The Mission, Filters, Budgets, Rights & Submission Process 2015 February 1
- ITVS Profile: $170+ Mn Spent on Indie Production since 1990 2015 February 1
- Prepping for Realscreen: How to Target and Pitch the Buyers 2015 January 25
- 2014英国热播电视节目回顾 2015 January 23
- Realscreen Panel: Formula for a Hit… Audience Research and the Program Greenlight Process 2015 January 19
- Why Are US Cable Ratings Falling? Getting Back to Win-Win for Programmers, Advertisers and Producers! 2015 January 19
- UK: A Selection of Top Documentary & Unscripted Programs in 2014 for 50 Channels 2015 January 13
- Baking is Hot: The Top 50 UK Factual & Lifestyle Programs for 2014, Plus Takeaways 2015 January 5
- World Congress: 5 Takeaways from Hong Kong 2015 January 2
2014
- A very Happy New Year to all our readers! 2014 December 17
- 纪录片《The Rise of the Killer Virus》案例研究(下) 2014 December 16
- 纪录片《The Rise of the Killer Virus》案例研究(上) 2014 December 16
- 我们很荣幸地向您介绍2015阳光纪录片大会全球纪录片决策者手册 2014 December 10
- Public Television Funding: Comparison Across 18 Western Countries 2014 December 10
- Nonfiction Producers Association (US) at DISCOP Africa 2014 November 25
- DISCOP AFRICA 2014: A Bustling and Optimistic Event. Videos & Takeaways 2014 November 13
- 彼得•汉密尔顿:戛纳新风向 2014 November 10
- 美国公共电视网PBS 正接连获得成功 2014 November 10
- PBS Comes Back: Beyond the Super-hits ‘The Roosevelts’ & ‘Downton Abbey.’ A Lesson for History? 2014 November 6
- South African Delegates come to WCSFP, Hong Kong 2014 November 3
- ‘Pitching in the Rain’ … MIPCOM Takeaways 2014 October 21
- France’s CNC: Centre National du Cinema et de l’Image Animee. 700+ Mn Euros for Cinema & Television. How Much for Docs? 2014 October 10
- Le Rendez-Vous: Elegance and Access to Buyers on the Clifftops in Biarritz 2014 October 3
- CNEX: Takeaways from the Chinese Doc Forum, Taipei (CCDF-5) 2014 October 1
- 美国公共电视网 品牌纪录片栏目POV透视 2014 September 20
- Leftfield Entertainment Snapshot, Networks Served (2 of 2) 2014 September 14
- GZDOC Guangzhou & WCSFP Hong Kong: Close Proximity, Collaboration and Joint Discount 2014 September 14
- World Congress of Science & Factual Producers Relocates to Hong Kong 2014 September 5
- Leftfield Entertainment: The Snapshot After the Acquisition, 2014 (1 of 2) 2014 September 4
- China’s Documentary Channel Financial Problems: More Context 2014 August 8
- CCTV9-China Doc Channel Exec Arrest. My Takeaways: ‘Flies’ vs ‘Tigers’ or ‘Elephants vs the Grass’ 2014 August 3
- China Corruption Bust: CCTV9 Doc Channel Director Liu Wen Arrested for Programming Graft 2014 August 1
- 真人秀节目制作公司的暴利时代:从 2万美元到 4.5亿美元 2014 July 25
- UK Nonfiction Hits, 2014: Beckham Bends One Into the Top 10 2014 July 24
- Sunnyside of the Doc Takeaways: #1 The ‘Non Anglo-Saxons’ Lead the Way 2014 July 15
- US Unscripted Networks: How Many Homes Reached? Trends & Takeaways. Debut for the Smithsonian Channel 2014 July 2
- South Africa Workshops by ATFT / nfvf Documentary Funding Spotlight 2014 June 21
- International Documentary Buyers’ Guide, 2014-2015. 160+ Key Contacts. Out Now! Save 20% 2014 June 4
- South Africa: ATFT’s Sunnyside of the Doc 2014 prep workshops in Durban, Cape Town & Johannesburg 2014 June 3
- Australia on the ‘Threatened Public Television System’ List. Takeaways for Doc Creatives 2014 June 2
- How Do Networks Select Programs? A Veteran Executive’s Ten Secrets. And How Producers Can Respond 2014 May 21
