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SALES COLLABORATION - NEC AND PARROT ANALYTICS
Participated in a seminar at Tokyo Big Site, Marketing Technology Fair, to announce the partnership between NEC and Parrot Analytics....
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Global Connects
Mar 41 min read
KEYNOTE AT ENTERTAINMENT GLOBALIZATION ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Douglas Montgomery to keynote the EGA's "Con / Lo-Con" in April. To discuss trends and opportunities for the localization industry around...
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Global Connects
Mar 11 min read
NEC and Parrot Analytics announce sales collaboration
NEC and Parrot Analytics collaborate to accelerate the sales of Japanese content around the world. https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/0000...
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JapanConnects Hollywood
Feb 231 min read
Amazon's Bond Takeover
Our comments on Amazon's takeover of the Bond Franchise from the Broccoli's makes LinkedIn News with the big girls and boys (Hollywood...
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Global Connects
Feb 180 min read
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Global Connects
Feb 11 min read
Peak JAPAN WONT SURVIVE WITHOUT INTENTIONAL USE OF DATA
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...
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Global Connects
Jan 91 min read
The POWER OF SOFT POWER
"society's can be ahead of politics" "the bitterest of enemies can become the best of friends" "the power of soft power"
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JapanConnects Hollywood
Jan 41 min read
Asia's answer to netflix
Global Connects analysis of "Asia's Answer to Netflix" picked up by LinkedIn News Asia. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activ...
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Global Connects
Dec 19, 20241 min read
Advanced-television reports on global anime market size
Advanced Television reports on the size of the anime market worldwide. https://advanced-television.com/2024/12/19/report-anime-claims-6-o...
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JapanConnects Hollywood
Dec 19, 20241 min read
Unlocking the true value of anime
Parrot Analytics, and the Association of Japanese Animations report that anime is a $20B business worldwide, between streaming and...
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JapanConnects Hollywood
Dec 5, 20241 min read
Japanese anime market size by tezka & montgomery
Famed visualist and filmmaker Macoto Tezka will join Global Connects Media's Douglas Montgomery to discuss the Japanese Anime market size...
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Global Connects
Oct 25, 20241 min read
MIRRORLIAR FILMS and Global Stage Hollywood Partnership
MIRRORLIAR FILMS and the Global Stage Hollywood Film Festival will collaborate to implement the following initiatives to nurture...
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Global Connects
Oct 8, 20241 min read
Anime and Beyond
How niche streaming platforms can capture Gen Z with with foreign content. https://www.streamtvinsider.com/video/anime-and-beyond-how-nic...
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Global Connects
Sep 13, 20241 min read
StartUp:Con 2024 - how global companies collaborate with ai startups
Speaking at StartUp:Con 2024 in Seoul on how global companies collaborate with AI start-ups. Dates are Sept 26 & 27.
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Global Connects
Aug 13, 20241 min read
From Screen to Store
Revolutionizing retail advertising with AI panel at Cynopsis Big TV Summit.
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Global Connects
Aug 13, 20241 min read
BIG TV SUMMIT INTERVIEW
Global Connects Media prior to the Big TV Summit in New York City, fall 2024
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Global Connects
Aug 2, 20241 min read
User Centric Bundles
Bundles are increasing to create stickier consumers, this debate has 4 different bundles.
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Global Connects
Jul 12, 20241 min read
Show Me Your Bundle
Global Connects Media to particpate in live debate on the best bundle of media for consumers. https://marionranchet.substack.com/p/show-m...
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Global Connects
Jun 12, 20241 min read
Sony buys Alamo Drafthouse
The purchase gives Sony its own distribution arm in the US for content such as anime. GCM post picked up by LinkedIn News....
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Global Connects
Jun 6, 20241 min read
Retail-adjacent: 5 minutes with Doug Montgomery
The Current publishes "5 Minutes with Doug Montgomery" on the state of Entertainment, Retail, and the hottest thing in advertising,...
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Global Connects
Jun 3, 20241 min read
"Songs of Kamui" screened at Canadian Embassy in Tokyo
Japan is starting to reconcile its own issues regarding Indigenous people. The Ainu people have called Hokkaido – home for thousands of...
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Global Connects
May 22, 20241 min read
Huge Potential for Shoppable Media
Big players such as Walmart and Amazon are investing often and heavily in this space. Article published with Korea Creative Content...
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Global Connects
Apr 17, 20241 min read
Global Connects moderates two panels at NAB 2024
Global Connects Media moderates two panels "From QR code to cart" and "Catch a Global Rising Star" at NAB 2024. The first discussed the...
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Global Connects
Apr 9, 20241 min read
Japan Expert Insights
Global Connects gave its opinions on the global entertainment industry and Japan's place in it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juXyj6_V5hU
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Global Connects
Apr 8, 20241 min read
NAB SHOW TOUTS INTERNATIONAL IMPACT
Representatives from more than 155 countries are expected to attend the event, April 13-17 in Las Vegas https://www.tvtechnology.com/news...
