| Remarkably, there is little existing competition. Historically, funding for documentaries comes from grants and limited broadcast outlets. Small production companies are usually only capable of releasing one documentary every few years for television. Larger companies, operating under contract and constraint to broadcasters, have a small but steady profit margin producing television material on demand (e.g. for the Discovery or History Channel.) By their nature and design, these documentaries are at best modest in scope and composition. |
