Story of the Month: Investors Target Unscripted Production.
- There’s a frenzy of investment in unscripted production // Wall Street Journal.
- New SVOD’s fail to understand that success depends on streaming addiction // Lightshed Partners.
- Netflix Australia: Revenues surge but avoids taxes and local production // The Age + Documentary Business.
- Audiences want more documentaries in streaming libraries // Variety.
- How M&A’s next wave is reshaping the unscripted content industry // Realscreen
- Streamers need to be evolving with the Metaverse // NAB Amplify
- Streaming services target older viewers // Rapid TV News
- Hollywood giants may have to cut linear programs // Variety
Program Snapshots
- HBO Max programs for Latin America, including Revolution Rent in Cuba // RealScreen
- Revolutionary Madonna documentary celebrates its 30 year anniversary // The Guardian
- Feminist platform releases for a Free Palestine: Films by Palestinian Women // Filmmaker Magazine
- History announces Juneteenth doc narrated by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar // RealScreen
- Smithsonian announces new series Searching for Secrets // RealScreen
- My Octopus Teacher brings African documentaries to the forefront // Variety
Inclusion Standards & Debate
- Nat Geo president Courteney Munro announces Content Inclusion Standards // Documentary Business
- Steve McQueen and James Rogan team up for BBC1 series “Uprising” // RealScreen
- Don’t Miss: Sunny Side’s debate on Diversity & Inclusion
- When? June 21, 2pm CEST
- Open to all!
- Streamed on Facebook Live
- FYI – About the session : http://bit.ly/DiversityPanel_SSD21
- RSVP NOW! link : https://bit.ly/SSD21_Diversity_rsvp
#StorytellingMatters
- Netflix announces Bob Ross documentary // RealScreen
- YouTube launches short-form video fund // Rapid TV News
- Roku buys This Old House Ventures for $98 million // Variety
- Peacock adds unscripted spin-offs to its roster // RealScreen
- Less storytelling, please: Why documentaries will benefit from getting real // Guardian
- Young people and ecology, the new bet of French public media (FR)
- Success Story from Brazil: You Are Not A Soldier (Sunny Side Global Issues Pitch 2019)
People & Docs
- Q&A with Que Minh Luu, (r) heads original programming for Netflix Australia // The Age
- Mandy Chang joins Freemantle as global head of docs // RealScreen
- Channel 4 may be privatized by 2024? // The Guardian
- Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin sign deal with Imagine Docs // RealScreen
- Discovery Documentaries: SVP Howard Swartz reveals “The docs we’re looking for!” // Sunny Side Meet The Executive presentation
- IDA welcomes Ray Perex, new executive director
- Netflix selects inaugural recipients of £400k documentary talent fund / Screen Daily
Worth Reading!
- Nielsen undercounted audiences during the pandemic // Forbes
- NBA players buying and selling digital video highlights // NYT
- Discovery and HBO Max merger! // The Ankler
