{"id":9818,"date":"2017-03-08T10:02:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T15:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/keshet-international-commits-to-true-crime\/"},"modified":"2017-03-10T09:40:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T14:40:46","slug":"keshet-international-commits-to-true-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/keshet-international-commits-to-true-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Keshet International Commits to True Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Anke Stoll, the director of acquisitions and co-productions at Keshet International, talks to\u00a0<\/em>TV Real <em>about the company\u2019s partnership with Woodcut Media for true-crime programming.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last year, Keshet International (KI) inked a first-look distribution and development deal with U.K.-based production company Woodcut Media.\u00a0The agreement gives KI\u2014best known for having scripted and entertainment series and formats\u2014exclusive access to Woodcut\u2019s new factual crime slate for global distribution. The pact allows KI to expand its catalog of non-scripted, English-language content.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/newsletters.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/img\/2017-03-08-Anke-Stoll.jpg\" alt=\"***Image***\" width=\"170\" height=\"234\" \/>\u201cWe are now moving heavily into third-party acquisitions across all genres to increase our portfolio of high-quality finished tape,\u201d says Anke Stoll, the director of acquisitions and co-productions at Keshet International. \u201cIn the factual sphere, we wanted to concentrate initially on internationally successful sub-genres with an avid following\u2014such as true crime\u2014and then widen the catalog to include other topics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stoll continues: \u201cWoodcut Media is one of the best producers of true crime there is; it is one of a few key production companies that commissioners contact directly to develop ideas because of their great expertise in the true-crime genre. Our first-look deal with Woodcut has been very effective in establishing ourselves in the factual genre and we hope to grow our catalog quickly with more high-quality true-crime stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the Woodcut Media titles that KI is particularly excited about adding to the catalog is\u00a0<em>World\u2019s Most Evil Killers<\/em>, which tells the real-life stories of some of the most disturbing and prolific murderers from different countries. The show is\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/newsletters.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/img\/2017-03-08-Worlds-Most-Evil-Killers.jpg\" alt=\"***Image***\" width=\"250\" height=\"210\" \/>due to debut on Sky\u2019s Pick channel in the U.K. this year and has also presold to Germany\u2019s RTL.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding what makes a true-crime series like\u00a0<em>World\u2019s Most Evil Killers<\/em>\u00a0successful, Stoll says there are a number of factors at play. \u201cIt\u2019s the combination of telling the actual crime story, coupled with interviews with people who were closely involved, such as parents or relatives, victims who survived, and the police officers that investigated each case, as well as experts who give their views about the motive and psychology behind the crimes,\u201d she says. \u201cThe way the stories in\u00a0<em>World\u2019s Most Evil Killers<\/em>\u00a0are told engages the viewer\u2014they are introduced to a certain extent and then analyzed, before the next part of the story is revealed, then they are analyzed again. This makes viewers interact with the series, triggering their interest and asking them to be involved. It encourages the viewer to use their intelligence to form an opinion. Surprisingly, even though the crimes are horrific, it does become possible to [understand] the reasons why they took place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stoll believes that the increased demand for true-crime programming has been sparked by the global success of such series as Netflix\u2019s\u00a0<em>Making a Murderer<\/em>\u00a0and HBO\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Jinx<\/em>. \u201cAt the heart of this is the audience\u2019s fascination with true-crime stories; it feeds their appetite for voyeurism while offering a safe way of being scared, because the perpetrators are either behind bars or dead,\u201d she says. \u201cTrue crime lets us all become \u2018armchair detectives,\u2019 but unlike fictional stories, these are even more interesting because they are real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Stoll, broadcasters in Central Europe and North America have been very hungry for true-crime content as of late. \u201cGlobal cable and satellite channels such as A&amp;E and Discovery have an appetite for true crime, but there probably isn\u2019t a single country that doesn\u2019t have a dedicated crime channel nowadays,\u201d she says. \u201cSVOD platforms are also keen on true-crime content and some of the free-to-air channels have dedicated time slots for true crime as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As far as trends go, Stoll has observed that investigative-style productions are currently at the forefront of true crime. \u201cViewers want to understand more about the actual police investigation,\u201d she says. \u201cA limited-series structure has become more popular for true crime too; whilst traditionally it was one case per episode per week, one case can now extend over several episodes. We have also noticed the desire for content to be more dramatic, with high-end reconstructions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stoll notes that this is just the beginning of KI and Woodcut Media\u2019s relationship, which will expand to include additional genres. \u201cWe are developing a wide range of titles together, taking recent trends into account and are looking at widening our collaboration to co-produce and co-develop together across factual, entertainment and scripted.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anke Stoll, the director of acquisitions and co-productions, discusses the company\u2019s partnership with Woodcut Media for true-crime programming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":9819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,69],"tags":[1992,210,211,1557],"class_list":["post-9818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-profiles","category-top-stories","tag-anke-stoll","tag-keshet-international","tag-woodcut-media","tag-worlds-most-evil-killers","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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