https://themediacfo.com/episodes/claire-hungate.html https://i.ytimg.com/vi/37y_XtZTIEI/hqdefault.jpg Claire Hungate talks to Tobias Jaeger about her work as in-house counsel and business affairs were the perfect preparation for life as a COO, CEO, and officer of a public company We sat down with former Brave Bison CEO Claire Hungate to talk to her about her start in the television industry by working in a pubcaster in-house legal team and subsequently rising through the ranks in business affairs and, later, company leadership at several production companies. Claire was instrumental in making a studio-backed management buy-out of a listed production company a reality and after leading the newly private company for some time, Claire became the CEO of AIM-listed social content studio Brave Bison. https://www.youtube.com/embed/37y_XtZTIEI 2019-07-02T21:00:00-07:00 https://themediacfo.com/episodes/ellen-windemuth.html https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WT29VSTuwOA/hqdefault.jpg Ellen Windemuth talks to Tobias Jaeger about building an entertainment powerhouse, factual television, and selling her company We sat down with Off The Fence founder Ellen Windemuth to talk about factual television, her company’s dominance in the space, hiring the best people, and ultimately selling the firm she spent more than 20 years building. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WT29VSTuwOA 2019-06-18T22:04:09-07:00 https://themediacfo.com/episodes/guirec-van-slingelandt.html https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xBTrrEqsXMM/hqdefault.jpg Guirec van Slingelandt of Volterra Group talks about starting out as a talent agent and building a group of media companies We sat down with Volterra Group partner Guirec van Slingelandt to talk about getting started as a talent agent, making the shift to media entrepreneur and how to stay effective building five companies with two partners. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xBTrrEqsXMM 2019-05-07T23:00:03-07:00 https://themediacfo.com/episodes/john-gleeson.html https://i.ytimg.com/vi/55IAe-jQlz0/hqdefault.jpg John Gleeson talks to Tobias Jaeger about Ireland’s renewed International Role in Global Film and Television Production We sat down with John Gleeson, Partner and Head of Entertainment at Saffery Champness in Dublin, Ireland to talk about Ireland’s growing role in international film and television production and the opportunities for international as well as domestic producers as a result of a new global content arms race. https://www.youtube.com/embed/55IAe-jQlz0 2019-07-09T21:00:00-07:00 https://themediacfo.com/episodes/lindsay-conner.html https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zBE7SHC3Dws/hqdefault.jpg Lindsay Conner of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips talks about brokering some of the biggest deals in Hollywood and driving US-China film relations We sat down with Manatt partner Lindsay Conner, who has always been a bridge between capital, studios, and producers. Lindsay was instrumental in brokering, negotiating, and closing some of the most prolific US-China film deals in recent history as well as the first series deals on Netflix. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zBE7SHC3Dws 2019-05-15T02:23:21-07:00 https://themediacfo.com/episodes/lorraine-ruckstuhl.html https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VH38-2PNbLE/hqdefault.jpg Lorraine Ruckstuhl talks to Tobias Jaeger about SVOD production finance and the consistenly reshaping role of a modern media banker We sat down with Lorraine Ruckstuhl, Head of TMT at Barclays in London to talk about her bank’s renewed and increased SVOD production finance fund, common investment banking misunderstandings, Barclays’ media banking on a project and corporate level, and her way to the top as a female banker. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VH38-2PNbLE 2019-07-17T02:00:04-07:00 https://themediacfo.com/episodes/marie-josee-corbeil.html https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FotDtGE6L78/hqdefault.jpg Marie-Josée Corbeil of Banque National du Canada talks to Tobias Jaeger about going from entertainment lawyer to producer to media banker We sat down with Marie-Josée Corbeil of National Bank of Canada, or rather Banque National du Canada, to talk about how she started her career as an attorney and representing talent and productions. She became a pioneer in Canadian entertainment law before transitioning to producer and ultimately media banker in her native Montreal, Canada. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FotDtGE6L78 2019-05-21T23:00:00-07:00 https://themediacfo.com/episodes/nigel-burke.html https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TKLXI2ZeKhg/hqdefault.jpg Nigel Burke talks to Tobias Jaeger about becoming a leading media & entertainment accountant in the United Kingdom and international UK tax advisor We sat down with Saffery Champness partner Nigel Burke to talk to him about how he got started as an accountant in Ireland, learned the entertainment business first as an accountant specialized in music and tours and subsequently moved to film and television to become one of the UK’s leading tax experts for media & entertainment. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TKLXI2ZeKhg 2019-06-26T03:20:15-07:00 https://themediacfo.com/episodes/philipp-hoffmann.html https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g84MfFUIwGo/hqdefault.jpg Philipp Hoffmann of Rushlake Media talks about his new VOD venture Kino on Demand and the changing film distribution landscape We sat down with Rushlake Media founder Philipp Hoffmann to talk about the new rules of VOD, the future of film distribution, and release windowing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/g84MfFUIwGo 2019-05-01T08:11:25-07:00 https://themediacfo.com/episodes/robbert-aarts.html https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JlF5HshNVXg/hqdefault.jpg Robbert Aarts of Fintage House talks about Collection Account Management, building great businesses, and Global Rights Management We sat down with Fintage House co-CEO Robbert Aarts to talk about Fintage House's role in the global film, television, and music industry and his winning philosophy as an entrepreneur in the media & entertainment industry. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JlF5HshNVXg 2019-04-23T22:58:18-07:00 https://themediacfo.com/episodes/roland-wieshofer-part-1.html https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4_q-oJFC3P8/hqdefault.jpg Roland Wieshofer, former Chief Financial Officer of Blumhouse Productions, talks to Tobias Jaeger about the growing role of the entertainment CFO, from accountant to overall financial advisor We sat down with veteran entertainment CFO Roland Wieshofer, for a double episode special. Roland started his career as a supervising accountant and built a deep finance and accounting expertise in film and digital. Roland was instrumental in modeling and building one of the first streaming ventures as well as the financial management of some of the most successful film production companies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4_q-oJFC3P8 2019-05-28T19:05:31-07:00 https://themediacfo.com/episodes/roland-wieshofer-part-2.html https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7BPXLxoeg6g/hqdefault.jpg Roland Wieshofer, former Chief Financial Officer of Blumhouse Productions, talks to Tobias Jaeger about leveraging CFO skills and expertise in entertainment ventures We sat down with veteran entertainment CFO Roland Wieshofer, for a double episode special. Roland started his career as a supervising accountant and built a deep finance and accounting expertise in film and digital. Roland was instrumental in modeling and building one of the first streaming ventures as well as the financial management of some of the most successful film production companies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7BPXLxoeg6g 2019-06-04T23:00:01-07:00 https://themediacfo.com/episodes/sky-moore.html https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5iCc5CwI2Dg/hqdefault.jpg Sky Moore talks to Tobias Jaeger about becoming the leading tax attorney in the media & entertainment industry and building a career through brutal honesty We sat down with Schuyler “Sky” Moore, Partner at Greenberg Glusker in Los Angeles. Being the prime authority on tax law for the media and entertainment industry is a reputation and expertise he has built over the last 30 years. Sky literally wrote the handbook on tax in media & entertainment as his landmark Treatise is used as a training book by the IRS for their entertainment group. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5iCc5CwI2Dg 2019-06-11T21:00:02-07:00