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David Hancock
Senior Analyst, Screen Digest
David Hancock is the senior cinema analyst with Screen Digest and has overseen its development in this area since 1997, including the set-up of the online service Cinema Intelligence and is also now actively developing the digital cinema activities. He has been involved in numerous consultancy projects for international organisations and companies, specialising in new business models and in-depth market analyses.
David is the author of the major Screen Digest/SAWA report The World Market for Screen Advertising. He is also the author of Cinema exhibition and distribution in Europe: Market Assessment and Forecasts, a 450 page report on the business of cinema in Europe and several other reports. He authors the comprehensive analysis of world film production, distribution and exhibition, which are published annually in Screen Digest magazine, as well as other research into cinema and film industries, including digital cinema. David is a regular contributor to newspapers, trade press, radio and television regarding the film industry and is a regular speaker at international conferences and film festivals. He has authored many articles and book chapters on the subject.
Prior to joining Screen Digest, David was a senior executive with Eurimages, the Strasbourg-based pan-European co-production fund working within the Council of Europe, and also worked as a research consultant in the media sector with the major French consultancy IDATE. He holds a BA Honours degree in Business Studies/French from Leeds Metropolitan University and speaks fluent French.
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