Video: How does Blockchain work?
Blockchain can be complicated with its new terms, concepts and strategies. Here's a very good video aptly entitled "Blockchain Simply Explained." The key in learning about blockchain for me was in learning some basic key terms and then examining the conceptual...
Blockchain: Tokenization of Assets
Essentially - at least from what I can figure - the strategy of "Tokenization" is linking a digital token on the blockchain to other digital assets. Now what these assets are can vary wildly. Here is an article on this phenomenon with some highlights. Digital...
Media: The Shifting European Landscape
The International Financing Landscape: France and UK The models used in these countries has a strong public broadcast government support with license fees. But that's up for significant change. I remember when Amazon and Netflix first pushed into France - and got some...
Trend: Economics in Europe and Asia – Kaboom!
I have always keenly watched Economic trends - not that I understand all the intertwined mechanism driving economies and economic trends. However, one can see that the immediate trends are affecting people on a global basis. If you are entrepreneur, then you need...
Film Production: Spain – Interview with Netflix Execs
Spain was always a natural jumping off point for filmmaking, particularly streaming as the mother country of Spanish into the Latin American market. Many territories have strong linguistic ties. For example, France with Senegal and West Africa. China with certain...
VIACOM CBS ouster of Gianopoulos to feed Paramount+ Streamer?
The changing of the Guard at the great Paramount studio signals another sea change. As Theatrical is dead right now, perhaps it's a near permanent shift. Why? Audience Behavior to some degree, weary of the high cost of theatrical films, their script manipulations...
Trend: Populations and Birth Rates – Opportunity and Need?
n ageing population in North America, Western Europe and most of the BRICS will cause major challenges to already stressed government budgets and healthcare programmes.
VIDCON is FREE and ONLINE NOW
VIDCON, the premiere online gathering for Online Video, is FREE. You merely have to register to get into their Virtual Gathering. I have gone for the last 7 years and it's an amazing place to learn about Online Video, connect with people and hear the stories about...
Disney Stock Will Crash BigTime! Here’s Why…
Disney (DIS) stock has been cycling up and down in this volatile climate, replete with the Coronavirus, a frozen economy, a quarantined populace and considerable uncertainty for Social Public behavior for the vast majority of American consumers - the absolute vast...
Michael is in Miami reporting for Indie Brigade at the worldwide NATPE conference. NATPE is the much required short version of ”National Association of Television Programming Executives”. While the organization started as traditional television, the group now...
Media: The Shifting European Landscape
The International Financing Landscape: France and UK The models used in these countries has a strong public broadcast government support with license fees. But that's up for significant change. I remember when Amazon and Netflix first pushed into France - and got some...
Film Production: Spain – Interview with Netflix Execs
Spain was always a natural jumping off point for filmmaking, particularly streaming as the mother country of Spanish into the Latin American market. Many territories have strong linguistic ties. For example, France with Senegal and West Africa. China with certain...
VIACOM CBS ouster of Gianopoulos to feed Paramount+ Streamer?
The changing of the Guard at the great Paramount studio signals another sea change. As Theatrical is dead right now, perhaps it's a near permanent shift. Why? Audience Behavior to some degree, weary of the high cost of theatrical films, their script manipulations...
VIDCON is FREE and ONLINE NOW
VIDCON, the premiere online gathering for Online Video, is FREE. You merely have to register to get into their Virtual Gathering. I have gone for the last 7 years and it's an amazing place to learn about Online Video, connect with people and hear the stories about...
Michael is in Miami reporting for Indie Brigade at the worldwide NATPE conference. NATPE is the much required short version of ”National Association of Television Programming Executives”. While the organization started as traditional television, the group now...
Facebook No Longer a Filmmaker (or Entrepreneur’s) Friend
In this article on IndieWire, the author examines how Independent Filmmakers would use the Facebook platform to leverage themselves into an audience. Producer Dan Schoenbrun, Kickstarter’s former outreach guru for filmmakers, said Facebook has become almost useless...
Disney Stock Will Crash BigTime! Here’s Why…
Disney (DIS) stock has been cycling up and down in this volatile climate, replete with the Coronavirus, a frozen economy, a quarantined populace and considerable uncertainty for Social Public behavior for the vast majority of American consumers - the absolute vast...
Power Play Between China and Japan
An old buddy saw chess everywhere in life. A pawn, wisely moved, may kill a King. Small stories become world-changing events. A pawn is in play between Japan, China and America over the unpopulated resource rich Senkaku Islands. Called the Daiyou Islands in China, the...
Apple Shifting Gears to Dominate The Industry?
Vast change in the film industry is an understatement. For the first time ever, Apple’s App Store is set to overtake Hollywood in global revenue. According to this Daily Mail article, people will “spend $100 million a day on apps by the end of 2018.” So one has...
California’s Pension Crisis Climbs to a Cliff
The pension crisis in California grows precipitously in its two major pension funds. CALSTRS and CALPERS. While the fund managers claim a growth rate of 7.5%, they only achieved 0.61% last fiscal year (June 2016). Furthermore, these two major funds are sorely...
Seal Team 6 Trains to Eradicate North Korean Dictator
U.S. and S. Korean forces are currently training on the Korean peninsula. Specials Forces such as Army Rangers, Green Beret, SEALs and more are training. Perhaps some with a mission to eliminate Kim Jon-Un, dictator of North Korean. The same Kim Jong-Un who has...