- Eleven Reasons Why ‘Preferred Producers’ Earn Repeat Commissions From Multiple Networks 2014 May 15
- Who’s Hot? ID’s ‘Pulp Faction’ and Other Unscripted US Network Winners, 1Q 2014 vs 1Q 2013 2014 May 12
- 国际趋势:美国真实节目峰会实况 2014 May 8
- ITV Studios to ‘Pawn Stars’ Producer: “You’re worth US$450 Million!” 2014 May 8
- 单集纪录片市场前景如何? 2014 May 5
- How Much? The ‘Rule of Thumb’ for Co-pro’s, Acquisitions and Pre-sales by Off the Fence’s Bo Stehmeier. A MIPDoc 2014 Highlight 2014 May 5
- Canada’s Non-fiction Channel Ranker: A Snapshot of Discovery, History, Nat Geo and More… 2014 May 2
- China’s Communist Party Bans DocumentaryTelevision.com. More ASD/Chengdu Takeaways 2014 April 29
- China’s Doc Boom: Beijing Rejects Reality TV in Favor of Classic Documentaries. What’s the Deal? 2014 April 22
- CCTV10: The Sizzle from China’s Science & Culture Channel, Reaching 136 Million Daily 2014 April 1
- MIPDoc: Over 1,300 programmes are waiting to be discovered 2014 March 30
- Flight Data Visualization: 30,000 European Flights in 2 Marvelous Minutes 2014 March 14
- Barack Obama Special Issue: President Launches Nat Geo’s “Cosmos” / Update of “2016 Obama’s America” and its $40+/- Million Payday 2014 March 9
- “Gravity” Wins Oscars! But Failed to Lift Off at Science Producers’ Congress in Montreal. Why? 2014 March 4
- “Gravity: Where’s the Story & Characters?” A Comment from Paul Gasek 2014 March 3
- 彼得话2014年纪录片的流行趋势 2014 February 24
- 2014″亚洲阳光纪录片大会“: 抓住最后机会提交您的提案,参加”最佳提案竞评“ !抢先看 : “研讨会”与“工作坊” ! 2014 February 20
- The British Invasion: Takeaways from a UK Indie on How to Get and Keep a Slice of the American Unscripted Television Pie 2014 February 17
- Realscreen Takeaways: Location. Efficiency. Quants. Guts. Brits. Agents. Reality Overload? 2014 February 8
- Who’s Hot? Who’s Not! 4Q 2013 Snapshot of US Nonfiction Networks 2014 February 4
- Al Jazeera Documentary Arabic: What’s the Strategy? And the Deal? 2014 January 20
- ‘Butterflies’ Doc to Gross $40+ Million. Trends in the Giant Screen Market. Nat Geo’s All Time Top 5 Hits 2014 January 17
- Asian Side of The Doc # 5, Chengdu, China 18-21 March 2014 2014 January 16
- The Myth of the ‘Cord-Cutting Implosion’ 2014 January 9
- US Networks: How Many Homes Reached? Which Ones Are Gaining Or Losing Distribution? 2014 January 6
- EDN Launches Two New Industry Calendars 2014 January 4
- CINE Golden Eagle for ‘A Shot to Save the World’ 2014 January 2
- Webinar: “Networked for Success: An Insider’s Guide to Making the Most of Industry Events.” January 15, 2014. 12-1:30pm EST. Register Now ! 2014 January 2
2013
- “How Audience Research Can Make or Break Your Pitch” Realscreen Masterclass 2013 December 21
- IDFA Amsterdam: Seven Key Success Factors at This Year’s Documentary Pitch Forum 2013 December 16
- ‘What’s The Buzz?’ Takeaway # 2 from Science Producers’ Congress, Montreal. With Links and Clips for the Hot Shows 2013 December 9
- Chinese Documentary Smashes Crowd-funding Record. Takeaway #1 from Science Producers’ Congress 2013 December 8
- ATF Singapore: Peter’s Five Picks for 2014 2013 December 5
- Chinese Media Excited About “A Shot” Produced by Steeltown Entertainment for the Smithsonian Channel, and Featuring Bill Gates 2013 December 4
