As part of MipTV Online Plus’s conference lineup Michelle Lin of media consultancy K7 Media highlighted a number of trends in reality shows, with the focus on social experiments, sports stories and true crime.
Lin started her session by making a general observation about factual programming. “Broadly speaking topics are becoming much more specific in their focus.
Stories are more personal and to a certain degree extreme,” she said. “This allows the show to receive more coverage in tabloids, poses more of a purpose, and in turn draw in more viewers.” She observed that in reality shows “individuals are taking ownership of their conditions,” and used a few social experiment shows as examples.
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