Writer’s Strike: Opportunity for Global Content Creators?
Insiders say a shutdown could boost demand for more international fare.
Someone’s crisis often means opportunities for others. That could be the case if the loomed writers’ strike becomes a reality.
As the deadline to reach a deal between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) approaches on May 1st, producers and distribution companies around the world are building up their expectations. A WGA walkout could mean a boost in demand for new international content.
“As with previous WGA strikes, we’d expect there will be an increased demand for content from outside the US,” said Martin Moszkowicz and Oliver Berben of German mini-major Constantin Film, producers of the English-language Resident Evil horror franchise as well as German films and series including We Children From Bahnhof Zoo, which streams on Amazon, and KaDeWe, carried on the BBC in the UK and Stan in Australia. “The full impact will depend on how long the strike lasts.”
The last WGA strike, a 100-day work stoppage between 2007 and 2008, saw a significant opening in the US market to non-American shows, with Canada the prime beneficiary.
Mid-season pickups by US networks of Canadian series like Flashpoint (on CBS) and The Listener (NBC) used to plug the gap in fresh content as US scripted series went off the air.
Furthermore, since the 2007-08 strike, the US market has become even more open to non-American series like Downton Abbey or Sherlock (UK), Gomorrah (Italy), Narcos (Columbia), and Squid Game (South Korea).
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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Insiders say a shutdown could boost demand for more international fare.
Someone’s crisis often means opportunities for others. That could be the case if the loomed writers’ strike becomes a reality.
As the deadline to reach a deal between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) approaches on May 1st, producers and distribution companies around the world are building up their expectations. A WGA walkout could mean a boost in demand for new international content.
“As with previous WGA strikes, we’d expect there will be an increased demand for content from outside the US,” said Martin Moszkowicz and Oliver Berben of German mini-major Constantin Film, producers of the English-language Resident Evil horror franchise as well as German films and series including We Children From Bahnhof Zoo, which streams on Amazon, and KaDeWe, carried on the BBC in the UK and Stan in Australia. “The full impact will depend on how long the strike lasts.”
The last WGA strike, a 100-day work stoppage between 2007 and 2008, saw a significant opening in the US market to non-American shows, with Canada the prime beneficiary.
Mid-season pickups by US networks of Canadian series like Flashpoint (on CBS) and The Listener (NBC) used to plug the gap in fresh content as US scripted series went off the air.
Furthermore, since the 2007-08 strike, the US market has become even more open to non-American series like Downton Abbey or Sherlock (UK), Gomorrah (Italy), Narcos (Columbia), and Squid Game (South Korea).
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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