- U.S. Non-fiction Networks: Who’s Hot? Oprah’s OWN is the Hottest of them All!! / Real Screen Workshop 2013 December 2
- The LOST Kennedy Home Movies – Unlocking an Archival Treasure 2013 November 22
- UK Factual Hits: Behind the Success of the #2-rated Series ‘Countryfile’ 2013 November 18
- UK Factual Viewing 2013. Keywords: Big Audiences, Quality, Eclectic, Blue Chip Wildlife, History, and More 2013 November 11
- Independent Lens: The Curators’ Vision & Commissioning Process (2/2) 2013 November 7
- Independent Lens: Nearly $2.5 Million for Indie Docs. How Many? How to Get It! What are the Odds? (1/2) 2013 October 31
- ‘A Shot to Save the World Premiers on the Smithsonian Channel for World Polio Day’ – Michael Rose in Huffington Post 2013 October 28
- A SHOT: Five Takeaways on Executive Producing a Special with Bill Gates for the Smithsonian Channel 2013 October 22
- Fired by the Food Network: ‘A Final Toast to Emeril Live’ by Allen Salkin 2013 October 17
- MIPCOM 2013 Takeaways: Cracking the Cannes Market #1 2013 October 15
- ‘A SHOT TO SAVE THE WORLD’ Premieres Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 8PM ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel. Peter Hamilton is Co-Executive Producer 2013 October 3
- Case Study: ‘BESA: A ‘Passion’ Theatrical Doc Project (2/2) 2013 October 3
- Case Study: ‘BESA: The Promise’ – An Established Nonfiction Producer Carries off a ‘Passion’ Theatrical Project (1/2) 2013 September 30
- 我是吳汰紝… 2013 September 29
- The Unreal Rise of Reality Television – Huffpo Covers Our Soldout WESTDOC Master Class 2013 September 25
- 野生动物类电视节目报告: 全球的趋势将是什么? 2013 September 20
- Rocking the Producers’ Master Class at Westdoc 2013 2013 September 16
- Who’s Hot? Who’s Not! U.S. Factual Channel Audiences, 2Q’13 vs. 2Q’12 2013 September 13
- The Future of Wildlife Television: Interviews from Wild Talk Africa (3/3). Key Trends in Austria, France and South Africa 2013 September 3
- The Future of Wildlife Television: Interviews from Wild Talk Africa (2/3). The Rise of the UK Agent 2013 September 3
- The Future of Wildlife Television: Interviews from Wild Talk Africa (1/3) 2013 August 28
- Kickstarter Case Study: Left Turn Films’ 1st Campaign Earns $6,000. Their 2nd: $246,000! How Did They Do It? (2/2) 2013 August 22
- Kickstarter Case Study: Left Turn Films’ First Campaign Earns $6,000. And Their Second $246,000!! (1/2) 2013 August 15
- Wild Talk Africa: Moderating, Presenting and Networking 2013 August 9
- WESTDOC Producers’ Master Class: Built for Success – Developing and Producing Non-Fiction Programming in Today’s Environment 2013 August 4
- 单集纪录片市场前景如何? 2013 August 1
- Wild Talk Africa, Durban 2013 July 19
- Webinar: Getting to Greenlight: Five Key Success Factors for Non-fiction Producers 2013 June 14
- Sunnyside of the Doc: Access, Networking and Valuable Information! 2013 June 11
- MTV Veteran: “My Pitching Secrets. The Top 5 Mistakes Producers Make. And How to Avoid Them!” 2013 June 10
- NEW!! International Documentary Buyers’ Guide 2013. Available Now!! 2013 June 3
- 戛纳电视节集粹 2013 June 1
- Inside PBS’s POV Strand (2/2): The Filters, Selection Process, Timeline & Decision-makers 2013 May 7
- Inside PBS’s POV Strand (1/2): How Many Docs? The Fees? Budgets? And Rights? 2013 May 5
- 非虚构类电视节目的三大等级 2013 April 30
- A New Online Research Tool Takes Cost & Risk Out of the Program Development Process 2013 April 28
