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Reality TV Producers Urge Buyers To Be Braver & Bolder With Bigger Budgets In 2025
It was a weird 2024 for the unscripted TV business, but what will next year look like? Deadline asked some pros about changes that could help the biz in 2025.
Networks and streamers have been greenlighting fewer shows and producers are struggling, with numerous mid-size companies closing and layoffs across the sector and global outsourcing and budget issues becoming major talking points with the reality industry. The unscripted industry could greatlybenefit from a portion of that funding to incentivize companies to shoot in L.A. We have an abundance of exceptional above- and below-the-line talent right here, but many are being forced to leave their homes and families for extended periods to earn a living in other states or countries. These shows are only as good as the individuals who produce them, and while B17 has tapped into an incredibly talented Canadian community of late, we would also love to utilize the brilliant minds here in L.A. who have contributed to our success over the past decade but currently face limited opportunities.
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