Recently added articles from Screen Digest:
Worldview.(Insight)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Problems in the financial world continue to have an impact on the media--advertising is expected to be particularly badly hit (60b2 and Focus, page 35 (pointer))--and they are likely to continue to affect developments as well as confidence until lending resumes on a useful scale. ...
Advertising succumbs to recession: global market conditions will stabilise at best in 2010.(Focus)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Television] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Spain, the UK and the US will be hit by a high single-digit drop in 2009 * Television advertising will shrink in every market--up to 12 per cent in Spain * In line with the economy no real recovery should ...
Pay TV market in Sub-Saharan Africa: pan-regional service GTV closes under financial pressure.(Focus)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Television] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Nigeria is the key market; others are under-developed because of high pricing * Multichoice's DsTV is still the dominant pan-sub-Saharan pay TV operator * Despite the smaller numbers of TV households, pay ...
Japanese publishers target Europe: Namco and Capcom boost European mobile games divisions.(Focus)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Mobile media] [Games] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Operator deals are less important as new platforms open the market * Licensed local content and classic games form part of a cross-platform strategy * Growth in Europe in 2009 is set to be higher ...
French film distribution changing: back catalogue theatrical releases dominate the market.(Focus)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [Cinema] [Film] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * First-run films account for 11.5 per cent of all releases but take 90.2 per cent all admissions * After France and US, British films now account for nearly five times their share of admissions in 1992 * ...