Waymarks for mindful forward moves within a multifaceted industry during times of complex world affairs — a quick overview of what matters in the year ahead besides the obvious and beyond. — 1 The crowds are here to stay — supporting the further rise of fan-generated and fan-created content as well as “everything” Web 3 Social Media, Crowdfunding, NFTs, blockchain, YouTube, the Metaverse, consumer comments … — Apart from the enabling backend tech, the most relevant innovations in the media and entertainment…

Content Futura 2023 · Part 4 · A blog series · 16 weekly episodes — 1000 words/post (more or less) from 09/01/22–12/31/22 · For (almost) all players in the entertainment and media industry, streaming matters more than ever. The streaming revolution has been in full swing for a while already. But, at the same time, it has just begun. From now on, it might even matter more than ever before. — Today, I spend my early morning hours as part of the audience at Dodgers Stadium in LA, virtual attending Elton John’s final US concert while hanging out on my cozy sofa in Central Europe. Disney+ did fans like me the favor of providing a live stream of Elton John’s historical…

Content Futura 2023 · Part 3· A blog series · 16 weekly episodes — 1000 words/post (more or less) from 09/01/22–12/31/22 · Campfires are the mothers of all stories. Books are the shepherds of their conscience and memories. The annual Frankfurt* Bookfair — “Frankfurter Buchmesse” — ranks as one of the most relevant book fairs in the West, Europe, and globally. I spend the 2022 opening day walking its halls. A somewhat concerning experience. A quick list of observations.

Content Futura 2023 · Part 2 · A blog series · 16 weekly episodes — 1000 words/post (more or less) from 09/01/22–12/31/22 — Metaverses are here already. If you consume the news or hold down a job involving screens, if you use up-to-date entertainment offerings like games, music, film, and video. If you use all the smart aspects of your smartphone — you seamlessly go in and out of metaverses multiple times during…

Content Futura 2023 · Part 1 · A blog series · 16 weekly episodes — 1000 words/post (more or less) from 09/01/22–12/31/22 — “The secret to a long life (Is knowing when it’s time to go)”* A bit of a lyrical approach to an inevitable rule of life, the global cinema sector had to learn the hard way this August in the wake of new stories from Middle Earth via Amazon (AMZN). …

The city of Los Angeles is a true filmstar itself. It’s also more things than one person can experience during one’s lifespan. Most prominently, it is the home of Hollywood. Because of that, or, many times rather: despite that, over time, the city has inspired many unmissable films and series, while charming itself into being part of the respective starring roles. While throughout history, Hollywood more and more has transformed from a stationary locale into something more like a radiant term, globally used to describe a state of mind to run a media business in, Los Angeles continues to inspire some of the greatest stories ever told on screens just by being what it has been ever since: Los Angeles. A unique US West Coast city, that presents everything this planets’ civilization has to offer in one place. Here comes a collection of selected “Los Angeles” film and TV titles — all of them made in LA, made by LA. No rankings. To be continued over time.

From over there … to fame: A launch pad called label. In the media and entertainment world, the thing commonly called label is a brand, a trademark to discover, produce, market film or music content. Once, such labels served as titular saints for powerful companies that acted as mighty gatekeepers. They initiated and were home to some of the most relevant market- and pop-culture- developments in their respective industries ever. Until they lost ground through M&A landslides or technological progress. Or simply, because the driving forces behind them burned out. Finally, everything digital and the internet seemed to drive the business model towards extinction. Until, now in 2020, a good argument can be made that companies running streaming platforms are about to revive this influential position in their own — updated — ways.

Die Märkte für Entertainment-Elektronik und für Entertainment-Content verbinden sich immer enger. Nahmen sich einst viele Branchen-Mitspieler jeweils gegenseitig als Konkurrenz wahr, herrscht heute viel Einigkeit. Eine kurze Übersicht mit vielen Hintergrund-Informationen zum Investitions-Deal-Volumen der letzten Jahre in der Boom-Branche Content. “Content is King.” — Inhalt ist alles. Ohne attraktive Inhalte drohen Geräte oder Plattformen in der Bedeutungslosigkeit zu verschwinden — egal wie innovativ deren technologischer Ansatz ist. Industrien und Märkte haben diese Frage international in den letzten vierzig, fünfzig Jahren mehrfach klar beantwortet. Eigentlich war diese Sachlage lange…

Regelmäßige, passive Einkommen aus Nutzungsrechten sind auch in der Entertainment-Branche nicht selten. Was haben Immobilien, Aktien oder Entertainment IPs gemeinsam? Richtig. Gute Aussichten auf langfristig stabile Einkünfte für die Eigentümer. Zum einen durch Bauen, Emittieren oder Produzieren neuer Produkte sowie durch Handel mit den jeweiligen Inhaber-Anteilen. Aber — wesentlich vor allem, wenn es um Langfristigkeit geht — durch Mieteinkünfte, Dividenden-Ausschüttungen oder Tantiemen…