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Global Connects
Apr 7, 20241 min read
Vevo teams with Kerv for shoppable tv ad formats
Music video network Vevo has teamed up with video analysis company KERV Interactive to power shoppable ad formats for the streamer on...
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JapanConnects Hollywood
Apr 5, 20241 min read
Global Connects Media to Moderate Foreign Language Panel at NAB
The "new normal" in Entertainment increasingly includes non-English language content.
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Global Connects
Mar 27, 20241 min read
Global Connect added to "Big TV Summit" in NYC
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/
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Global Connects
Mar 27, 20241 min read
Global Connects CEO to lead panel at NAB
Global Connects CEO to lead shoppable media panel at NAB 2024
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Global Connects
Mar 11, 20241 min read
Industry voices - Walmart buys Vizio
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...
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Global Connects
Mar 6, 20241 min read
Walmart acquires Vizio
Ask not what Walmart can do for you, but what you can do for Walmart
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JapanConnects Hollywood
Mar 1, 20241 min read
FROM QR CODE TO CART: How the shoppable TV revolution is reshaping retail
Global Connects Media to Moderate Panel at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas https://nab24.mapyourshow.com/8_0/s...
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Global Connects
Feb 14, 20241 min read
Shoppable TV indeed
WSJ Reports Walmart considering purchasing Vizio https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/walmart-in-talks-to-buy-vizio-wsj-5937420/
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Global Connects
Jan 29, 20241 min read
This year, shoppable TV ads may deliver the goods that live shopping never could
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...
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Global Connects
Jan 22, 20241 min read
Half of CTV users wish tv ads were shoppable
Exposure is the key says Montgomery, Walmart investing heavily https://www.streamtvinsider.com/advertising/consumers-show-interest-shoppa...
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Global Connects
Jan 11, 20241 min read
Talk Back to Television: shoppable video ads
Global Connects Media speaks to TV of Tomorrow's Rick Howe about the future of Shoppable Video, anime and Shohei Ohtani.
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Global Connects
Dec 27, 20231 min read
Interactivity, shoppability make their way to CTV in 2023
Streaming services and advertisers experimented with new formats on connected TVs in 2023. https://www.streamtvinsider.com/advertising/in...
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Global Connects
Dec 12, 20231 min read
KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT NEXT MEDIA KOREA 2023
Global Connects was invited to be the keynote speaker at Next Media Korea 2023, sponsored by Korean Ministry of Science and Information...
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Global Connects
Dec 5, 20231 min read
GLOBAL CONNECTS INTERVIEW WITH MAINICHI DAILY
Interview with Hojin Fukunaga of the Mainichi Daily about the state of Japanese Content in the United States. Mentioned is Parrot...
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Global Connects
Nov 29, 20231 min read
Global connects judge at inaugural "Ninja Pitch"
Part of a unique group of judges at a unique event on a unique stage
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Global Connects
Nov 10, 20231 min read
GLOBAL CONNECTS TO JUDGE PITCH CONTEST IN KYOTO
Global Connects CEO - Douglas Montgomery - to participate as judget in "From Japan to the World - Ninja Pitch" this Nov 25, 2023 in Kyoto...
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Global Connects
Oct 11, 20231 min read
PARADOX LIVE: THE ANIMATION WORLD PREMIERE
Global Stage Hollywood presents the world premiere of Ep 2, "Paradox Live - THE ANIMATION" on Saturday, Oct 7th, 2023.
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Global Connects
Oct 5, 20231 min read
GLOBAL STAGE HOLLYWOOD KICKS OFF WITH "A MAN"
Actor Satoshi Tsumabuki in attendance for opening night at the TCL Chinese Theatre.
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Global Connects
Jul 26, 20235 min read
TOO MUCH CONTENT, TOO FEW CREDIT CARDS
Hollywood's weird summer brings blockbusters plus angst. The winner of the strike is likely not to be either combatant, but YouTube or...
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Global Connects
Jul 13, 20231 min read
The WRAP SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Short films are booming in 2023, at The Wrap 2023 Short List Film Festival, a wide variety of shorts were shown, from all over the world....
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Global Connects
Jun 28, 20231 min read
US CONTENTS WANES WHILST FOREIGN CONTENT WAXES
The increase in foreign content popularity sees no signs of abating, conversely the writer's strike does not help American made content.
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Global Connects
Jun 26, 20231 min read
GLOBAL CONNECTS JUDGES AT SHORT SHORTS FF & ASIA
Global Connects Media CEO participated in jury at the 25th edition of Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia.
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Global Connects
Jun 7, 20231 min read
WALMART V. AMAZON FOR $7T
In a battle for Gen Z's retail dollars, Walmart and Amazon keep making bets in retail-tainment, who will win? Time will tell.
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Global Connects
May 26, 20231 min read
GLOBAL CONNECTS TO JUDGE SHORT SHORTS 2023
Global Connects Media CEO - Douglas Montgomery - to participate as a judge in the 25th anniversary edition of "Short Shorts Film Festival...
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Global Connects
May 5, 20231 min read
RETAIL MEDIA BUNDLES TO DRIVE MEMBERSHIPS
Amazon Prime and Walmart+ consumers speak out in latest research.
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