Analysing the competiton

The final idea i have decided to pick is Gaming Addiction for this piece of work i will be finding a tress different competitors that may get more viewings and income than my documentary because the brief states it’s going to be shown on BBC Three. To find out my competitors stats i will be using B A R B to find out the income of the show and general statistics about the show such as views. The channels i will be focusing on to find my competitions on such channels as BBC1, BBC2, ITV 1, BBC3 and Channel five. B A R B is a organisation that provide official viewing data to the audience form 26 million different households

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-08-17/russell-brand-from-addiction-to-recovery-seen-by-500000-viewers-on-bbc3

http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/weekly-top-30?      

(Obsessive compulsive cleaners)

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dont-blame-facebook

My first program i am  looking at for being similar to my documentary idea is Russell Brand from Addiction to Recovery. In my own opinion i think that the  documentary  target  audience  is  meant  for  young adults from the ages of 16-24 as they have been proven to be addicted to drugs more than any other age group. The program was aired on BBC3 as a lot of young adult watch BBC3 for the number of different shows. The show was aired at a prime time where the viewing numbers is at its high every day at 9:00- 10:00 in the evening. Before playing the show the narrator that introduces the show’s said "one time special". Russell Brand from Addiction to Recovery is a factual documentary with self-involvement in it to show his emotions about the topic at hand and to help others notice that drugs are bad for the body and mind. The ratings for the documentary wasn't as high as other documentary because it’s not a topic that people would care about from how one man gave up his drug addiction for his career even thought the topic isn't spoken about from much people Russell Brand wanted to help and show people that it can be done bringing in 500,00+ viewing statistic  

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-08-17/russell-brand-from-addiction-to-recovery-seen-by-500000-viewers-on-bbc3

The Comparison:

This documentary is very similar to my documentary because he is talking about his addiction for drugs however i will be talking about addiction towards gaming and the specific genre that gets people hooked to the game. This documentary is also my competition because of the channel it was aired on and the topic in general. This documentary is about addiction to drugs like I said before however because my documentary topic is about gaming this is my composition because of the addiction elements to the topic because the main reason is to show awareness to people about the addiction and how to tidy your act up if you have an addiction 

The second program i will be looking at is obsessive cleaning disorders. This show is one of my competitors but not as similar to the first Drug addiction one however they do have some of the same aspects such as the addiction toward making your house spotless. i have chosen this documentary as one of my main competitors because of the elements of the show they show a before and after of the house one its "dirty" in their mind and when its clean for others. the viewing stats for the show places in as channels four top 10 one of the most popular shows broadcaster getting over 1 million views for one episode per week

My Comparison

This show is a lot like mine because they talk about a cleaning addiction where people tidy there house up when it’s already tidy. The show it’s self comes on around 9:00 in the evening and attracts people with an interest on how people live with an addiction. i have chosen this documentary because they style of the documentary is personal involvement where the presenters try and help the people who like to keep cleaning because they have and addiction where if they see and anything out of place they have to mend it 

My third competitor is the Gadget Show this show gets about 50,000+ views because of the updates in technology that keeps changing every week. Every episode is different from the other they may not even talk about tech they may talk about games this is why this is my final competitor because of the element of surprise. The show is aired at 8:00 on Monday evenings coming on once a week however it is repeated on Sunday at 8:00 in the morning. This show is not a documentary but is a factual TV show. This is one of the reasons why i have picked this show as a competitor because how present the fact with point quote and evidence to prove to the audience

My Comparison

This show is a lot like my documentary topic because in generational they both fall under the upcoming tech categories. However the main reason this show would be similar to mine is the amount of involvement with in the show for example when they do the experiment it’s usually a test to see show the tech or the games deals with the pressure and the consumers. The show its self is aimed to around 16-24 year old the same as the brief because i think personal that is the age range where people are more involved with technology