The November 2020 update of Olsberg•SPI’s Global Incentives Index is now available to view and download here.

The UK esports sector has grown an average 8.5% annually between 2016 and 2019 according to a new report evaluating the potential growth of the competitive gaming business.

Olsberg•SPI will participate in a free online webinar, The Power of Global Film Production in Economic Recovery from COVID-19, on Thursday 9th July.

SPI's recently-published study Global Screen Production – The Impact of Film and Television Production on Economic Recovery from COVID-19 is outlined in detail in a new article on ScreenDaily.

Featured in World of Locations magazine, published by Media Business Insight, the Index is compiled by SPI and updated twice annually.

Olsberg•SPI today publishes Global Screen Production – The Impact of Film and Television Production on Economic Recovery from COVID-19.

Following a distinguished career as the CEO of the British Film Institute (BFI) between 2003 and 2020, Amanda joins SPI in a freelance advisory role supporting the firm on its global consultancy assignments and in securing new business opportunities.

SPI’s Managing Director Leon Forde has delivered a presentation on the usage and impact of film and television production incentives at a seminar in Sweden’s Riksdag legislature on March 11th.

Commissioned by Film i Väst in co-operation with Göteberg Film Festival’s Nostradamus project and in association with Cine-Regio, the paper explores the challenges and opportunities arising for the screen sector.

SPI’s Managing Director Leon Forde was one of 10 industry experts interviewed for the 2020 Nostradamus report, to be launched on 31st January.

Olsberg•SPI's Screen Business report was quoted in a Variety article on screen tourism.

Olsberg•SPI's Managing Director Leon Forde is to moderate a panel at the Screen Finance Forum in London on 5th December.

Olsberg•SPI has announced the appointment of Leon Forde as Managing Director of the firm, effective immediately.

SPI's Jonathan Olsberg has spoken on Radio New Zealand (RNZ) about growing the country's screen industry and making the most of the global boom in film and television production.

SPI's Associate Director Leon Forde will take part in the third annual filmmakers meeting organised by Unión de Cineastas in Madrid on Monday, 25th November.

Sarajevo Film Festival has been granted support by UNESCO to execute a study on its cultural, economic and social impact on Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which will be conducted in cooperation with Olsberg•SPI. 

Jonathan Olsberg delivered a presentation at this year’s AVIA Asia Video Summit in Singapore during a Policy Roundtable co-sponsored by Disney, HBO, Hotstar, NBCUniversal, and Netflix.