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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

Facebook’s Video Strategy: “Throw Lots Of Video Against The Wall. See What Sticks!”

/ Amazon, Commissioning Process, Documentary Budget, Documentary Production, Documentary TV, Facebook, Funding a Documentary, Internet Economy, Netflix, Unscripted TV, VOD

Wall Street to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: “You have 2 billion monthly users and immense monetization capability. “Your move into video will have big knock-on impacts on producers, channels and others in the video ecosystem.” “So tell us: What is Facebook’s video strategy?” Zuckerberg: “Well, I think the answer to that is we don’t know …

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Amazon, Commissioning Process, Documentary Budget, Documentary Production, Documentary TV, Facebook, Funding a Documentary, Internet Economy, Netflix, Unscripted TV, VOD