Colin Donald

Current

Owner at Futurescape

Past

Editorial Board at Informed Sources
New media columnist at Broadcast
Head, Flextech New Media at Flextech Television

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Colin Donald’s Summary

I’ve enjoyed more than a decade pioneering the conjunction of the Internet and television, and how an exciting new medium is emerging from the two.

I’m now co-founder of Futurescape.TV where we provide fresh thinking on the future of digital media.

We publish research reports for C-level executives, business strategy and corporate development directors, creative directors and digital media producers.

Customers include international advertising and media agencies, branded entertainment specialists, television broadcasters and producers, mobile and satellite operators:

AT&T, BBC Worldwide, Digitas, Disney, Eutelsat, HBO, ITV, MediaCom, Ogilvy, Publicis, RTE, Warner Bros.

Our research is regularly quoted in major international media and digital media publications, such as TV Week, MediaPost, Broadcast and Televisual.

See more at: www.futurescape.tv

Colin Donald’s Experience

Owner

Futurescape

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

January 1998 — Present (11 years 7 months)

Futurescape - www.futurescape.tv - provides industry insights and identifies commercial and creative opportunities in online television and digital entertainment.

Founded in 1998, our customers include international advertising and media agencies, branded entertainment specialists, television broadcasters and producers, and mobile and satellite operators: AT&T, BBC Worldwide, Digitas, Disney, Eutelsat, HBO, MediaCom, Ogilvy, Publicis, RTE, Warner Bros.

We publish multi-client reports with actionable intelligence, new thinking and key data for well-informed decision making.

The latest title is 2008: The Birth of Online TV – answering essential questions on original American and British comedy and drama shows on the Internet.

> Who commissions shows? Which brands sponsor them?
> How much do shows cost to make? What are the financing models?
> Who are the new studios, their founders and investors?
> What are the production, funding and distribution challenges?

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Photographing street art and street ads on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/colindonald and also some videoing - see YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/colindonald