Television Production Research

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Sky Atlantic commisions- the following information is taken from the Sky website.

"We would like half-hour series that have scale, lift the lid on a subject or are unexpected and could sit alongside the best of the US."

"The way we commission is also different. The biggest difference is that, because we are all about quality and providing something that Free-To-Air TV doesn't, we commission fewer projects, and have a much leaner team than other broadcasters to do this. In turn this means we don't have meetings with every Indie who asks for one we're afraid. Not only do we not have the manpower, but also we only tend to use meetings to discuss a project we are incredibly keen on. We have meetings when there is a strong sense of purpose for a project we think we are going to love - we don't meet as a way of briefing people. Instead we brief people through this page; on the Sky Days we have every six months (in big groups for non-scripted, and smaller groups for scripted) and through public talks and briefings throughout the year at lots of public events. "

"We only commission shows we love, and in our experience good shows usually come from good, very clear, early conversations. We see the shows as collectively owned by you and us - we don't just commission and let you get on with it, and equally we don't commission shows and try and make them for you - we both bring something to the party. We think good notes are helpful and make for a better show; bad notes are demoralising, but we don't think notes in themselves are bad. As we said, we don't see ourselves as executive producers - we are the commissioners, there to guide, encourage, inspire, and ensure the show meets the needs of the audience by best fitting the channel on which it transmits. Once you have our commitment, we are in it together, and will work for the best of the show. It's for this reason we won't be worried if you tell us a show is going wrong - all we want is for the show to be the best it can be - so we value relationships where we can all be open, honest and trusting."

"The talent on board is very important to us and we expect to work with the best filmmakers, producers and distributors in the world, or a combination of those people and newer talent."

From the information presented above, I believe that Sky Atlantic is a good channel to air our TV show on as they take ideas from anyone as long as they are detailed enough and I therefore believe that Sky atlantic would be the perfect partners to work with on Game.gov

From research in books I have determined that the two most important factors of television are good producers, and audiences.

The producer allows everyone to see how well the show is going to go by how much they put into the TV show, for example how creative they are and how knowledgable they are in the genre of the show. 

The audiences determine what type of tv is broadcast on a channel as different channels have different audiences- who have different needs. This has been the case since the 1980's. This information was taken from Television and Society