D83 (industry AMC + BERTELSMANN) Flashcards
Summarise industry
D83 is co produced by an American (AMC) and German (BERTELSMANN) conglomerates.
AMC Networks is a diversified commercial network.
AMC owns Sundance TV
Bertelsmann owns RTL who funded and co produced the series. RTL owns the production company UFA FICTION. FREEMANTLE media is their distribution arm who sold the rights of D83 to Channel 4.
Why is this co production strategy so effective?
Allowed them to capture a
- National and global audience
-Stimulate lots of audiences engagement thus gathering value for advertisers (AMC)
- Work across multiple platforms. (Streaming platforms)
How does D83 reflect the highly competitive nature of US cable and satellite TV?
Channels such as Sundance have to seek out quality programs to maintain their brand thus moving into international cooperation to produce/premier foreign language programming.
SUNDANCE TV
- American TV channel
- Seeks quality programming to maintain the brand thus moving into international cooperation to produce/premier foreign language programming.
- first Germany Lang series to air on the US
- niche programming
RTL
- Major German broadcaster with significant power and reach
- Aim to inform/shape the media world/engage global audiences.
UFA FICTION
Production company
Germany subsidiary of RTL
FREEMANTLE MEDIA
- international distributor of the series
CHANNEL 4
- public service broadcaster
-operates under a remit to be innovative, inform and entertain, diverse, challenged status quo. - commercially funded by advertising.
WALTER PRESENTS
- the series was first broadcaster on Walter presents.
- on demand service of UKs channel 4.
- named after Walter Luzzolino who selects its content.
- Must meet 3 criteria for selection popular in the native country, award winning, critically acclaimed.
- niche/ specialist style attracts ABCIs who are essential to attract ad space.
Foreign language TV products
UK channels have identified a large , niche audiences for foreign Lang products that attract ABC1s who are desirable.
What are LFTVD’s?
Categorises TV drama products in which episode forms a cohesive whole.
What are some Conventions of LFTD?
- Consistent cast and narrative arcs
- Typically have 10 episodes per season to fit into TV scheduling globally.
Goal of TV broadcasters
- Satisfies advertisers needs
- Satisfy audiences needs
- (if in the UK) they must meet the regulations and demands of the law.
How do broadcasters meet all of these goals?
- Over-reliance on highly formalised genre conventions with mainstream values.
Competition and TV broadcasters
TV broadcasters must compete with the popularity of streaming platforms .
Thus they produce challenging products for audiences tired with mainstream conventions.
Audiences consumption patterns have also changed due to the portability of content across new platforms.
