The Business of Entertainment
Where capital meets content — candid conversations with the people on the frontlines of finance, legal, dealmaking, and strategy of the global entertainment industry, hosted by Tobias Jaeger.
The Show
Launched in April 2019, Media CFO takes a seat across from the people who actually move the money — the dealmakers, lawyers, entrepreneurs, financiers, bankers, investors, and agents who build the global entertainment industry behind the scenes.
Each conversation is in-depth and full of industry lingo and anecdotes, yet stays accessible to anyone curious about how film, television, and digital media really get financed and built. Casual professional banter — typically around 45 minutes — covering the guest's personal journey and the deals that defined it.
How content actually gets paid for — from greenlight to recoupment.
The contracts, rights, and structures behind every production.
Where the smart money is going across film, TV, and digital.
The founders and operators disrupting how the industry works.
Episodes
Featured Guests
Executives, dealmakers and advisors from some of the most respected names in media & entertainment finance.
Host & Executive Producer
The Host
Tobias Jaeger has built his career at the financial heart of the media & entertainment industry — in film and television finance, media investment banking, and as a CFO to production and content companies. He knows first-hand how content gets financed, structured, and sold.
Today he's a transatlantic CFO for where capital meets people meets IP — a fractional and interim finance chief for IP-heavy growth companies across media & entertainment, MedTech, FinTech, and cyber & defense. A Harvard-trained negotiator and member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), he brings 15+ years of C-level finance experience across six industries, three continents, and four languages, with $450M+ in deal volume behind him.
That entertainment-industry insight is what powers Media CFO, the show he created to put the dealmakers, financiers, and operators of the business on the record. He also curates the Global Entertainment Index, a ten-year benchmark of the sector, and advises founders and investors on fundraising, deal architecture, and cross-border growth.
Tobias Jaeger is represented by Eight Talents.
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