The audience for COUNTRY MUSIC extends Ken Burns‘ run as the high-performing PBS documentarian. The average audience over 8 episodes was 4.42 million. That’s more that 3x the PBS average for prime (1.24 million). And slightly higher than the average for the VIETNAM series (4.38 million). COUNTRY MUSIC maintained its audience, even returning to peak …
Sunny Side of the Doc 2019 broke new ground for attendance from all sectors of the documentary eco-system. And that’s aside from the big step up in engagement that all the delegates felt throughout this year’s exciting event in beautiful La Rochelle. The highlight was the packed presentation by Netflix documentary executive Diego Buñuel. Here …
Netflix is flooding subscribers with 73 original releases, series and specials. In November! A friend who is a veteran cable programming exec calls it “stunning.” I agree: That’s what an estimated $12 billion (2018) and $15 billion (2019) content spend can deliver. For consumers, its a powerful motivator to retain their Netflix subscription. It underlines …
Don’t miss our monthly selection of stories that capture industry trends, curated with my friends and partners at Sunny Side of the Doc. Streamers are Green-lighting! Mickey Mouse doc for Disney from auteur Morgan Neville // Realscreen DISNEY+ tweets out nostalgic lineup for debut // Ad Week HBO Max commissions Monica Lewinsky scandal doc and …
Netflix is sharing a series of very insightful podcasts in which its staff talk about their work. Contributors to “We are Netflix” are drawn from diverse roles, levels and territories. Here are 18 of them, led by an influential Unscripted programming decision-maker… Podcasts VP, International Originals: Bela Bajaria Director of Content: John Derderian Chief Product …
The 18,000-member D-Word documentary community is hosting my online conversation on the topic : Dealing with Netflix: What you need to know NOW! Here is how host Doug Block set up the conversation: In the current documentary landscape, Netflix is the giant elephant in the room, and everyone else — be it filmmaker, broadcaster, distributor …
NETFLIX 2020: What You Need To Know Now! is my updated study of how Netflix buys documentaries. Netflix has been a black box for the documentary production community. My new research reveals much more about Netflix’s strategy, programming decisions, budgets, deal terms, preferred producers, and the business model that drives it all. The new study …
