FDI Intelligence: How streaming platforms are changing the geography of media investment
An article discussing how economic developers worldwide are capitalising on the “streaming wars” to promote investment, high-value-added job creation and cultural exports. "The new streaming models privilege more of a convenience logic [enabling consumers to watch content on a personal…
Puncturing Hollywood conventional wisdom
A movie star’s popularity boosts opening-weekend ticket sales, but the actor’s artistic merit is just as important for box office receipts over a film’s theatrical run, finds new study. A movie star's popularity boosts ticket sales on opening weekend, but…
French film ‘artistes’
For French film directors, also serving as producer could backfire because 'artistic penalties may override commercial benefits,' finds study co-authored at University of Cambridge Judge Business School. It's long been a cliché that French film directors consider themselves artistes divorced…
The dreamer in me
Entrepreneurship graduate wins award for best music video at the Oregon Independent Film Festival 2015. An alumna of the Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship (PGDE) at Cambridge Judge, Ania Nakov, has won an award for Best Music Video at the Oregon…
Hollywood and the MBA
Brett Granstaff, Cambridge MBA 2012, talks about film, financing and Cambridge. Brett Granstaff, Cambridge MBA 2012, spoke on 8 May to students in the MPhil in Management programme at Cambridge Judge, directed by Allègre Hadida, University Senior Lecturer in Strategy.…
Young entrepreneur returns to Cambridge to launch innovative film discovery platform
A Cambridge Judge Business School alumna will return to the city this week to launch an innovative new platform set to become the go-to site for film discovery. Weerada Sucharitkul will launch filmdoo.com at the Cambridge Film Festival. FilmDoo is…
How technology has changed the game of creative production and consumption
Allègre Hadida hosted the Entertainment Master Class (EMC) at Cambridge Judge Business School earlier this year. Founded in 2008, the EMC is now established at Cambridge Judge as a peer-to-peer executive training academy for the television industry, and aspires to be…
Putting the business into show business – welcome Entertainment Master Class 14-18 Jan
Entertainment Master Class (EMC) - the international peer-to-peer academy for the entertainment industry - is partnering with Cambridge Judge Business School this week Entertainment Master Class (EMC) - the international peer-to-peer academy for the entertainment industry - is partnering with…
What can the entertainment industry and business schools learn from each other?
Dr Allègre Hadida, University Lecturer in Strategy at Cambridge Judge, talks about the Entertainment Masterclass to be held in Cambridge in January 2014 and what business schools can learn from the entertainment industry. An interview with Conrad Chua, Head of…
A new way to discover independent and international films
Weerada Sucharitkul is launching FilmDoo, a new platform for film buffs to discover good-quality, less well-known independent movies. After graduating with an MPhil in Management from CJBS, Weerada worked in consulting before venturing into entrepreneurship. An interview with Conrad Chua,…