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PEACEFULFISH NEWS

MARCH 2010

>>> Senior peacefulfish consultant and Digital Alfie project manager Frauke Feuer completed the initial, cinema-visits stage of the Digital Alfie project during the first week of March 2010. The project "focuses on creating online communities for local cinemas to help improve customer loyalty and fully exploit the opportunities of digital cinema." For additional information, see www.digitalfie.com

>>> The ICAA conference on the independent exhibition sector and the challenges of digitalization will be held in Barcelona, Spain from 5-6 March 2010 and will be attended by peacefulfish CEO Thierry Baujard. To view the program, go to http://congres.manners.es/carpetaPublica/programa.pdf

MEET US @ BERLINALE 2010

>>> The peacefulfish team will be out in full force during this year's Berlin International Film Festival. We will be available to meet & discuss your projects between the 11th and the 19th of February. Please contact Juliane Schulze (juliane@peacefulfish.com) to set up an appointment.

>>> The Mobile World Congress, which will be held in Barcelona between the 15th and 18th February, will be attended by peacefulfish senior partner Juliane Schulze. For those attending, Juliane will be available for meetings on the 17th and 18th. Contact her directly at juliane@peacefulfish.com to set up a date and time.

>>> Digital Alfie, our new digital cinema project co-financed by MEDIA, has been invited to the Media Salles DigiTraining Plus programme in Helsinki, Finland, 17th through 21st February 2010. Digital Alfie will be presented on the 20th of February. For additional information about this project, please contact Frauke Feuer at frauke@peacefulfish.com

2009 NEWS

EVENTS >>> The next EUROPEAN MEDIATECH INVESTMENT FORUM for entrepreneurs and investors will take place in London from December 9th to 10th 2009 at Pinewood film studios
Please check www.media-deals.org for the application deadline.

EVENTS >>> peacefulfish will be present at the Film London Production Finance Market (PFM) 2009 from October 21st to 22nd. The PFM is supported by peacefulfish. It is a two-day event that focuses on facilitating face-to-face meetings between European producers and financiers from the international marketplace. The market also includes a keynote address, workshops and networking events. If you wish to contact peacefulfish at the event, feel free to send Frauke Feuer a message at frauke@peacefulfish.com.

For more information on the PFM in London:
http://www.filmlondon.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=1112

EVENTS >>> peacefulfish will also be present and the CARTOON Feature on October 22nd in Malaga, Spain. CARTOON Feature is a European training seminar focusing on all aspects of animated feature films, from concept to distribution. If you wish to contact peacefulfish at the event, feel free to message Thierry Baujard at thierry@peacefulfish.com.

For more information on CARTOON FEATURE in Malaga:
http://www.cartoon-media.be/MASTERS/fea_index.php

EVENTS >>> MOFFOM - Music on Film/Film on Music Minifest & Market organized by Just Temptation. The MOFFOM Minifest took place at Central Kino from September 16th to 18th, 2009 where 6 films with a strong musical element were screened. The MOFFOM Market took place at the Berlin HomeBase Lounge on Thursday, September 17th, 2009 and included a co-production market for music-oriented film and documentary projects in the financing stage. Production companies from various European countries presented a music-oriented film or documentary project to co-production partners from Germany. Music producers and TV buyers were also present.

For more information go to www.just-temptation.com

EUROPE >>> peacefulfish has been selected by the European Commission to conduct a study on the current and future involvement of financial players in Europe in regard to film and content production. The accompanying event, the European Film Banking Roundtable, took place on the 21st April 2009 in London, UK (Click here for further information).

EUROPE >>> The final report of a study entitled "Study on the role of SMEs and European audiovisual works in the context of the fast changing and converging home entertainment sector" is available on the MEDIA Programme’s web page. This study was undertaken by peacefulfish and Media Consulting Group (www.mediacg.tv) for the MEDIA Programme of the European Commission.
Amongst others, it presents an interesting analysis of the current and future trends of the different segments of home entertainment that may be of interest to you (click here for more details).

BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL>>> peacefulfish had joined the "DigiDays" during the 59th International Berlin Film Festival and presented a workshop on Strategies for Digital Content Financing - 2 Case Studies. Click here for further information.

EUROPE >>> Two new surveys are currently undertaken by peacefulfish, one in cooperation with Cineuropa.org.

Survey 1 “European Attractiveness Barometer for film production – the Best Regions in Europe”

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the criteria for producing content in Europe and to analyze the gap between the perceived and real attractiveness of a region. The first edition will be presented during the Berlin International Film Festival, in February 2009.

Survey 2 "Survey on the current situation in selected European countries regarding the digital conversion of cinemas"

This survey aims at giving an overview of stakeholders’ perspectives on the current situation in their respective countries. Stakeholders are national public film agencies, exhibitors’ associations, distributors’ associations and producers’ associations. The selected countries are Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland. In partnership with Cineuropa.org.

EUROPE >>> peacefulfish and the Lapland Centre of Expertise for the Experience Industry have finished a study on the "Digital Cinema Experience". The report is being distributed by Dodona Research. For more information go to peacefulfish.com/DCE or contact consultant and co-author Frauke Feuer at frauke@peacefulfish.com

RESEARCH

"Getting into Mobile TV and Video: Financing, producing and distributing TV and video content”, a new report by Informa Telecoms & Media in partnership with peacefulfish.

About Getting into Mobile TV and Video

Getting into Mobile TV and Video management report provides an overview of the mobile TV and video ecosystem and explores the opportunities for film and television producers, private and government funds, mobile content providers and others.

The report explores the way in which mobile television and video content is financed, produced and distributed – and how it generates revenue. Based on over 30 original interviews with mobile operators, content providers, aggregators, broadcasters, production companies and financiers, the report offers an introduction to this exciting space, along with in-depth coverage of key topics and suggested strategies for companies throughout the value chain.

To see a summary of some key points in the study, please visit our webinar: www.peacefulfish.com/mobiletv

For more information or to order your copy please visit
www.informatm.com/tv/?src=itmpr

Published: October 2006. Price: £1250 / US$2250 / €1875

Informa Telecoms & Media is always willing to work with journalists to provide stats, data or comment for articles. For further information and enquiries, please contact

Juliane Schulze
Senior Partner
peacefulfish
juliane@peacefulfish.com
+49 (0) 30 863 999 54
www.peacefulfish.com

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