Global VID

In this latest Global VID episode, we speak with our first South American guest, Ana C. Springefeldt (Rio2C, Civetta Entretenimento), to talk about their top content event Rio2C (formerly known as Rio Content Market) and we get a quick snapshot at how TV & Film projects are currently financed in Brazil. Plus, as always, our guest shares how they got started in entertainment - and it's clear to see just how passionate Springefeldt is about her career.
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Global VID Season 2, Episode 12 is hosted/produced by Eric Y. Lapointe and And Now Global, a Vancouver based international content consulting company.
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Ana Cecilia Springefeldt is a Brazilian professional with over 20 years of entertainment business experience. She is not only the Curatorship Coordinator at Rio2C, Latin America’s largest creativity and innovation event organization but she is also the Director & Co-Founder of Civetta Entretenimento, a company specializing in finance & development of audio-visual projects and the acceleration of content production companies. 

Throughout her career, she has built a broad and strategic market experience, from having worked in the public sector as an advisor to the board of directors at ANCINE (Brazilian National Film Agency) and RIOFILME (Public Audiovisual investment company, linked to the Rio de Janeiro City Hall) to privately held roles at top audiovisual production companies, including the Film Fund RB Cinema 1.

For more info on Rio2C, visit: https://www.rio2c.com

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In this Global VID Podcast episode, we speak with James Ross, the President & Founder of Hong-Kong-based Lightning International to have a closer look at the Asia-Pacific TV marketplace, TV market conferences people should consider attending and finally we discuss what's in store for  the TV/Digital future in the region. If you ever wondered about how to sell into Asia, this is a great first step!
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Global VID Season 2, Episode 11 is hosted/produced by Eric Y. Lapointe and And Now Global, a Vancouver based international content consulting company.
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More About Lightning International:

Lightning International is a global content and media solutions company, with special emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region. Their business is focused on delivering and distributing content of all kinds including channels, finished programming and formats. Their offices are in Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and London.

Website: https://www.lightninginternational.net/

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Recently, the Global VID Podcast sat down with NYC actor & communication coach, Michelle Simone Miller to talk about dealing with nerves & handling rejection during the pitching/auditioning process in TV & Film. This episode is meant to inspire up & coming producers, actors but there are so many great nuggets of advice on how to deal with performance anxiety, that this can apply to just about anyone who needs help with any kind of public presentation in sales meetings, in the boardroom or in the classroom.
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Global VID Season 2, Episode 10 is hosted/produced by Eric Y. Lapointe and And Now Global, a Vancouver based international content consulting company.
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Michelle Simone Miller is an actress, communications coach, teacher and host of the podcast, Mentors on the Mic. She earned her BA from Brandeis University in English and Theater, before pursuing a professional acting career in NYC. She has amassed credits in TV, Film, Theater, and Commercials, including roles in “Blue Bloods,” “Homeland,” “Winter’s Tale,” and a lead in an episode of MTV’s scripted series “One Bad Choice.” She loves using her acting background and training to teach clients professional development and communication skills, with a specialty in public speaking and on camera media training.

Michelle has interviewed over 50 illustrious Mentors in Entertainment including Emmy-winning Producers, Directors, Agents, Managers, Authors, TV/Film Writers, Casting Directors, TV Executives and more. The guests on her podcast include creator and showrunner Marta Kauffman (Friends, Grace & Frankie), 5x Emmy-winning Director/Producer/Head Writer Rob Burnett (The Fundamentals of Caring, Late Show with David Letterman), and VP at Disney Animation Jay Francis.

Instagram Personal: @MichelleSimoneMiller
Instagram Podcast @MentorsOnTheMic
Twitter Personal: @MichelleSimoneM
Twitter Podcast: @MentorsOnTheMic
Acting/Coaching Website: https://www.michellesimonemiller.com/
Podcast Website: https://anchor.fm/michelle-miller4

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MILESTONE ALERT - this is Global VID's 25th episode (Season 2, Episode 9)!  Thanks to everyone for listening - whether you are a first time listener or amongst our initial supporters! 
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In this 25th episode, host Eric Y. Lapointe virtually heads back to Quebec to explore Canada's French-language production hub to talk about how this province punches well above its weight by leveraging their tight-budget productions and turn them into world-famous stories. For this conversation he sits down with three international sales executives: Mélanie Ratté of Zone 3, Kathleen Préfontaine of Aetios Productions and Barbara Vallant of Aroma TV / KOTV.

The biggest theme that shines throughout this episode is just how important selling scripted formats has become, for Quebec producers, over the years. Check out the episode until the end to be inspired and learn all the interesting details that came out of this conversation.
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About our 3 guests...

MÉLANIE RATTÉ / ZONE 3:
With her passion for media communications, Mélanie Ratté lost no time in making a name for herself in the world of Quebec’s television production. From working initially as a writer at Coscient Productions, she moved to Zone3 in 2000 where she has been involved in content development since day one, being successively appointed Director of development in 2009, and Manager, Creation & Business Development in 2017. She demonstrated her outstanding ability for building relationships with industry players in Canada and around the world. As Senior Director, International Distribution & Business Development, she is now responsible for expanding Zone3’s international footprint.

