CEE: Natpe, Content.
A Tale of Two Markets
There are books such as A Tale of Two Cities (by Charles Dickens), films such as A Tale of Two Wars and A Tale of Two Sisters, and many other (…)
CEE: Natpe, Content.
Spanish TV Revival Brings
Rewards and Challenges
Recently, the Spanish television scene has returned to the dynamism of the days before it basically left the international scene in the 1990s. “Spanish TV fiction is being discovered worldwide,” (…)
Hulu: The Struggle of
a Demanding Service
Streaming service Hulu has had a troubled existence that its current parent companies are trying to untangle, and epitomizes the complexities that all SVoD platforms are experiencing in different forms. (…)
June-July 2023
To determine if a company is financially sound and solidly well run, the litmus test is simple: leaf through the trade press. If you see their ads, there’s money behind them. If you don’t see ads, there is only smoke and mirrors.
NATPE Budapest vs. Content
Budapest: A Solution Is a Pest
During last month’s MIPTV, managing director David Jenkinson of the U.K.’s C21 Media published an online editorial titled “The Fight for Budapest,” about his company’s competition with Canada’s Brunico Communications (…)
AFM Changes Venue,
But Not Its Spots
After 29 years at the Loews Santa Monica Hotel, the American Film Market will be changing venues for its 2023 edition, moving its event 800 meters east to the Le (…)
L.A. Screenings Inches its
Way to Pre-Pandemic Times
Between suites and tables, the Fairmont Century Plaza hotel in the Century City section of Los Angeles will be housing over 70 exhibition companies for the upcoming L.A. Screenings.
This is (…)
May 2023
If you wonder why the building of large projects tends to go over budget, over time, and over expectations, a new book is attempting to explain it. Separately, I’ll attempt to explain why SVoD as intended today is a losing proposition compared to the introduction of other capital-intensive utilities like electricity and telephony.
