Since its launch in February this year, A&E is FOXTEL’s highest-rating factual entertainment channel – and it is still growing and evolving fast. What is more, reality TV is tempting younger audiences into documentary.
Speaking at last week’s Generation Next Factual & Documentary Conference in Melbourne, Jim Buchan, General Manager of Factual Channels at FOXTEL and Paul Meyers, Channel Manager of A&E and Crime & Investigation channels, spoke about FOXTEL’s newest factual entertainment channel – A&E, its widespread audience reach, and the changing nature of factual entertainment.