KATHLEEN PRÉFONTAINE / AETIOS:
Kathleen has a BFA in Design Art from Concordia University and a Minor in Marketing Management from HEC Montréal. In 2006, she began her career in the television format distribution business at Distraction Formats as the Director of Marketing. She then migrated to various Quebec production companies (La Presse Télé, Attraction Média and Trio Orange) where she established the new distribution department. She has participated in the international sales of the shows: Les Parent (France, Greece, Israel, Poland, Russia and Air Transat), En direct de l’univers (France and Lebanon) & 30 Lives (Brazil, France). At Aetios, she manages all aspects of distribution and participates in the development of new series.

BARBARA VALLANT / AROMA TV / KOTV
Barbara is a Montreal native and following her studies at Concordia University, she left for Germany, where she has resided for over 15 years.
The bulk of her career has been focused on international TV distribution, with her first steps selling THE WORLD LIVE, a 90-second LIVE feed around the world from the unmanned camera network, earthTV. She effectively launched this previously unheard of, difficult -to-place segment on international news channels, including CNN, CBC, FRANCE 2, LCI (TF1), TRAVEL CHANNEL, just to name a few. This eventually brought her path towards TV formats, where in 2009, she became a TV sales agent and founded her one-woman company, AROMA-TV.
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Global VID Season 2, Episode 9  is produced by And Now Global, a Vancouver based international content consulting company.
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In our latest episode of Global VID, we sit down with Bruce Hills, the President of Just For Laughs' English-language business to discuss the TV production side of the company... all leading up to the 40th anniversary summer of the world-renowned comedy festival in Montreal. We also learn about Bruce's early start in the entertainment business which provides great advice for aspiring + up & coming producers alike. If you work within the comedy industry, this episode is not to be missed! 
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Global VID Season 2, Episode 8  is hosted/produced by Eric Y. Lapointe and And Now Global, a Vancouver based international content consulting company.
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About Bruce Hills:

Just For Laughs’ President Bruce Hills has been a driving force behind the world’s biggest comedy festival and most prestigious comedy brand for over 30 years. 

Beginning his Just For Laughs career as a driver in 1986, Hills has since held countless roles within the organization, including Director of Programming, Vice-President of International Television, COO, and now President. He oversees all of the company’s English business properties across global markets, focusing on growing the business in all divisions. 

Under his helm, Just For Laughs has significantly expanded its reach by launching festivals in
Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver and Sydney, Australia. 

Over the past three decades, Hills has discovered and cultivated relationships with some of the industry’s most successful and influential artists, including Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Trevor Noah, Wanda Sykes, Margaret Cho, Jimmy Fallon, Bill Burr, to name a few.

Hills’ talents in TV development have led to over 1,500 Just For Laughs television specials broadcast by various key networks from around the world. The company’s TV deals have reached new heights, partnering with Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Kevin Hart’s HartBeat Productions, to name a few. As an award-winning producer, Hills received three consecutive Canadian Screen Awards for Best Variety or Entertainment Special for stand-up specials featuring Trevor Noah, PK Subban, and Aisha Brown. He served as a consulting producer on NBC's Bring the Funny, and as an Executive Producer on Amazon Prime’s critically acclaimed 6-episode docuseries, Inside Jokes.

Hills also helped establish Just For Laughs Live as the #1 comedy promoter in Canada, which produces sold out tours across the country. Named one of Variety’s “50 Individuals Who Impacted Comedy”, declared “The King of Comedy” by The Globe and Mail and hailed by the UK’s edition of GQ Magazine as “the most powerful man in international comedy”, and has been honoured twice by the legendary comedian, Dave Chappelle. First in 2015, as the “Comedy Curator of a Generation” at the Montréal Festival; then again at the prestigious 2017 Canadian Screen Awards where JFL received the Canadian Academy’s Icon Award. Hills is frequently a keynote speaker and panelist at various festivals across the globe. 

Twitter: @Brucehills
Instagram: @Brucehillsjfl
LinkedIn: BruceHills

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In today's Global VID podcast episode, we dive into User Generated Content (UGC) which is essentially all of that self-made content that you see on YouTube and other social media platforms... and in this episode, we talk with Jonathan Skogmo, the CEO of Jukin Media (with content brands such as Fail Army, The Pet Collective, People Are Awesome), arguably the BIGGEST UGC production company in the world. We caught Johnathan Skogmo at a pivotal moment in his career as Jukin Media just sold their company to Trusted Media Brands... ever heard of them?
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Well... Trusted Media Brands (a.k.a. the original Reader's Digest Association company) is about to celebrate their 100th anniversary in February of 2022, when  they published their very first edition of Reader's Digest, promoting the magazine through direct mail marketing by sending 5,000 letters to nurses and schoolteachers. By 1927, they had 30,00 subscribers, by 1939: 3 MILLION! By 1973? Over 30 MILLION! So what do these two brands have in common? Hang tight.

