The Big Pivot: Digital-First Documentaries

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In a time of immense pressure on commissioning budgets, YouTube has established itself as a premium location for documentaries. This session explores how the platform is redefining audience standards and media timelines, bringing our non-fiction community face-to-face with its digital future.
We’ll examine the sustainability of the “digital first” documentary model as the potential pivot for the entire ecosystem. Is YouTube’s brutal financing model viable long-term? The discussion will decode challenges and opportunities in a highly competitive environment for creating original factual content while questioning whether traditional broadcasters can adapt to this transformation.