SPI Associate Director Leon Forde has appeared on CNN to discuss the impact of screen tourism on the UK.

SPI Chairman Jonathan Olsberg presented emerging findings of a major study currently being undertaken for UK producers' body Pact at the Screen Film Summit in London today (December 10).

A new report from SPI which sets out recommendations to grow the UK video games industry by £1bn by 2020 is being launched at a high-level event in Parliament on Tuesday, 3rd November.

Olsberg•SPI has been retained by the British Film Institute (BFI) to review key international territories for the UK’s burgeoning high-end television, games and animation sectors.

Olsberg•SPI is conducting a major economic impact analysis of Europe’s fiscal incentives for the European Audiovisual Observatory. am includes the UK’s Landman Economics.

Screen Yorkshire announced today that it has secured a further £7.5m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to invest in Yorkshire-based film, television and digital content through the Yorkshire Content Fund.

The BFI has launched an ambitious new international strategy aimed at helping UK film achieve maximum economic growth and cultural reach in the global marketplace by 2017 – a key aim of the BFI’s five year plan, Film Forever.

Olsberg••SPI is advising Directors UK on a review of typical deal terms for UK feature film directors.

Olsberg•SPI recently undertook work for the Italian Trade Commission and the Association of Italian Film Commissions on the appeal of the Italian film and television industry in the UK.

Olsberg••SPI is undertaking comprehensive evaluation reviews of two of NF&M’s leading specialist funds.

Olsberg••SPI continues to advise the Alliance and co-ordinate its recent submissions to the DCMS Film Policy Review and the BFI’s international policy review.

For the University of Glamorgan SPI created a development strategy for a new film academy focused on the needs of the UK’s audiovisual sector.

SPI produced a report in 2010 about the facilities sector in the UK and its sizeable contribution to the UK’s wider film and television industry.

Jonathan Olsberg chaired a seminar on how to make the best use of the co-production treaty between the UK and India, at the Frames Entertainment Conference, organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in 2009.

SPI was retained to analyse SY’s overall strategy and make recommendations for the future regarding a range of options, including brand development and funding.

SPI conducted a review of the organisation, management and activities of LUFF for its funders to help them consider future funding support.

In early 2010, SPI was commissioned by UK Film Council to produce a report that would assist the UK Film Council Board in its deliberations on a possible new paradigm for building UK-based film companies of scale (where film production is a major element of the business model).

Passport to Film Programme workshops, Film London

Office of the British Film Commissioner's Infrastructure Day, London

SPI was retained to conduct a study of the film and broadcast sectors in the English regions of London, the East and the South East.