Emily Longeretta Despite an ongoing pandemic, political unrest and frequent natural disasters due to global warming, viewers worldwide have not tired of true crime documentaries about horrific murders and inconceivable heists.
True crime docus are enjoying unprecedented levels of global success. And while the marketplace may be saturated, the competition to find, produce and distribute the next story of a killer, fraudster or crypto criminal is intense.
This year’s slate of true crime doc offerings at Mipcom is proof. Distribution company Abacus Media Rights (AMR) is taking 14 true crime titles, including “Murdered at First Sight,” “Love You to Death” and “Murder: Fight for the Truth,” to the Cannes television market. “More and more channels and platforms are taking on true crime content,” says AMR managing director Jonathan Ford. “It’s content that supports a binge viewing model in two ways.
One way is if it’s a serialized piece, viewers want to get to the end and know what happened or find out who was caught. Or [the genre] supports binge model viewing if it’s an episodic series where viewers love an episode and want to know what the next episode is about.
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