Sweet Spots Study for U.S. Factual Networks
Production Cost Benchmarks for U.S. Factual Networks 2012
- What do channels pay for programs?
- For documentaries? And reality series?
- Is our commissioning team paying more or less than our competition?
- Do preferred producers earn a premium?
- Does my pitch fall in the budget sweet spot for my target network?
DocumentaryTelevision.com interviewed dozens of executives and producers to create a unique source of proprietary information about network budget benchmarks.
Contents
- Budget Benchmarks: Signature, High, Sweet Spot, Low
- Docs and Reality
- 25 Channels: Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, ID, Science, Planet Green, Military, Velocity, OWN, Discovery Fit & Health, History, History International, A&E, Bio, Nat Geo Channel, Nat Geo Wild, truTV, mtv, Spike, WE tv, Bravo, SyFy, Oxygen, Sundance Channel, Style, Ovation, Documentary Channel, and more
- Oprahs Documentary Club: Acquisitions and Commissions
- Pipeline: Hours commissioned each year
- Distribution: The scale of the potential audience
- Viewing benchmarks: Targets demos. How many are watching?
- Key contacts
- Producer Equity? Or Work-for-hire
- Branding and Taglines
- Competition
- Analysis, including mini-studies of the commissioning process for certain channels
- Tables ready for import into your presentations
- Links to program schedules
2012 Edition: $495
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