- Documentary Fundraising: 10 Key How-to’s for Creating a Compelling Pitch Video 2013 April 22
- Manitoba: A Skilled Production Community Backed by Generous Tax Credits 2013 April 19
- Discovery Communications’ $1.2 Billion Spend on Programming: CEO David M. Zaslav on Strategy, Prospects & More 2013 April 17
- MIPDoc Takeaways: Access for Vancouver’s LaDiDa Media / Latest on China’s CCTV-9 Documentary Channel and the ‘Pivot’ to Europe 2013 April 14
- Video: Frontiers in Archive: “MLK Assassination” / Smithsonian Case Study, MIPDoc 2013 2013 April 10
- Free-to-Watch Online Documentary Content: The Top 15 Aggregators. What’s the Business Model? 2013 April 2
- An Aussie / ABBA Love Doc is a Case Study in ‘How Local Can Trump Global.’ PLUS: Screen Australia’s $15+ Million for Docs 2013 March 27
- What Do UK Viewers Watch? Top 100 Factual Programs: Broadcast, 2H 2012 2013 March 22
- ‘The Unscripted Entertainment Vine’ from Nat Geo Channels CEO David Lyle 2013 March 19
- The Intersecting World of Reality TV: 100+ Series Boiled Down to 10 Overlapping Categories 2013 March 19
- Takeaways from AIDC: The Australian International Documentary Conference 2013 March 7
- Industry Leader Interviews, AIDC 2013 2013 February 25
- What Did UK Viewers Watch? Top 100 Factual Programs: Digital, 2H 2012 2013 February 25
- Discovery Canada: What do they want? How many hours? Who’s watching? 2013 February 25
- Who’s Hot? Who’s Not!! U.S. Factual Channel Viewing, 4Q’12 versus 4Q’11. Takeaway: ‘Discovery Looks Snappy!’ 2013 February 12
- Sundance Film Festival Success Stories: What Are the Odds for Documentaries? 2013 February 6
- ‘How Do Networks Evaluate Pitches?’ H2, ZDF, CNN, Smithsonian, Nat Geo / Video 2013 January 31
- US Nonfiction Networks: A Useful Chart of Enterprise Valuations, Including Discovery, A+E, Scripps, Nat Geo & Others 2013 January 23
- 2013年非虚构类电视节目全球大趋势 2013 January 23
- What is the Value of the US Nonfiction Channel Sector? 2013 January 6
- Nonfiction Trends for 2013, 3/3: “Peter’s Picks” for Asia Television Forum, Singapore 2013 January 3
2012
- How to Succeed at the IDFA Doc Pitch Forum, 2/2. Plus: ‘The NY Times’ on the Rise of Thom Beers’ Reality Empire 2012 December 19
- How to Succeed at an International Documentary Pitch Forum: IDFA Takeaways, 1/2 2012 December 13
- What’s the Buzz? More Hot Trends / 13 Clips from Science & Factual Producers’ Congress, 2/3 2012 December 7
- What’s the Buzz? Takeaways from the Science & Factual Producers’ Congress,1/3 2012 December 5
- Ovation: The US Niche Channel Dedicated to ‘Artists’. Budgets are Expanding. What Are the Sweet Spots? 2012 November 20
- 制作人如何向电视台提案?(一) 2012 November 19
- Who’s Hot? Who’s Not! US Nonfiction Cable Networks, 3Q 2012 vs. 3Q 2011 2012 November 15
- The Talent Whisperer #2: ‘Our Secret Weapons’ / Marrying Up (with Mark Burnett) / What’s Next? 2012 November 8
- ‘The Talent Whisperer’ (#1): The Pitching History of Bio’s ‘Celebrity Ghost Stories’ 2012 November 4
- Should a Content-driven Producer Attend MIPCOM? Takeaways from the Cannes Market (#2) 2012 October 24
- Takeaways from the Cannes Market: MIPCOM 2012 (#1) 2012 October 18
- 成功框架 (四): 分析美國著名電視台的 “甜蜜範圍” 2012 October 5
- The Pitch Process for Reality Series and Your Odds of Success (#2) 2012 October 5
