PEACEFULFISH NEWS 

 

August 2010

 

>>> Juliane Schulze will be in Frankfurt, Germany from the 18th to the 26th of August to conduct a series of interviews for peacefulfish's regional study on Hessen. She will be available for meetings and can be contacted directly at juliane@peacefulfish.com    

 

>>> Thierry Baujard will be in London on the 24th of August for a series of meetings. For those interested in setting up an appointment with him, contact Thierry at thierry@peacefulfish.com     

 

>>> Juliane Schulze is serving as the course director of this year’s Multi-Platform Business School, which is a 5-day course taking place at the Media Business School in Ronda, Spain from August 3rd to the 7th. The course is entitled “Where Is The Money in Multi-Platform Content: How To Develop, Finance, and Market Content for More Than One Platform” and is primarily for producers, designers, and directors of audiovisual content intended for a range of media platforms. For registration information, go to: www.mpbs.mediaschool.es/

 

 

 

July 2010

 

>>> On July 14th, Frauke Feuer will be in Stuttgart, Germany, taking part in a panel discussion entitled "Finding Money Where Others Don't Look: New Forms of Financing for Creative Projects." The panel will take place from 10am-12pm in Rathaus Stuttgart. For more information, contact Frauke at frauke@peacefulfish.com  

 

 

 

June 2010

 

>>> ** REGISTER NOW ** Juliane Schulze will be the course director of this year’s Multi-Platform Business School, which is a 5-day course that will take place at the Media Business School in Ronda, Spain from August 3rd to the 7th. The course is entitled “Where Is The Money in Multi-Platform Content: How To Develop, Finance, and Market Content for More Than One Platform” and is primarily for producers, designers, and directors of audiovisual content intended for a range of media platforms. For registration information, go to: www.mpbs.mediaschool.es/

 

>>> On the 11th, 12th, & 13th of June, Juliane Schulze will be lecturing as part of a workshop on Business Modeling & Business Vision at the Binger Lab in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. To set up an appointment, please contact Juliane at juliane@peacefulfish.com     

 

>>> Thierry Baujard and Frauke Feuer will be attending an INNOVA Conference on "Services Innovation as a Catalyst for the Europe 2020 Strategy" on the 15th and 16th of June in Copenhagen, Denmark. For additional information about the event, go to: www.europe-innova.eu

 

>>> The first ImMediaTe event, The MediaKIS Mobile Apps Forum, which will include an Investment Forum in cooperation with peacefulfish's sister company Media Deals will take place on the 17th and 18th of June in Barcelona, Spain. Thierry Baujard and Marc Lauriac will be attending. For additional information, see www.mediakis.eu  

 

>>> On June 21st and 22nd, Frauke Feuer will be in Amsterdam, the Netherlands for the 2010 Cinema Expo. She will be taking part in a panel on the 21st entitled "Geek to Sleek: The Surprising Evolution of Online Piracy." For more information, contact Frauke at frauke@peacefulfish.com  

 

>>> Thierry Baujard will be attending the Creative Industries Day in Brussels, Belgium on the 22nd of June. To schedule a meeting, contact Thierry at thierry@peacefulfish.com  

 

>>> On the 24th of June, Thierry Baujard will be in London attending a CIDA (Creative Industries Development Agency) Conference on "How Research & Development Supports the Creative Process." For more about the event, see www.ecce-innovation.eu   

 

>>> Thierry Baujard will be representing peacefulfish's sister company Just Temptation at the C/O Pop Convention in Cologne, Germany on the 25th of June, participating in a panel entitled "Treasure Hunt: Music Docs and Music Bio Pics." For more about the event, see www.c-o-pop.de    

 

 

 

 

May 2010

 

>>> The Cannes Film Festival is only a few weeks away and peacefulfish CEO Thierry Baujard along with Senior Partner Juliane Schulze will be there from the 14th to the 18th of May. To set up an appointment to meet and discuss your projects, please contact Juliane at juliane@peacefulfish.com. 

