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Documentary Business

Documentary Business
Peter Hamilton Consultants, Inc
Documentary Business
Peter Hamilton Consultants, Inc

Amazon

The Rise of Netflix Increases Pressures on Producers. My Big Takeaways for 2018

/ Amazon, Commissioning Process, Conferences & Markets, Digital Video, Distribution, Documentary Production, Facebook, Internet Economy, Netflix, Pitching

Here are my key Takeaways for 2018. It was the year in which Netflix accelerated its challenge to the entire film and television eco-system, with the Amazon behemoth adding to the disruptive force of online video. 1.Channels Under Threat. Factual commissions boomed since the mid-Eighties. A tiny documentary market exploded into the global Unscripted industry …

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Amazon, Commissioning Process, Conferences & Markets, Digital Video, Distribution, Documentary Production, Facebook, Internet Economy, Netflix, Pitching

Revenues Drain from the Cab/Sat Programming Ecosystem. Part 4: Cord-cutting Accelerates

/ Amazon, Digital Video, Distribution, Documentary Production, Internet Economy, Netflix, Streaming Video, VOD

Is the U.S. Cable /Satellite Channels business facing its Napster moment? That’s when a disruptive online solution (Napster) sucks the revenues out of an established business model (the CD-based retail music industry.) Cord-cutting accelerated to record levels in the 3rd Quarter, surprising industry analysts. Cord-nevers: The mainly Millennial non-cabled home is a growing segment. Cord-nevers …

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Amazon, Digital Video, Distribution, Documentary Production, Internet Economy, Netflix, Streaming Video, VOD

THE CLEANERS An Anti-Case Study from Berlin: A $1.3 Mn Investigative Documentary Premieres at Sundance. Faces Deep Deficit

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THE CLEANERS ticked all the boxes. Despite Sundance selection and sales to prestigious broadcasters worldwide, the producers are digging out from a deep deficit. The business model for investigative documentaries has always been risky. It is now under siege… and needs new solutions. That’s the message presented by Christian Beetz, co-CEO of Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion …

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Amazon, Commissioning Process, Conferences & Markets, Distribution, Documentary Budget, Documentary Production, Funding a Documentary, Internet Economy, Netflix, Panels, Pitching, Producers' Tool Kit, Public Television, Theatrical Documentary