- What are Your Chances of Getting from 1st Pitch to Series? / NEW: Profile of a ‘Super-Preferred Producer’ 2012 September 23
- The ‘Pawn Stars’ Reality Boom: Leftfield Pictures Snapshot, 2012. How Many Hours? Channels? What’s Next? 2012 September 14
- 成功框架 (三) : 电视频道的 “甜蜜范围” 是什么? 2012 September 6
- NEW: International Documentary Buyers’ Guide 2012 / Buyer Profile: SBS Australia 2012 August 27
- Who’s Hot? Who’s Not! U.S. Factual Channel Audiences, 2Q’12 vs. 2Q’11 / Shark Week Secrets 2012 August 17
- Discovery vs Nat Geo vs History. Race for UK Gold, Part 3. How Far Behind Broadcast? Plus: Our New Global Doc Buyers’ Guide 2012 August 9
- What did UK Viewers Watch before the Olympics? Part 2. ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Wins Gold 2012 August 5
- UK Viewers: What Did They Watch before the Olympics? Part 1: Top 100 Factual Programs, 1st Half, 2012 2012 August 2
- 成功框架 (二): 提案是商业循环的过程 , 不是直向过程 2012 July 27
- U.S. Nonfiction Producers: Where Are They Located? Mostly in LA? Maybe! 2012 July 26
- Silverdocs Takeaways: ESPN Makes a Play, Trailer Tips, Learning from Reality, and More… 2012 July 19
- Sunnyside of the Doc Takeaways: Giant Screen Doc Grosses $126 million, China Local TV Explosion, Smithsonian Channel Presents, ‘SongbirdSOS’ Takes Prize! 2012 July 16
- Success Frameworks for China’s Factual Market: # 1, The Four Primary Filters for a Reality TV Concept 2012 June 21
- 成功的框架 (一) 2012 June 14
- History’s ‘Hatfields’ Blasts A+E Several Laps Past Discovery Networks! 2012 June 3
- 欢迎 2012 May 29
- Anatomy of a Documentary Pitch Event: Toronto’s Hot Docs Forum 2012, Part 3 2012 May 18
- How to Succeed at a Documentary Pitch Event: Toronto’s Hot Docs Forum 2012, Part 2 2012 May 15
- How to Succeed at a Documentary Pitch Event: Toronto’s Hot Docs Forum 2012, Part 1 2012 May 11
- Outlook for US Factual Channels: Stress? Or Stress Fractures? 2012 May 7
- Documentary Film Funds: Their Missions. How to Find Them! (Part 2 of 2) Outside North America 2012 May 3
- Documentary Film Funds: Their Missions. The Filters. How to Find Them! (Part 1 of 2) North America 2012 April 30
- Takeaways from MIPDoc & MIPTV: #1, China Makes a Really Big Statement – Croisette Resembles Bund 2012 April 24
- Asia Side of the Doc: Five Big Takeaways from Tokyo 2012 March 28
- A Blue Chip Science Case Study from Japan: NHK’s $6.5 Million “Cosmic Shore” 2012 March 19
- Who’s Hot? Who’s Not! U.S. Factual Channel Audiences, 4Q2011 vs 4Q2010 2012 March 16
- OWN: A Scorecard for the Discovery / Oprah JV – “1/1/11 Plus 1 = Minus $0.5 Billion” 2012 March 13
- AIDC: Takeaways from the Australian International Documentary Conference. #1, China Sends a Message 2012 March 9
- Australia: Rich in Coal and the Flat White Lifestyle. But What About Factual Commissions? 2012 March 7
- CGI: Five Big Trends in Graphics for Factual TV 2012 March 1
- History Makers Panel (2 / 2). Italy’s Rai – A Success Story. Q&A: H2’s Demo’s, Dramatizations & More 2012 February 28
- History Makers Panel (1 / 2). H2: The Brand, Mission & Pipeline. How Open to Pitches? Rai Educational 2012 February 23
- What Did Brits Watch in Huge Numbers? Factual FY’11 (#1-35) 2012 February 11
- After the Realscreen Reality Gold Rush / What Do Brits Watch? High Quality Docs in Prime Time! Top UK Factual FY’11 (#36-70) 2012 February 7