Fast-forward to 2014, a CNBC article explained that Trusted Media Brands was going through its second bankruptcy in 5 years, right around the time when Bonnie Kintzer became the company's President. Nice challenge, huh? By 2017, the company cleaned up its debt and Trusted Media Brands started growing again as a digital-first company.

So what do these companies have in common? In our episode, Johnathan Skogmo, labels Reader's Digest as one of the very first UGC content producers as they would often source articles from their readers. Finally, in the middle of the pandemic, Jukin Media was approached as Trusted Media Brands was looking for a video content company to align with their business. And this is where our podcast begins...

https://www.jukinmedia.com/
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Global VID Season 2, Episode 7  was produced by And Now Global, a Vancouver based international content consulting company.

Host: Eric Y. Lapointe
Editor: Nicole Almeida
Theme Song Composers: Nightwood (Amber Goodwyn, Erin Ross) 

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In today's Global VID Podcast episode (Season 2, Ep.6), we sit down with the co-founder of India's GoQuest Media, a global distribution company that got its start selling Indian content and later made a strategic decision to focus on scripted formats of non-English language drama series. Why? Listen and find out! Vivek also has a great story on how his career started and stick around to the end to hear great insights about how to negotiate with new VOD platforms.
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Vivek Lath is an entertainment entrepreneur and is the Co-Founder/CEO of GoQuest Media. Vivek started GoQuest in 2013 as an exporter of Indian content and since then has established an important space in the global distribution space. GoQuest is a global distribution company with content represented from over 15 countries and deals in over 50+ countries to date. GoQuest also is also building verticals in development and entertainment financing for the global entertainment marketplace.

Vivek Lath has a Bachelors in Electronics Engineering from Mumbai University and a Masters in Computer Science from USC in Los Angeles. He started his career working for a boutique management consulting firm in Connecticut and in 2007 he moved back to India. In India he initially worked for TataSky, and then after a brief stint at entrepreneurship he ran all monetization for a movie production and distribution company in India. In 2013 he decided to start GoQuest with his business partner Jimmy George.
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GoQuest Media: https://goquestmedia.com/
Moderated by Eric Y. Lapointe of And Now Global https://www.andnowglobal.com

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How has Vancouver, aka Hollywood North, become one of the biggest filming cities in the world? In our special Hollywood North episode, Global VID introduce you to 3 different people who greatly contribute to the Vancouver filming community: Liz Shorten, Brian Hamilton & Rob C. Cooper. 
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Our 3 guests banded together to develop the Pacific Screenwriting Program that provides a training ground for BC’s aspiring and active screenwriters alike. In partnership with Netflix, the program equips writers with the skills, experience and connections necessary to establish a sustainable career in this dynamic regional screen industry.
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What makes Vancouver so amazing & challenging at the same time?

Well, Vancouver and its suburbs are the former homes of world famous actors such as Ryan Reynolds, Michael J. Fox, Seth Rogen and the list goes on. Located a mere 2.5 hour flight away from LA or a 2.5 hour drive away from Seattle, Vancouver has become one of the major filming hubs, just behind Los Angeles and New York City. The Greater Vancouver Area represents a $3B+ local filming industry, but it remains heavily reliant on production services instead of original programming & intellectual property (IP) and there is always the risk of a brain drain down south.

That does not mean Vancouver does not have people like Liz, Brian & Rob working hard behind the scenes to create new original IP opportunities for local producers and ensuring that talent remains local.
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Guest Details for Global VID Season 2, Episode 5:

- Liz Shorten, the COO of the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA)
- Brian Hamilton, a Principal at one of Vancouver’s longest running production studios Omnifilm Entertainment
- Rob C. Cooper, a successful showrunner (known for working on 17 seasons of MGM’s Stargate franchise as well as the owner of his own production company, Mezo Entertainment).
- Moderated by Eric Y. Lapointe of And Now Global
- Pacific Screenwriting Program: https://pacificscreenwriting.com/

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This is the Global VID podcast's first "futurist" episode as we talk with independent Creative Strategist Sandra Lehner about all things Generation Z, Branded Entertainment, the Metaverse & NFT's! 
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While normally host Eric Y. Lapointe focuses on international content subjects and what people can do NOW, today we are taking a step back and focusing on the long-term view of what our industry should expect. Skip this episode at your own risk... because Sandra Lehner gives great insight into this next generation and how to best target them in the not-so-distant future. This is NOT about the Millennials and their second screen potential, but rather the diverse 5-screen multi-tasking generation Z (i.e. anyone born between 1995 and 2010).

Sandra Lehner contact info:
Website: www.sandralehner.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandralehner/ 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/s_lehner 

This show was produced by And Now Global, a Vancouver based international content consulting company.

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