 

>>> On 15th May, Thierry Baujard will present peacefulfish sister company Just Temptation during the Producer's Network "Breakfast Meetings" in Cannes. He will speak about original soundtrack production, rights issues, creating buzz around film music, and the soundtrack investment fund that Just Temptation manages. For more information, contact thierry@peacefulfish.com     

 

>>> The Film London Production Finance Market (PFM) will be holding an information session on accessing film finance during the Cannes Film Festival. European producers are invited to attend to learn more about submitting a project to be considered for the PFM. The session will be held on 17th May, from 11:45am to 1:30pm in the UK Film Centre, Pavilion 121, International Village, Cannes. For additional information, contact chloelaing@filmlondon.org.uk      

 

>>> During the Cannes Film Festival, peacefulfish will be conducting a Q&A focused on cross-media financing and production for young producers. The Q&A will take place on 17th May at 4pm as part of the Short Film Corner located in the Palais. For more information, contact thierry@peacefulfish.com     

 

>>> peacefulfish’s sister company Media Deals is organizing a European Mediatech Investment Forum in Nantes, France. Part of a collaboration between the European ECCE Innovation Project run by Nantes Métropole and the StartWest Investment Forum (http://www.start-west.com/), the event will involve 7 companies from the creative industries pitching to a range of investors and will take place on the 19th of May. For more information, contact info@media-deals.org 

 

>>> The European Business Network (EBN) in Brussels, Belgium has invited Thierry Baujard to take part in a presentation on financing for the creative industries in conjunction with the EBN's Business Incubator Center (BIC) (http://www.ebn.be/). Thierry will be in Brussels on the 20th of May and, in addition to taking part in the EBN event, will be available for meetings. Please contact him directly at thierry@peacefulfish.com to set up an appointment.   

 

>>> Juliane Schulze will be the course director of this year’s Multi-Platform Business School, which is a 5-day course that will take place at the Media Business School in Ronda, Spain from August 3rd to the 7th. The course is entitled “Where Is The Money in Multi-Platform Content: How To Develop, Finance, and Market Content for More Than One Platform” and is primarily for producers, designers, and directors of audiovisual content intended for a range of media platforms. For additional information, go to: http://mpbs.mediaschool.es/ 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 2010

 

>>> On April 15th, Thierry Baujard will be in Istanbul, Turkey to give a presentation on cross-border investment in the creative industries. With a focus on the mediatech sector, Thierry will be speaking on behalf of peacefulfish's sister company, Media Deals (http://www.media-deals.org). This event will take place as part of the European Business Angel Network Congress. For more about the Congress, see: http://www.eban.org/      

 

>>> Juliane Schulze will be in London, England to give a seminar at the London Book Fair. Her seminar will take place on the 20th of April and is entitled "Think Outside The Box: How Cross-Media Strategies Help Maximize Audience Reach and Revenue Streams in Media Production." In addition, Juliane will be available for meetings on the 20th. E-mail her at juliane@peacefulfish.com to set up a time.

>>> Juliane Schulze and Thierry Baujard will be in Helsinki, Finland to conduct an investor seminar focused on animation projects (films, TV series, cross-platform, etc.) for Finnish animation producers' association Finnanimation (http://www.finnanimation.fi/site/). The seminar will take place on the 22nd of April. Additionally, Thierry will be available for individual meetings in Helsinki on the 23rd. To schedule a time, e-mail thierry@peacefulfish.com   

>>> On the 28th and 29th of April, Thierry Baujard will be taking part in several panels on film music as part of the Sensoria Film Music Festival (http://2010.sensoria.org.uk/) in Sheffield, England. Thierry's participation in Sensoria is on behalf of peacefulfish's sister company Just Temptation (http://www.just-temptation.com/), which provides original music production and soundtrack supervision services as well as manages an equity fund that invests in soundtrack production.

 

 

 

 

MARCH 2010

 

>>> On the 29th and 30th of March, peacefulfish CEO Thierry Baujard was in Barcelona, Spain for the European Forum on Cultural Industries. The two-day event was organized by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the European Commission in association with the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce to focus on "setting a European agenda on competitiveness and creativity to boost culture professionals and companies as catalysts of wealth." Thierry was invited to participate in the financing discussion groups that comprised part of the Forum. For additional information about the event, go to: http://www.eu2010feic.org/ 

 

 

>>> 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 

         

 

 

 

 

FEBRUARY 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

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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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