- Singapore’s Delegation Comes to History Makers & Realscreen. Takeaway: “Access Forges Strategy” 2012 January 28
- It’s Pitch Season!!! Should you ‘Marry Up’? Prepping for History Makers & Realscreen (Part 2 / 2) 2012 January 25
- Independent Lens Under the Microscope (3/3): Which Indie Docs Are Sharing $2.5 Mill for 2012 Season? 2012 January 20
- It’s Pitch Season! Your Prep Work for Sundance, History Makers and Real Screen (Part 1 / 2) 2012 January 16
- Memo to Reality Talent Hopefuls: No BINGO! from Networks / China Doc Boom? 2012 January 10
- China Rips Reality TV. Docs on the Rise! / History Conference: Great Access & Savings 2012 January 3
2011
- Social Television Summits: Five Takeaways for Factual / Great Access to Commissioners at History Makers Summit, NYC 2011 December 28
- The Big Trends in Home Entertainment. What Does It Mean for Docs? / Great Discount at History Conference in NYC 2011 December 21
- 2011’s Noisiest Moments from DocumentaryTelevision.com / Big Discount for History Conference 2011 December 18
- Who’s Hot? Who’s Not! U.S. Factual Channels, 3Q’11 versus 3Q’10. 2011 November 20
- “Women Stay Home!” The Message at YouTube’s Game-changers Conference 2012 2011 November 2
- U.S. Cable Networks: What do Males want? Content? Or Entertainment? Who’s delivering which? 2011 October 26
- $100+ million for Wildlife Programs. What do Channels Want? What’s after 3D? Report from Jackson Hole 2011 October 20
- MIPCOM: What I Learned at the Cannes Market. Reality vs Co-pro’s. BRICs Rising. Facebook Next? + Sales Takeaways 2011 October 17
- How Do Networks Evaluate Pitches? Coverage Case Study: “O.C. Gaffer” 3/3 2011 October 12
- How Do Networks Evaluate Pitches? Coverage Case Study: “O.C. Gaffer” 2/3 2011 October 5
- How Do Networks Evaluate Pitches? Coverage Case Study: A&E’s Stephen Harris and “O.C. Gaffer” (1/3) 2011 September 28
- The State of the Single Doc Economy. 5 Takeaways from IFP’s Independent Film Week 2011 September 25
- Discovery’s New Velocity Channel: What Do Rich Men Want? What’s the Sweet Spot? Plus: Who’s Next for a Re-name? 2011 September 20
- U.S. Factual Networks Scorecard: Who’s Hot? Who’s Not! 2Q11 versus 2Q10 2011 September 13
- Ten Negotiation Secrets of the Pawn Stars 2011 September 8
- Bravo: First Straight. Then Gay. Now Rocked by a Reality Suicide. What’s New? How Many? Who’s Producing? 2011 September 1
- UK Viewers: What Do They Watch? Top Factual Programs, 2011 YTD 2011 August 30
- Ovation Is Rising: What Are The Filters? How Many Hours? What Do They Pay? 2011 August 17
- The Plimpton! Kickstarter Crowd-funding Case Study. Part 3: Ten Takeaways / Results. Singapore MDA Workshop 2011 August 9
- The Plimpton! Kickstarter Crowd-funding Case Study. Part 2: The Campaign 2011 August 5
- The Plimpton! Kickstarter Crowd-funding Case Study. Part 1: The Backstory 2011 July 28
- U.S. Distribution. More Cord-cutting: What Does it Mean for Programmers? 2011 July 22
- Sunnyside of the Doc: U.S. Network Trends. Who’s Paying for 3D Production? 2011 June 29
- Cord-cutting: Data or Tea Leaves? / ‘Pawn Stars’ Dominates / ESPN: ‘More Docs, please!’ / $10K Development Prize 2011 June 18
- What is the Impact of 3D on Factual Budgets? 2/2 – Graphics, Post, Deliverables & Takeaways 2011 June 11
- 3D versus 2D/HD: What’s the Impact on Budgets? Part 1 – Field Production 2011 June 10
