TBI Weekly: How a month of markets reflects serious concerns
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Conecta FICTION & ENTERTAINMENT in Spain wrapped up a frenetic month of travel in June for TBI but while each event offered its own regional trends, there was one single overriding topic of discussion, writes Richard Middleton .
If you work in the European or North American content business, chances are you’ve been on the road this month.
From #NEMDubrovnik in Croatia and the #BanffWorldMediaFestival in Canada, to France’s #AnnecyAnimationFestival, #SunnySideoftheDoc in La Rochelle and the #MonteCarloTVFestival, with some #SheffieldDocFest, two Budapest-based events and Germany’s Seriencamp thrown in for good measure, every genre was covered.
Yet while most markets were busy, the chatter often turned to the people who weren’t there.
Some were missing buyers, who stayed at home after finding their travel budgets squeezed, while for others it was more serious: job cuts, both actual and imminent, were the talk of the multiple towns we’ve visited over the past month.
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