Tim Westcott
TIM WESTCOTT is a Senior Analyst, TV and Broadband, at Screen Digest.
He joined the company in September 2004 and has written reports on film and sports rights, animated movies and television on the internet. Tim previously worked for two years at the European Audiovisual Observatory in Strasbourg as an analyst specialising public film and audiovisual funding. He co-authored an Observatory report on the subject and was responsible for KORDA, an online database of film funds. A trained journalist, Tim has worked for the Financial Times and Emap, including a stint as editor of Television Business International. While freelance, Tim wrote three reports for Screen Digest on children's television and animation and wrote for titles including Broadcast, Variety, Ecran Total and The Guardian. He holds a BA (Hons) in English Literature from Trinity College, Cambridge.
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In 25 countries surveyed, public funds worth þ22.3bn in 2006
Mini Report - Nov 07
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Free-to-air and basic cable share most major sports rights, compared with pay TV in Europe
Mini Report - Oct 07
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But French producers' five-year growth is disappointing
Mini Report - Oct 07
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Digital terrestrial television may provide traditional broadcasters with a way to retain audience share
Mini Report - Sep 07
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Covering Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, this report includes comprehensive data on spending on originated and acquired children's programmes, together with the value of the home entertainment market and licensing. The report also details hours of children's programmes transmitted over the last five years, the number of theme channels, and viewing by the children's audience. Profiles of the 25 leading players in the business are provided, including production and exploitation strategies, financial results and key properties.
Covering Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, this report includes comprehensive data on spending on originated and acquired children's programmes, together with the value of the home entertainment market and licensing. The report also details hours of children's programmes transmitted over the last five years, the number of theme channels, and viewing by the children's audience. Profiles of the 25 leading players in the business are provided, including production and exploitation strategies, financial results and key properties.
Management Report - Jul 07
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A slump in the total number of new commissions is caused by a lack of new series
Mini Report - Jul 07
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A listing of the online video sites operated by broadcasters or which are displaying broadcast content.
Mini Report - May 07
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Continent-wide penetration has reached 12 per cent, with UK and Finland leading the way and laggardly France and Spain now catching up
Mini Report - May 07
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Merger at consumer level of Canalsat and TPS is now under way but lessons can be drawn from previous DTH mergers
Mini Report - Apr 07
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Television output is stable while feature-length animation struggles for distribution. Government the current state of health, despite some spectacular international successes.
Mini Report - Dec 06
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New agreements with broadcasters give independent producers more exploitation rights
Mini Report - Aug 06
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Five-year tracking analysis of share price movements
Mini Report - Feb 06
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UK's worldwide television programme sales almost doubled in 2004 compared with the previous year. Animation is France's most successful genre.
Mini Report - Oct 05
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Checklist of sporting events that must be available for free-to-air television under the European Union's Television Without Frontiers directive
Mini Report - Sep 05
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This report provides an in-depth analysis of the European market for sports programme rights. Covering 16 European markets and 14 major sports, the report assesses the potential of the emerging broadband and mobile platforms and looks at the relationship between sport and pay TV platforms.
Management Report - Aug 05
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This report provides an in-depth analysis of the European market for sports programme rights. Covering 16 European markets and 14 major sports, the report assesses the potential of the emerging broadband and mobile platforms and looks at the relationship between sport and pay TV platforms.
Management Report - Aug 05
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Third-generation (3G) telephony is stimulating the market for content rights, with sport and particularly football the most important.
Mini Report - Aug 05
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Top 10 companies account for nearly half the top 50's turnover
Mini Report - Jul 05
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Despite the growth of pay TV in Europe, and the widespread offer of specialist film channels and pay-perview platforms, free-to-air broadcasters are still the most important market for feature film distributors in most European territories.
Mini Report - Jun 05
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Screen Digest's latest report is a detailed assessment of the market for feature films on television, both the pay and free TV platforms. Included in the report are historical and forecast values for sales of films to TV platforms in 16 Western European markets. The report also looks at emerging on-demand windows and the pay-per-view market.
Management Report - May 05
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Screen Digest's latest report is a detailed assessment of the market for feature films on television, both the pay and free TV platforms. Included in the report are historical and forecast values for sales of films to TV platforms in 16 Western European markets. The report also looks at emerging on-demand windows and the pay-per-view market.
Management Report - May 05
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The fifth edition in this ongoing series of reports provides a benchmark reference for the games industry. Two of the industry's most respected analysts, Ben Keen and Nick Parker, have combined their expertise to bring you the definitive market research tool.
Management Report - Mar 05
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With its acquisition of the C More Entertainment group in March, SBS Broadcasting changed overnight from a company generating most of its income from traditional advertising to a broader-based new media player. Already in 2005, SBS expects to generate a third of its revenue from carriage fees and subscriptions, and expects it to be half in three to five years.
Mini Report - Mar 05
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Viewing share figures for free-to-air broadaster are published on daily, weekly and monthly basis, but the full-year figures provide a chance to take stock of how successful the leading channels have been at slowing inevitable decline.
Mini Report - Feb 05
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The fifth edition in this ongoing series of reports provides a benchmark reference for the games industry. Two of the industry's most respected analysts, Ben Keen and Nick Parker, have combined their expertise to bring you the definitive market research tool.
Management Report - Jan 05
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Movie Sequels is a unique and original analysis of the increasingly popular area of movie sequels at the US box office between 1980 and 2004. The report includes box office numbers, release data, burn and frontloading rates as well as analysis of release patterns and box office by year, month, distributor and genre.
Management Report - Jan 05
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Movie Sequels is a unique and original analysis of the increasingly popular area of movie sequels at the US box office between 1980 and 2004. The report includes box office numbers, release data, burn and frontloading rates as well as analysis of release patterns and box office by year, month, distributor and genre.
Management Report - Jan 05
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The deal struck at the end of last year between the Ligue française de football and pay TV operator Canal Plus for TV rights to the first division championship will make the French league the most expensive in Europe. The size of the deal—€600m —tops the £376m (€534m) that the English Football Association makes each season under its current contract with BSkyB and the BBC.
Mini Report - Jan 05
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This new report from Screen Digest comprises a detailed analysis of the US and European markets for feature film animation. The report includes analysis of admissions and market shares in the US and key European markets between 1997 and 2003.
Management Report - Nov 04
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This new report from Screen Digest comprises a detailed analysis of the US and European markets for feature film animation. The report includes analysis of admissions and market shares in the US and key European markets between 1997 and 2003.
Management Report - Nov 04
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Mini Report - Nov 04
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Hollywood is the 800-pound gorilla in the global market for animated feature films. Since the 1980s the production of animated films has seen a strong revival, with DreamWorks SKG leading the challenge by a number of studios to the historical pre-eminence of Walt Disney Pictures.
Mini Report - Oct 04
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This essential guide to the future of pay TV provides an in depth analysis of the pay TV markets in all Western and key Eastern European markets. The report includes market forecasts by delivery platform - including IPTV - and detailed analysis of the conversion of subscribers from analogue to digital services.
Management Report - Oct 04
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This essential guide to the future of pay TV provides an in depth analysis of the pay TV markets in all Western and key Eastern European markets. The report includes market forecasts by delivery platform - including IPTV - and detailed analysis of the conversion of subscribers from analogue to digital services.
Management Report - Oct 04
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This new report provides detailed historical and forecast revenue numbers for digital pay television platforms throughout Central and Eastern Europe. Also included in the report are monthly and annual ARPU figures, PPV revenues and revenue splits for pay-TV subscription packages.
Management Report - Jan 04
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