- Secrets of Unscripted / Documentary Television: Twelve Popular Reports 2011 June 5
- Montz v. Pilgrim Films & Television, Inc. – Correction 2011 June 3
- ‘The Bible’ 3/3: A Meditation on the Costs of the Signature Docu-drama and Scripted TV Series 2011 June 1
- History Refreshes ‘The Bible’. Creation Theory #2 2011 May 31
- History Channel Refreshes ‘The Bible’. Creation Theory #1 2011 May 26
- The Sundance Channel: Redford Fading. The Filters? How Many Green Lights? Which Producers? 2011 May 22
- U.S. Factual Networks, 1Q 2011: Who’s Hot? Who’s Not! 2011 May 13
- Hot Docs Adds a Hogwarts Touch to the Pitch Session Format. Oprah’s OWN sent to the ER. Why Reality? 2011 May 8
- A+E Networks Showers Its ‘Preferred Producers’ with Valuable Information, Luxury and RESPECT! Why? 2011 May 1
- ‘Pawn Stars’ 4/4: Leftfield Puts Casting Under a Microscope 2011 March 29
- POV: The PBS Doc Strand Announces the 2011 Schedule 2011 March 20
- Australian Co-pro: Dino Stampede – An ABC Commission Triggers a Cascade of Tax Benefits and International Licenses 2011 March 2
- Case Study: Globe Trekker’s Business Model for a Deficit-financed Public TV Series (2/2) 2011 February 26
- Case Study: ‘Globe Trekker’ and How a Deficit Financed Travel Series Became a Winner for PBS and Pilot Productions (1/2) 2011 February 19
- 8 Ways to Create an Unscripted Cable Hit: Lessons from 2010 2011 February 12
- U.S. Cable Networks 2010 Scorecard: Who’s Hot? Who’s Not! 2011 February 9
- Network Deliverables: Tape trends? Audio. Archive tips. How to avoid pitfalls! (3/3) 2011 February 5
- Network Deliverables 2/3: Impact of New Platforms like iTunes; Workflows; Metadata; Frame Rates … and More 2011 January 23
- Network Deliverables 2/2: Impact of New Platforms like iTunes; Workflows; Metadata; Frame Rates … and More 2011 January 23
- Ford’s $50M for Docs; Discovery Fit & Health; OWN Picks 3; Alaska is Hot! Discovery Nets Restructured 2011 January 19
- Network Deliverables: What are they? How are they evolving? Why they matter! (1/3) 2011 January 16
- Memo to Reality Talent Hopefuls: No “Bingo!” from Network Deals. How to Blow a Pitch at History! China Doc Boom? 2011 January 10
2010
- Documentary vs Reality TV: Who’s Winning the ‘Battle of Google Books’? 2010 December 18
- Cord-cutting: How Serious? What Does it Mean for Channels and Producers? 2010 December 15
- NEH (U.S.) Awards Grants for Documentaries 2010 December 13
- 3D Comes to Dresden: Where to Next? 2010 December 9
- U.S. Channels: Where are the Producers Located? 2/2 2010 November 28
- U.S. Channels: Where are the Producers? 1/2 2010 November 24
- Sarah Palin’s Alaska: Peaked? Discovery’s China Government Deal: Hmmm! 2010 November 19
- Oprah’s Documentary Club Picks Three More: How Many Slots Left? What are they Paying? 2010 November 17
- HBO Documentary Films’ VP Lisa Heller at Sheffield: “We look for observational films that are action-packed” 2010 November 14
- TLC’s ‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’ / More Takeaways from Sheffield 2010 November 12
- Wall to Wall’s Alex Graham at Sheffield Doc / Fest: What Do US Broadcasters Want? How Much Do They Pay? Who? 2010 November 10
- Canada / U.S. Coproductions: Extending the Tax Benefits of ‘Twinning’ 2010 November 7
- U.S. Factual Networks: Who’s Hot? Who’s Not! 2010 November 1
