Mark Smith
MARK SMITH is the senior editor at Screen Digest, a member of its management team, and a veteran of some 13 years with the company.
Mark has built several of the online Intelligence services currently offered by Screen Digest, and is responsible for their ongoing development. He is also specialised in the forecasting of global media markets, especially in new media areas such as mobile gaming, broadband entertainment content, and online gambling.
Most recently he did all the statistical modelling work in a detailed five-year forecast of the prospects for free and pay television technologies in Turkey, as part of a major due diligence consulting project. Another major consulting project undertaken involved acting as expert witness in a $500 million litigation case in Hollywood.
Mark has also authored and edited many reports about the television industry, including a report on the UK Public Broadcasting Sector for the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), and on the International Trade in Television Programming for the United Nations' World Television Day, as well as various reports on video-on-demand and pay-per-view.
Before joining Screen Digest, Mark worked in the film and television industry. He also has an MA degree from Cambridge University.
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This major study of the online gambling industry profiles 30 operators , including the global market leaders in all sectors - sports betting, poker, gaming, exchange and spread betting. The report includes 11 years of historical and forecast data for gross margin and active clients between 2000 to 2010 and detailed historical data for individual operators..
Management Report - Jul 06
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This major study of the online gambling industry profiles 30 operators , including the global market leaders in all sectors - sports betting, poker, gaming, exchange and spread betting. The report includes 11 years of historical and forecast data for gross margin and active clients between 2000 to 2010 and detailed historical data for individual operators
Management Report - Jul 06
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Outstrips other retail sectors despite rapid decline in music sales
Mini Report - Jul 05
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At the end of 2004, Screen Digest research indicates that DVD video player/recorder penetration had reached 50.5 per cent of TV households in Western Europe. The format has achieved this level of penetration just six years after its official European launch in 1998. By comparison, the VCR achieved a similar level of European penetration shortly before the end of 1990.
Mini Report - Jan 05
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The German video market is the largest in Europe in terms of the installed base of DVD. Screen Digest estimates that by the end of 2004, 22.3m German homes (58 per cent of all TV households) had at least one standalone DVD video player or recorder. Although penetration is slightly higher in both the UK and France, the smaller size of these countries mean they represent fewer than 16m DVD homes each. However, in terms of consumer spending on video, Germany comes a poor third, reflecting the fact that Germans spend relatively little on buying video software compared with their European neighbours.
Mini Report - Jan 05
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This new report from Screen Digest outlines mobile phone network operator strategies for wireless gaming across Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region. The report includes forecasts to 2010 for games revenues, enabled handsets and monthly ARPUs for games subscribers. Games deployments and pricing strategies for each operator are covered in detail.
Management Report - Oct 04
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This new report from Screen Digest outlines mobile phone network operator strategies for wireless gaming across Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region. The report includes forecasts to 2010 for games revenues, enabled handsets and monthly ARPUs for games subscribers. Games deployments and pricing strategies for each operator are covered in detail.
Management Report - Oct 04
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This new report from Screen Digest outlines mobile phone network operator strategies for wireless gaming across Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region. The report includes forecasts to 2010 for games revenues, enabled handsets and monthly ARPUs for games subscribers. Games deployments and pricing strategies for each operator are covered in detail.
Management Report - Oct 04
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Buena Vista returned to the top of the US theatrical distributor leader board last year, after a two year absence from a slot which it has now occupied for seven of the past 10 years. It also grossed a company record of $1.52bn, only the second time in history that a single distributor has achieved a gross box office in excess of $1.5bn in a single year. But Buena Vista's earnings this year were still marginally down on Sony Pictures' record breaking tally of $1.57bn in 2002.
Mini Report - Jan 04
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This unique study assesses the state of the market for alternative content in electronic and digital cinema. This includes any form of large-screen content other than feature films and also includes alternative cinema use, such as for corporate events. The report also explains how alternative content could revolutionise the economics of the cinema industry.
Management Report - Oct 03
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US films saw the largest increase in average budgets in 2002, up 47 per cent. But average film budgets in all other English-speaking nations declined. But average film budgets in all other English-speaking nations declined. Five of the seven countries with the highest film budgets are English-speaking
Mini Report - Aug 03
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