Publications


Consumer intelligence series: Storing entertainment content in the cloud		 US Entertainment and Media Deal Insights for 2012
US 2012 Entertainment
and Media Deal
Insights
Global entertainment and media outlook: 2011-2015


IAB Internet advertising revenue report: 2011 first six months results
This report utilizes data and information reported directly to PwC, in addition to information available publicly, by companies representing thousands of websites, in addition to other online ad selling companies.
Social media: The future of customer relationships
Social media has become a dominant force in consumer culture and is being exploited successfully by some of the world's leading businesses. Learn about the significance of the paradigm shift to social media, the implications it has for businesses, and how to get started and maintain momentum.
Perspectives-Broadcast television: Acquired programming rights
This paper focuses on acquired broadcast rights and the key information we believe should be considered when evaluating the impact of rights acquisition transactions on your company’s financial reporting process.
EMC perspectives: Revenue recognition matters unique to the motion picture industry
This edition of Perspectives addresses commonly asked questions in these areas. There is also an additional section addressing other common issues for matters related to revenue recognition that do not fit squarely into the five criteria of SOP 00-2 or under the guidance in EITF 99-19.
Customer profitability
Most organizations today assess business performance using revenue or broad based profitability metrics. Yet this approach may be causing organizations to miss valuable opportunities to make their business more profitable. A closer look at individual customers can help transform an organization's bottom line. Customer profitability analysis goes well beyond customer segmentation which measures the profitability of groups of customers based on geography or product mix - but looks at an individual customer and how they are contributing to the bottom line based on the products they own, subscriptions, customer service history, and other factors.
EMC perspectives: Film-financing and passive investor arrangements
The production and distribution of motion picture and episodic television shows continue to undergo significant changes in the traditional models of developing, financing, and distributing the underlying content. For financial executives and their accounting and reporting staffs, the changes in the overall environment continue to create new complexities and challenges in accounting for filmed entertainment products. This publication can serve as a framework when considering the impact of various transactions on your company’s financial-reporting process.
Be counted: A fact book measurement companies serving US the media industry
A compilation of companies offering measurement services and tools to help advertisers, media agencies and content providers and distributors analyze returns on their entertainment and media investments.
Entertainment, media and communications tax newsletter
This quarterly publication focuses on critical tax legislation and regulatory developments that may impact entertainment, media and communications companies.
Navigating the era of the empowered consumer
PwC facilitated a day-long conversation among 36 senior advertising, content, distribution, and media professionals to explore the rapidly evolving technologies and changing consumer behaviors, and the uncertainty that these factors are creating around how companies do business, reach consumers, and monetize products and services.

The paper demonstrates the thought provoking environments PwC creates for senior executives.

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