- Our ESPN Tour / MTV After Jersey Shore: Going Scripted? / ‘Indecency’ Tops TV’s Morality Cops 2010 October 28
- A Preferred Producer: Hoff Productions between Basement and Buyout (Part 2/2) 2010 October 24
- Discovery 3D Friends Wildlife; Netflix Soars; BBC Cuts 2010 October 22
- A Preferred Producer: Hoff Productions between Basement and Buyout (Part 1/2) 2010 October 19
- U.S. Cable Networks: Which Ones Commission Factual? How Many Homes Do They Reach? 2010 October 13
- PBS Gets the Jitters: Rumble or Earthquake in LA? 2010 October 11
- The Documentary Channel: Cash Positive and a Sweeter ‘Sweet Spot’ 2010 October 1
- The Style Network: Clear Brand + Distribution Upside, Backed by Family Revenues of $36+ Billion! 2010 September 26
- ‘How to Make Capitol Hill Work for You’ — A Congressional Aide’s Guide for Documentary Filmmakers 2010 September 26
- Paley Center’s Max Robins Interviews DocumentaryTelevision.com 2010 September 22
- Why Marry Up with Pilgrim? A ‘Super-Preferred Producer’ at WestDoc 2010 September 20
- How to Pitch & Sell Your Project. A&E, #3/3. “Seven Key Takeaways” 2010 September 10
- How to Pitch and Sell Your Project to a Network. A&E, #2/3. “Death is the Ultimate ‘High Stakes’” 2010 September 6
- How to Pitch and Sell Your Project to a Network. Case Study: A&E, Part 1/3 2010 September 1
- Discovery Doubles Up On OWN The Oprah Winfrey Network. Why? 2010 August 25
- The Preferred Producer System: Credit for Credits / ‘Preferred’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Forever’! 2010 August 21
- Preferred Vendors: Multiple Commissions / Multiple Networks. Why? 2010 August 16
- Payday for Snooki & The Sitch – What Do MTV’s Reality Stars Earn? 2010 August 1
- Oprah’s Documentary Club: The Red Carpet for Julia, Forest, Goldie, Gabriel & Mariel 2010 July 28
- Fair Use: Expanding Opportunities for Documentarians 2010 June 20
- OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network’s Documentary Club – Is it a Game-changer? 2010 May 12
- The Emerging ‘Sweet Spot’ for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network 2010 May 5
- 3D: How Hot? And How Much? (2010) 2010 April 21
- How Nat Geo Channel Commissions Programs. Case Study: Nat Geo Explorer 2010 April 15
- What Does National Geographic Channel Pay for Programs? 2010 April 7
- Recap: What is the ‘Sweet Spot’? 2010 April 2
- How Do A&E and Bio Networks Develop New Programs? 2010 March 24
- What Does AETN’s Bio Channel Pay for Programs? 2010 March 17
- What Does History Pay for Programming? 2010 March 10
- What Does A&E Pay for Programs? 2010 March 3
- Discovery’s Digi-Nets: What Do They Pay for Programs? 2010 February 25
- What do Discovery’s ‘Big Four’ Networks Pay for Programming 2010 February 18
- Welcome 2010 January 23
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- Thessaloniki Takeaway. Video: Trends in the Documentary Distribution Business by Jan Rofekamp, Films Transit International 2015 March 30
- Thessaloniki Takeaways: Pitching Lessons. Access. Funding Strategies. NETFLIX Wins. And Great Food! 2015 March 24
- The ‘Rule of Thumb’ for Co-pro’s, Acquisitions and Pre-sales 2014 May 8
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- Wild Talk Africa 2013. Video Vignettes in which Industry Leaders Discuss Trends in the Wildlife Genre 2013 August 16
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