Documentary Budgets

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

2018 December 2 / 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!”

2017 November 6 / 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