Czeching in on Central European Media Enterprises

received an email just before Christmas with an update on TV advertising in the Czech Republic. According to TNS A-Connect, during November advertising was up 17% on a year-over-year basis. I view the Czech Republic as one of the more mature TV advertising markets in Central and Eastern Europe, so this is a good sign […]

Thinking About The Movie Business

I wrote the following for StreetInsight.com while vacationing last week in chilly Bayfield, WI on the shores of Lake Superior: I’ve been working “lightly” this week, spending time with my family at our place in Northern Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Superior. We have a blanket of snow about a foot deep and since […]

Continuing the Discussion of Cable Stocks

In response to my latest post on a la carte subscriptions in the cable industry, Rob Martorana, a colleague at StreetInsight.com, emailed me the following comment: On a completely different note, isn’t “on-demand” programming the ultimate form of a-la-carte pricing? And what happens when individual shows are available for $0.99 for one-time viewing? For those […]