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Press Release on Pocket Anime seed funding round https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000011.000120274.html

Panelist at the 2025 Anime Expo in Los Angeles.

Participated in an AI & Entertainment Masterclass at the University of Southern California.

What Japan can learn from its neighbor, Korea, on how to capitalize on this moment of "Peak Japan"

Global Connects Op-Ed in the Japan Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/06/01/japan/japan-soft-power-anime-streaming/?utm_s...

Blockchain and web3 can help Japan's creator economy

Japan should move from White Elephants to White Lotus Osaka Expo starts today. The cake is in the oven; it won't change significantly...

Choosing the right music you need to understand music rights

Spoke about International Production, tax incentives and the future of filming with Joe Chianese from Entertainment Partners at NAB 2025

Douglas Montgomery invited to do Keynote at the Entertainment Globalization Association annual conference, "Con Lo-Con".

Global Connects, NEC and Parrot Analytics present on Japan's need to overcome the digital divide.

What is next for Japan's future in content.

Choosing the right music requires an understanding of Music Rights. Find out why and how those ear worms never leave and why they drive...

Global Connects and Entertainment Partners team-up to talk about the state of production around the world at NAB 2025.

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Participated in a seminar at Tokyo Big Site, Marketing Technology Fair, to announce the partnership between NEC and Parrot Analytics....

Douglas Montgomery to keynote the EGA's "Con / Lo-Con" in April. To discuss trends and opportunities for the localization industry around...

NEC and Parrot Analytics collaborate to accelerate the sales of Japanese content around the world. https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/0000...

Presented to the Ministry of Culture sponsored "Global Anime Challenge" group

Our comments on Amazon's takeover of the Bond Franchise from the Broccoli's makes LinkedIn News with the big girls and boys (Hollywood...

Japan is having its moment. Again. But this time it's different. From sold-out anime conventions in the U.S., Europe and Asia, to the...

"society's can be ahead of politics" "the bitterest of enemies can become the best of friends" "the power of soft power"

Global Connects analysis of "Asia's Answer to Netflix" picked up by LinkedIn News Asia. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activ...

Advanced Television reports on the size of the anime market worldwide. https://advanced-television.com/2024/12/19/report-anime-claims-6-o...

Parrot Analytics, and the Association of Japanese Animations report that anime is a $20B business worldwide, between streaming and...

Famed visualist and filmmaker Macoto Tezka will join Global Connects Media's Douglas Montgomery to discuss the Japanese Anime market size...

MIRRORLIAR FILMS and the Global Stage Hollywood Film Festival will collaborate to implement the following initiatives to nurture...

How niche streaming platforms can capture Gen Z with with foreign content. https://www.streamtvinsider.com/video/anime-and-beyond-how-nic...

Speaking at StartUp:Con 2024 in Seoul on how global companies collaborate with AI start-ups. Dates are Sept 26 & 27.

Revolutionizing retail advertising with AI panel at Cynopsis Big TV Summit.

Bundles are increasing to create stickier consumers, this debate has 4 different bundles.

Global Connects Media to particpate in live debate on the best bundle of media for consumers. https://marionranchet.substack.com/p/show-m...

The purchase gives Sony its own distribution arm in the US for content such as anime. GCM post picked up by LinkedIn News....

The Current publishes "5 Minutes with Doug Montgomery" on the state of Entertainment, Retail, and the hottest thing in advertising,...

Japan is starting to reconcile its own issues regarding Indigenous people. The Ainu people have called Hokkaido – home for thousands of...

Big players such as Walmart and Amazon are investing often and heavily in this space. Article published with Korea Creative Content...

Global Connects Media moderates two panels "From QR code to cart" and "Catch a Global Rising Star" at NAB 2024. The first discussed the...

Global Connects gave its opinions on the global entertainment industry and Japan's place in it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juXyj6_V5hU

Representatives from more than 155 countries are expected to attend the event, April 13-17 in Las Vegas https://www.tvtechnology.com/news...

Music video network Vevo has teamed up with video analysis company KERV Interactive to power shoppable ad formats for the streamer on...

The "new normal" in Entertainment increasingly includes non-English language content.

Find out what is new and exciting at the "Big TV Summit" in NYC this September. https://www.cynopsis.com/events/big-tv-summit-2024/

Global Connects CEO to lead shoppable media panel at NAB 2024

Walmart is not new to the retail media business but has to date been unable to capitalize on its prominence. Vizio offers it a new entry...

Ask not what Walmart can do for you, but what you can do for Walmart

Global Connects Media to Moderate Panel at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas https://nab24.mapyourshow.com/8_0/s...

WSJ Reports Walmart considering purchasing Vizio https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/walmart-in-talks-to-buy-vizio-wsj-5937420/

This year is set to be both a testing ground and a battleground for shoppable TV ads, which could position connected TV (CTV) as a...