Industry Report: Market Trends
by Cineuropa
Articles, interviews, news, analysis on market trends
Cinema Jove: How to make a web series without ending up in prison
Valencia’s Cinema Jove hosted a series of panels devoted to producing, distributing and promoting web series
The Valletta Film Festival hosts a film co-production panel
This year’s talk aimed to shed light on the challenges and opportunities in the context of the cinema of small nations
FAPAV-Ipsos investigation: 2 in every 5 Italians pirate films and TV series
The total damage to the economy has been estimated at €1.2 billion, with 6,500 jobs lost. “Resolutely working to raise awareness among the digital generation”
INCONTRI #7 looks at the new challenges facing the film and TV industry
At the Film Conference organised by the IDM Film Commission, producers, broadcasters and financiers analysed distribution strategies and new forms of international co-production
Women's films held back in Europe by lower production and distribution support
A look at the data for films directed by women in Europe: limited access to production funding and distribution support is holding back the market for female directed European films
Film and Series Channels make up 61% of all pay on demand services in Europe
The new report from the European Audiovisual Observatory provides a newly database that includes free profile data on TV channels and on-demand services in 41 European countries
Why Continental Europeans love Ken Loach
This MeCETES report examines why the veteran British director is more popular on the continent than in his own country
Young film audiences: preferences and practices
A report on the impact of digitisation on young people’s viewing preferences and practices in Flanders
Industry experts debate impact of Brexit on UK film industry
Several professionals took part in the panel debate following well-publicised concerns for the future of the UK film industry post-Brexit
Russian film production has grown by 50% but international co-productions fell sharply
The report by European Audiovisual Observatory takes the pulse of the Russian cinema industry and looks at its capacity to co-produce with other countries
Why Brexit is bad news for British film exports
The UK is likely to lose millions in funding from the EU’s MEDIA programme because of Brexit. An examination of what this means for British film exports
Media ownership: towards pan-European groups?
While national distribution markets have become more concentrated in recent years, some key players in the market have begun to expand their geographic scopes
Cinema of Small Nations report: Does size matter?
The Valletta Film Festival played host to a conference entitled “Cinema of Small Nations”, which looked at the state of cinema in small European countries
Box office hit record high in the European Union in 2015
EU gross box office reached a record high of around €7.3 billion in 2015, and film production rose again to over 1,600 feature films
Russia has over 2,300 operating TV channels
European Audiovisual Observatory publishes new report on Russian audiovisual industry
European film industry box office grows despite the economic crisis
European film industry records impressive increase in box office and cinema admissions; Local films are also performing well, with 11 titles in EU countries’ top 5
Strong performance in France and trend reversal in Spain slightly boost cinema attendance
The European audiovisual groups lost 5.3% of their global market share
Current trends in international film co-production
We see a changing in the films methods of financing. We can explain that by the blurring boundaries and the increasing number of transnational cultural agreements
"Pour une politique européenne d'éducation au cinéma" - A report by Xavier Lardoux
The seventh art is taking part in a children's school programme, a project aimed at introducing school children to European audiovisual culture and to familiarise them with the internet and the digital world from a younger age.
Audience in the Mind: a better understanding of new European audiences
The latest report commissioned by CineRegio in its series linked to the digital revolution has just been published. It focuses strongly on the close relationship between audience and content
Estimations on European Cinema Attendance Rates in 2013
The European Audiovisual Observatory has published the first numbers concerning European cinema attendance rates in 2013 during the 64th edition of the Berlinale
A Profile of Current and Future Audiovisual Audience
One of the main objectives of Creative Europe is to develop new audiences for European films. In order to find out more about these audiences, a study on audience behaviour has been carried out
Producing for new screens
From 19 to 21 November, as part of the SATIS expo for audio, visual, and audiovisual professionals, the Screen4All training course on augmented TV – Producing for new screens, was held
Film industry cheers tax relief and China production deal
David Cameron has heralded a new deal that will open up the Chinese marketplace to UK film productions, announced during his trade visit to the country. China's quota system for films means that only 34 foreign movies a year are allowed, but the deal means that co-productions between British and Chinese producers can sidestep the quota. "People have started calling it Chollywood, but really it's Chinewood - British films linking up with Chinese partners to access the second highest box...
