What happens when the Chinese Film Market Overtakes the United States?
The population in China is 1.4 billion people. The population in India is 1.4 billion people. The population in the United States of
America is...
Diamonds and Walls: Building the Perfect Ballpark
Influenced by visiting twenty-two of the current thirty Major League Baseball (MLB) ballparks, including some no longer in existence (old Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium,...
Economies of Scope in Entertainment, Media, and Sports
First,
a quick economics lesson. Economies of
scope refers to when businesses implement a strategy of diversification of services,
assets, or products offered through entry and growth...
The Social Media Paradigm & Difficulty
“When an irresistible force such as youMeets an old immovable object like meYou can bet just as sure as you liveSomething's gotta give”Johnny Mercer,...
Three Things About the Disney/FOX sale of RSN’s to Sinclair
Disney was forced to sell its 21st Century FOX-acquired Midwest-based regional sports networks (RSN) to a third party. The third party winner of the...
Hello Content: Retreat to Your Corners
Recently, it was reported that Comcast/NBCUniversal was interested in selling its 33% stake in Hulu, the streaming platform, to Disney, which currently controls 67%...
Excitement for Soccer in America
Soccer
is on the rise in the United States.
Whether measured by television viewership, new franchises,
or youth interest, soccer is the sport of the future here...
Agents of Influence, By Contract and Contrast
The
Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Association of Talent Agents (ATA) has been
negotiating with each other for weeks, if not months
now. At stake...
The Power We Give Technology
While
recently attending a Pepperdine Graziadio
Business School conference that featured Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak with
Founding Executive Director of Singularity University Salim Ismail, the topic
of technology...
5 Ways to Stop Illegal Sports Content Streaming
Before listing the 5 ways to stop illegal sports content streaming, e.g., piracy, there needs to be a basis for understanding why piracy is...
