think about it
Making sense of M&As
NEWSMergers and acquisitions are becoming more and more of a factor in the factual production landscape. Here, Thomas Dey, CEO of advisory boutique About Corporate Finance, discusses what the big players are looking for in an acquisition, and what regions might be ripe for future factual expansion.
Editorial
Winning isn’t everything
NEWS“I know there’s a place for entertainment, and that our love of trainwreck TV may not be going anywhere soon, but surely there are more important stories to be told.”
Out & About
Summit summary, forward with FEF
NEWSIt’s merely a month after the close of the biggest and most successful Realscreen Summit to date, and the realscreen team is hard at work, putting together the third annual Factual Entertainment Forum coming up in June.
Biz
Out of the blue
NEWSIn her first interview since stepping down as France Televisions’ director of documentaries in March, Patricia Boutinard-Rouelle tells realscreen why she made the move, and discusses plans for her new production company, Nilaya.
MIPTV to bring mobile entertainment, 3D into focus
NEWSThis year, MIPTV organizers are bringing mobile media and 3D to the fore with tracks of content running in conjunction with the Cannes market.
Best practices: Acing a job interview
NEWSIn this tough economy, even getting called in for a job interview can feel like a major victory.
Market share
NEWSHere, four acquisitions executives from assorted international distributors let us know what’s on their shopping lists for MIPTV and share their thoughts on what buyers are looking for.
Radarscreen: Discovery Fit and Health
NEWS / RADARSCREENDiscovery Communications officially rebranded FitTV into Discovery Fit & Health on February 1, with a new on-air look and logo. The new network combines the best of FitTV and Discovery Health, the latter which was transitioned into the Oprah Winfrey Network on January 1.
Ideas & Execution
Taking the 3D plunge
NEWSAs more networks enter the 3D fray, more producers are also taking the plunge and working to create content for the burgeoning medium. But the road to making 3D programming can be fraught with bumps and detours, and many of them can prove costly.
Collaborating with Kubrick
NEWSU.S. prodco Creative Differences is resurrecting a project from one of the greatest directors in cinema, with a documentary edge.
More 3D for NAB ’11
NEWSThis year’s edition of NAB features a heaping supply of 3D-friendly products for your production toolkit.
Ingenious
Living in “The Real World”
NEWSWith the premiere of its 25th season on March 9, MTV’s The Real World has reached a milestone that precious few television series get to attain. It’s been lauded as the granddaddy of modern reality television, and for good reason.
Special Reports
Global 100 2010
NEWSAnd here we are again – time for our annual Global 100 listing of the top independent production companies.
MIPTV Picks 2011
NEWSAnother year, another slew of MIPTV Picks, chosen by realscreen‘s editorial staff from scores of submissions, coming from far and wide.
Lifestyle report: Wedding Watching
NEWSHere, realscreen finds out what makes the big day grab big numbers, and how producers and networks are keeping the genre fresh.
National Geographic Channel U.S.: Extraordinary explorers
NEWSIn 2001, National Geographic Channel came to the U.S., having made impact in the UK, Europe, Australia and Asia. In its first decade, it has served to reinvent the 123-year-old brand for the television audience, driven innovation in the production of non-fiction television, and through dogged determination, been telling some incredible stories.
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Realscreen Summit 2013 - A+E Networks\' Christian Murphy and National Geographic Channels International\'s Hamish Mykura