Thursday, 18 September 2014

Final Major Production - Channel and Format

My Series is aimed to be a 6-part television drama, with each episode being 40 minutes in length. Researching in to different networks on which my series would be suited to, I decided to go with HBO - and their English Counterpart, Sky Atlantic.

HBO (Home Box Office) is an American premium cable and satellite television network that is owned by Home Box Office Inc., an operating subsidiary of Time Warner. HBO's programming consists primarily of theatrically released motion pictures and original television series, along with made-for-cable movies and documentaries, boxing matches and occasional comedy and concert specials.

List of drama series: 
·      Sex and the City
·      The Soprano’s
·      The Wire
·      Entourage
·      Six Feet Under
·      Boardwalk Empire
·      Game of Thrones
·      True Blood

These shows are shown on channels in the United Kingdom such as Sky Atlantic – an extension of HBO. They have been known to show British programming using mainly British casts as well, such as Life’s Too Short and the overly successful Game of Thrones.

Many HBO programmes are intended for audiences of 16-18+ as swearing, violence and nudity is a prominent theme in a lot of the different series. The Book of Tamlock would be aimed at this age group. The more family friendly series are shown on an extension of HBO, HBO Family, to leave room for the more serious and adult dramas and comedies. The main HBO channel mainly airs R-rated films only after 8:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific, but does air certain TV-MA rated programs during the daytime hours.


Seeing as the company do use British actors and locations, which would still appeal to an American demographic, I feel this would be the right network for my show to be on as the network has much more of a wider range of titles then most other networks, such as Showtime and AMC that seem to focus, although with great shows of their own, on very similar styled and themed programming. The broader sense makes HBO, and their expanse of networking to other countries, the prime media format for my show to be on.

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