Only a small fraction of British films turn a profit, BFI study finds
Just 7% of UK films in the period 2003-2010 made a profit, according to figures presented by the BFI's David Steele at the Screen Film Summit. The figures chart the performance of 613 films. They paint a damning portrait of British film, particularly low-budget productions: just 3.1% of films with budgets of £500,000 or less became profitable. But even at the higher end, there seem to be endemic problems, with well under a fifth of films with budgets of more than £10m turning a profit....
Cinema and the Internet - are they more than just friends?
Close to 400 cinema professionals attended this year's European Audiovisual Observatory's workshop on on-demand services and the ways in which they could promote European films.
In Film Buying and Selling: Too Much Insider Information, Not Enough Data
In his latest post for his Filmonomics blog, Slated Editorial Director Colin Brown makes the argument that the film industry needs to make more of its data available so that filmmakers -- and their distributors and sales agents -- can make more informed decisions on what kind of return other films have seen.
Does the consumer have the power? Forum d'Avignon - Kurt Salmon, 11 June 2013
"Books, music, films, video games...how has the digital age changed the distribution of powers?"
Attendance numbers in the EU fall in 2012 but a record market share for European Films is recorded
The market share for European films increased 5.6% in 2012, which is linked, in part to Skyfall's market. The gross revenue for cinemas set a new record due to the higher price of tickets for 3D films. Overall attendance rates in the EU fell 2.2%.
Greening the film industry
3D: How far have we come today?
In French: 3D Stereo Media brought together a pleiad of enthusiasts for 3D in all its forms, a marketplace for reflection on science, technology, and art.
Cross-Media Creative Shot, with Fourth Wall Studios
Founder/CEO Jim Stewartson talks about rides.tv, his platform for true transmedia storytelling
Abu Dhabi Media Summit: Collapsing windows still not working, studios say
The vexed issue of theatrical windows was again raised in today’s Abu Dhabi Media Summit roundtable, Tablets Rising.
Abu Dhabi Media Summit: Google's Kyncl says YouTube will charge for content
YouTube to charge subscription fees for content; he says Google is ‘complementary’ to broadcasters, not at war with them.
Abu Dhabi Media Summit: eMarketer's Ramsey says a third of planet is on web
Geoff Ramsey, (Founder & CEO, eMarketer) dazzled the Abu Dhabi Media Summit audience with an 18-minute presentation that allowed them at least to peer into the digital future.
Hollywood: research about an industry in crisis
It's a titans' fight like Hollywood loves to stage for a century : The Dark Knight Rises versus The Amazing Spider-Man. An ordinary war of summer blockbusters ? That's what we would have said few years ago. The rentals DVD company which has the same name, Blockbuster, was thriving then. Nowadays it is at the edge of bankruptcy. The crumbling video market and the entire industry are uncertain.
EU box office inches to record high in 2011
Europe's GBO scores EUR 6.4 billion, as its film production levels keep growing
Movie Consumption Revenue Expected to Rise Continuously From 2010 to 2015
Global consumer spending on movies is expected to rise from $61.4 billion to $68.9 billion
The rise of the international box office
There never used to be an 'international box office', there was just the US domestic market, and everywhere else, that catch-all 'world cinema'.
Upbeat mood at MIPCOM 2011 as traditional and new media seek quality content
The 2011 world television content market MIPCOM in Cannes closed on 6 October in an upbeat mood as deals abounded across countries and platforms and messages of hope and reconciliation were ushered by keynote speakers.
Google to finance $100 million worth of original programmes for YouTube
Google plans to create 20 special channels on its YouTube site, and will spend $100 million to create original programming to populate them, according to sources who talked with the Wall Street Journal
Video Distribution in Europe
Helen Davis Jayalath presented Screen Digest's study on the evolution of video consumption, trying to understand whether Blu-ray could compensate the decline of DVD sales. The answer is negative but, according to Screen Digest, the European online movie spending will reach almost 400M€ in 2013 and two third of this will be from the big 5 territories in Europe (Germany, France, UK, Spain and Italy).
Broadcaster Support For Canadian Feature Film - Expanding the Audience with Television Platforms
This study was commissioned by Telefilm Canada for the benefit of the Working Groups on Feature Film for the English speaking market and the French-language market.
World Film Market Trends - FOCUS
FOCUS contains all key figures of the film industry in the most important countries. It provides a concise analysis of results and tendencies country by country, together with recent figures.
Jonathan Olsberg, Ian Jones • Experts film and television
Screen Australia's Enterprise program external assessors Ian Jones and Jonathan Olsberg spoke about the changing international film and television industries
