The Prime Minister of Malaysia has announced a new fiscal production rebate of 30% for local and foreign film makers. This initiative was based in part on Olsberg•SPI’s feasibility study on incentives for Malaysia, completed last October for our client Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios.

Jonathan Olsberg was interviewed live on Swedish television daily news programme ‘Aktuellt’ about the recent successes enjoyed by Swedish films and filmmakers.

Olsberg•SPI is advising Skillset Cymru on a number of assignments concerning current and future skills needs for the Creative Economy in Wales.

Olsberg•SPI is providing strategic business advice to this US-based distributor of specialised and alternative content to US digital cinemas.

Olsberg•SPI has recently completed a range of advisory services concerning the strategic development of Malaysia’s film industry.

Olsberg•SPI has been hired to provide strategic research and advice for the Abu Dhabi Film Commission.

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

Olsberg••SPI has been hired to evaluate the European Convention on Cinematic Co-productions with a view to its potential updating and modernisation.

A number of research and strategy projects undertaken by Olsberg•SPI (from our articulation of a new business model for producers for PACT to our long-standing work on the archive sector) were used in evidence in the government’s recent Film Policy Review.

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.

Jonathan Olsberg spoke at the Screen Singapore 2012 conference focussing on co-producing films with China.

In its first collaboration with the Association of Film Commissions International (AFCI), Olsberg•SPI sponsored, and Jonathan Olsberg moderated, a conference during the Berlin Film Festival which examined the opportunities and challenges faced by film commissions around the Globe.

For this new client, Olsberg•SPI is undertaking a research assignment into the current implementation of the European Audio Visual Media Services Directive in a selection of European countries and regions.

Olsberg•SPI has been commissioned to analyse the feasibility of CECI and design the future structures and mechanisms to incite co-operation by professionals and public broadcasters of the region, and synergies that can enhance both production and circulation of films from the region.

The Film Export Group (FEG), representing a range of stakeholders, bodies and organisations including the British Council, UK Trade & Investment, Film Export UK, UK Screen Association, and the UK Film Council, has been working across the film sector since 2002 to coordinate strategic action for film export activity.

Jonathan Olsberg was a keynote speaker at the 2010 SPAA annual conference, where the key findings contained in SPI's forthcoming report on building sustainable film businesses were discussed. The session addressed strategies for creating successful, international film businesses in a rapidly changing digital world.

Olsberg•SPI carried out a research and analysis study into two important programmes which Northern Film and Media ran in recent years: The Network Television Investment Fund and the subsequent Content Fund Extension.

As part of the Nordic Film Prize 2010, Jonathan Olsberg on behalf of AGICOA, a not for profit membership organisation that collects retransmission royalties, delivered and moderated a session on how producers/rights holders could build sustainable content businesses.