Olsberg•SPI, a leading boutique screen sector consultancy with a global client base, has a new position for an energetic and talented research associate to join our office in central London.

SPI Chairman Jonathan Olsberg will participate in a panel on the Role of Film Production in Russia at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday 7th June.

SPI today publishes Global Film Production Incentives, a White Paper undertaken for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) which provides detailed insight into the growth of the film production incentives landscape worldwide.

Featured in World of Locations magazine, published by Media Business Insight, the Global Incentives Index is compiled by SPI and updated twice annually. It provides a detailed overview of all automatic national, state, and province-level incentive mechanisms.

Leon Forde, Associate Director of Olsberg•SPI, will deliver a presentation on the different models of cinema incentives and their effects on audiovisual activity at a conference in Palma on April 13th.

Rotorua’s Steambox Films collective and the region’s film office, Bay of Plenty Film, have announced the engagement of Olsberg•SPI to undertake a feasibility study into the establishment of a film studio in the Bay of Plenty.

Olsberg SPI have been retained by the Netherlands Post-Production Alliance (NPA) to conduct a study into the post-production and VFX sector in the Netherlands.

Danish business magazine Mandag Morgen has published an analysis on European fiscal incentives, considering the case for the introduction of such a scheme in Denmark.

SPI has been contracted to undertake a Customer Needs Analysis for Business Finland.

To assist the British Film Industry (BFI) in developing its international strategy, Olsberg•SPI in association with David Steele have delivered analysis and advice to the BFI on the current state of the global film sector and the UK industry’s place within it.

The latest issue of Makers, a magazine focused on global production published by The Location Guide, features an article by SPI on the challenges and opportunities created by the current high levels of film and television production.

SPI’s Associate Director Leon Forde will moderate a panel on issues related to global production and capacity at the Focus event in London on December 4th.

Olsberg SPI's Jonathan Olsberg and Andrew Barnes presented a report today at the Industry@Tallinn and Baltic Event strand of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival on Trends and Expectations in the World of Fiscal Incentives aimed at supporting media production.

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

Screen Business – a major new analysis of the UK’s Screen Sector Tax Reliefs researched and written by Olsberg•SPI with Nordicity – has been published today by the British Film Institute.

SPI is to present a session on its screen tourism work at the 14th Brennpunkt eTourism conference.

Olsberg•SPI's Associate Director Leon Forde will moderate a panel at Cineposium in Los Angeles. Held annually by the Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) Cineposium runs September 20-21.

Olsberg•SPI’s Associate Director Andrew Barnes will be speaking on two panels at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

SPI is to undertake an evaluation of the impacts of measures provided for in Italy's Law No. 220 of November 14th, 2016.

Olsberg•SPI has joined the Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) as a Preferred Think Tank Affiliate Member.