Insurance for a $60 million film has increased tenfold in the age of Covid-19. And that’s just one of many changes film industry professionals have had to face.
In the sixth iteration of Variety‘s “Rebooting the Entertainment Industry” streaming room series, sponsored by PwC and the Ad Council, Variety senior reporter Elaine Low moderated a conversation on the future outlook for growth in the industry. Panelists included Greg Boyer, a partner and U.S. media and consulting leader at PwC, Mark Gill, the president and CEO of Solstice Studios, Allison Page, the president of Magnolia Network and Syrinthia Studer, executive vice president at Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Films.
The event covered current difficulties when creating new films and television shows as well as potential changes made to the entertainment industry even after the return to normalcy.
“I think the appetite for good content hasn’t waned at all,” Page said.
In the sixth iteration of Variety‘s “Rebooting the Entertainment Industry” streaming room series, sponsored by PwC and the Ad Council, Variety senior reporter Elaine Low moderated a conversation on the future outlook for growth in the industry. Panelists included Greg Boyer, a partner and U.S. media and consulting leader at PwC, Mark Gill, the president and CEO of Solstice Studios, Allison Page, the president of Magnolia Network and Syrinthia Studer, executive vice president at Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Films.
The event covered current difficulties when creating new films and television shows as well as potential changes made to the entertainment industry even after the return to normalcy.
“I think the appetite for good content hasn’t waned at all,” Page said.
- 9/16/2020
- by Eli Countryman
- Variety Film + TV
The current public health crisis facing the world has changed the way people live, work and consume media — and will undoubtedly have a long-lasting impact on industries across the world.
Kicking off the inaugural Variety Streaming Room session with a virtual conversation with executives from NBCUniversal, Spotify, WarnerMedia and PwC, Variety president and chief media analyst Andrew Wallenstein dug into just what that means for the media and entertainment space:
More At-Home Consumers Means Changes in Consumption Habits
“Engagement is way up,” said WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer chief strategy officer Sean Kisker. “It’s hard to look at something like that, which is a bit of a tailwind for us, in the broader context, and get excited about it, but when we look at the constraints people have, consumption is way up.”
“Net-net, from a contextual point of view, it’s a good time to be providing solutions to people...
Kicking off the inaugural Variety Streaming Room session with a virtual conversation with executives from NBCUniversal, Spotify, WarnerMedia and PwC, Variety president and chief media analyst Andrew Wallenstein dug into just what that means for the media and entertainment space:
More At-Home Consumers Means Changes in Consumption Habits
“Engagement is way up,” said WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer chief strategy officer Sean Kisker. “It’s hard to look at something like that, which is a bit of a tailwind for us, in the broader context, and get excited about it, but when we look at the constraints people have, consumption is way up.”
“Net-net, from a contextual point of view, it’s a good time to be providing solutions to people...
- 4/9/2020
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
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