Ernst &Young Global Media & Entertainment Center - Ernst & Young - United States

Including China in your business strategy? Insights from global and China-based M&E leaders offer a roadmap for success in this emerging market.

India’s entertainment economy is surging and media companies are increasingly focused on the best way to enter. We explore the opportunities, challenges and critical success factors.

Do you find it difficult to monetize the new assets you’re creating? Our primer can help you understand asset identification, tracking and ID methodologies.

The media and entertainment industry experienced a dramatic financial turnaround in the past year. How was your sector affected? Our 2011 report looks at EBITDA dollars and margins across the industry. Read more.

There are striking differences in the way that a media and entertainment (M&E) company tests, recognizes and measures impairment under IFRS as compared to US GAAP. We take a closer look and explore practical issues for M&E companies applying IFRS in an impairment analysis.

M&E companies are working to meet the demand for customized content—and getting consumers to pay for it—by rethinking the way they package their products and services. How can M&E companies differentiate themselves while increasing revenues and profitability? We examine key areas essential for future growth.

Last year, the Forum d’Avignon session looked at cultural strategies that would help countries succeed in a post-crisis area. In order to identify and compare the tax provisions in favor of culture, we surveyed 16 countries representative of some main cultures of the world. Discover what our key findings reveal.

The most recent Hot Topic publication from Ernst & Young’s Professional Practice Group summarizes the views and comments of the four panels convened in December 2007 by the Securities and Exchange Commission on adopting International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) (pdf, 157K) for financial reporting in the US. The report also includes our insights and opinions on the matter, including the need for the SEC to set a “date certain” when all US issuers would be required to adopt IFRS.