EXCLUSIVE: The producer behind a high-profile ITV documentary featuring Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers speaking about their experiences of the war in Gaza has put its film on YouTube . Zandland has swerved the usual distribution models for Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War , which is now available on the Google-owned video platform.

Typically, a doc for a major UK broadcaster such as ITV will have a distributor handling sales to international channels and streamers in return for a license fee. A combination of buyer nervousness about a film covering such a contentious conflict and producer Zandland’s attempt to build an online community, however, mean Breaking Ranks has taken a different route to market.

“It’s that assessment of, yes, we could get a license fee for

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