{"id":9947,"date":"2017-04-01T06:21:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T10:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/top-factual-buyers-commissioners-talk-trends\/"},"modified":"2017-04-06T11:41:45","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T15:41:45","slug":"top-factual-buyers-commissioners-talk-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/top-factual-buyers-commissioners-talk-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Factual Buyers & Commissioners Talk Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nat Geo\u2019s Hamish Mykura, Foxtel\u2019s Hannah Barnes, Canal+\u2019s Isabelle Antraygue and ORF\u2019s Andrew Solomon weighed in on acquisition and commissioning trends in a MIPDoc session moderated by <\/em>World Screen\u2019s Anna Carugati before each receiving a Factual Trendsetter Award.<\/em><\/p>\n

Solomon is the head of natural history and history at Austrian pubcaster ORF. He oversees two weekly slots on ORF 2, one for blue-chip natural history on Tuesday nights, which is celebrating its 30th<\/span> anniversary this year, and the other for history on Friday evenings. Those shows are later repeated on ORF III.<\/p>\n

Antraygue heads up acquisitions and international co-productions for the Planete+ and doc channels at Canal+, as well as buying factual for the CanalPlay SVOD platform.<\/p>\n

Barnes is the general manager of the Lifestyle channels at Foxtel, looking after four channels: Lifestyle, Lifestyle HOME, Lifestyle FOOD\u00a0and Lifestyle YOU. Lifestyle, 20 years old this year, is a \u201cbig, iconic Australian brand,\u201d Barnes said.<\/p>\n

Mykura is the executive VP of programming and development at National Geographic Global Networks. Based in London, Mykura said his job includes looking for shows to play on Nat Geo outside of the U.S. (171 countries) and, an area that is now taking up more and more time, commissioning into the entire global network.<\/p>\n

The Universum strand that Solomon oversees in Austria averages audience shares of 20 to 25 percent. \u201cWe look for the highest possible production values, the best possible photography and the strongest stories,\u201d Solomon said regarding\u00a0what\u2019s driving Universum\u2019s popularity. \u201cHaving a local subject does help\u2014we had last week 26 percent for a film about an Alpine region. The other thing that works well is programs with real attitude that also have great production values.\u201d For example, he is looking forward to the upcoming Spy in the Wild <\/em>from BBC Worldwide. \u201cIt\u2019s that combination of top production values, strong stories but also a little bit of edge.\u201d<\/p>\n

The factual channels at Canal+ outperform other channels in the genre in pay TV in France, Antraygue said. The strong ratings come from more investigative shows, among them A+E Networks\u2019 Hunting Hitler<\/em> and BBC wildlife and science titles.<\/p>\n

Foxtel\u2019s Lifestyle group acquires and commissions shows. Flagship series include localized versions of top international factual and factual-entertainment formats, such as Grand Designs<\/em>, which is in its\u00a0eighth season for the Australian edition, and Bake Off<\/em>. The channel is also airing Gogglebox Australia<\/em> and Selling Houses Australia<\/em>, which are number one and number two on the platform, Barnes said.<\/p>\n

Mykura discussed the \u201cprofound change\u201d taking place at National Geographic Global Networks under CEO Courteney Monroe. \u201cWe\u2019re really focusing now on this premium content strategy. I\u2019m working closely with my colleagues in the U.S. and we\u2019re focusing on making the channel a stand-out place for science, adventure, exploration and anthropology\u2014the basic values of what you think of National Geographic as being about. We\u2019re trying to get stand-out programs we can market and promote worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n

In terms of the acquired to commissioned\/co-produced\/co-financed breakdown, ORF\u2019s Solomon noted: \u201c100 percent commissioned is something we very rarely do because of the cost of high-end natural history, which is an\u00a0average of 400,000 euros an hour. Active co-productions where we\u2019re the leading partner is 10 to 12 hours a year, and about the same number where we\u2019re the junior partner.\u201d Frequent partners include ARD, ZDF, France 2, France 5, Smithsonian Networks and National Geographic. Solomon said he acquires about 15 hours a year. In history, it\u2019s about 5 active co-pros, 10 passive and 20 acquisitions.<\/p>\n

Antraygue buys about 1,600 hours a year for three channels and has about 15 co-pros a year. She is looking for history with strong narrative and investigative storytelling, current-affairs shows on topics of relevance to France and docs about life in the future.<\/p>\n

Barnes and her team buy about 1,000 hours a year per channel and fully fund about 80 hours a year across the group. \u201cWe\u2019re doing more and more pre-buys and co-productions than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mykura noted that Nat Geo does acquire for the channel in the U.S. and globally. \u201cThere are places where we can negotiate rights in particular territories. It\u2019s always worth coming to us, even if you have an idea where the rights may be sold to a terrestrial broadcaster in a particular territory. That\u2019s not always a deal-breaker for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The conversation moved on to the impact of OTT platforms like Netflix and Amazon on the documentary and factual space. ORF\u2019s Solomon said that they could be \u201cimportant partners in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about the biggest issues impacting the doc business at present, ORF\u2019s Solomon noted that for pubcasters, it\u2019s the pressure on budgets. \u201cAlso how easily the style we like to work [with] will work with the style of other broadcasters. It\u2019s always changing slightly. It\u2019s best for us when we have a great commonality. And to see how the SVOD operators can be partners for us. There is potential for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Foxtel\u2019s Barnes, in lifestyle and broader factual programming, \u201cthere\u2019s never been a better time for the kind of content we make. It\u2019s because of the crazy stuff going on in the world at the moment. There\u2019s lots of change happening. Lifestyle is about bringing joy to life through ideas and inspiration and information. That\u2019s what people want.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mykura noted that at Neo Geo, \u201cwe\u2019ve pooled together all the different parts into one big group, Nat Geo Partners, so we\u2019re part of an entity that isn\u2019t just the TV channels. It\u2019s the magazine and a travel business, a publishing business, and a not-for-profit entity that funds research and exploration. There\u2019s a real power to having that kind of scale.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Canal+, the greatest issue for pay TV is visibility given the reach of the free-TV DTT business.<\/p>\n

On wish lists, Mykura quipped, \u201cMore Morgan Freeman please!\u201d He\u2019s also looking for more people like Freeman to front shows across the globe.<\/p>\n

Barnes is looking for the next big high-end lifestyle series, \u201cthe next Grand Designs<\/em>. Something in that high-end property area. The next Gogglebox<\/em> and Common Sense<\/em>, and ideas that live beyond the linear, that really encourage a two-way relationship with the audience. Audiences want to interact. And everything has to be life-affirming, have a sense of joy to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Antraygue is also looking for new experiences for documentaries that are more immersive, such as VR.<\/p>\n

ORF\u2019s Solomon said it\u2019s about bringing the \u201cbiggest treat for the audience that we can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carugati and Reed MIDEM\u2019s Lucy Smith then presented each of the panelists with a World Screen Factual Trendsetter Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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