Where will business come from? With foreign currency so high to the dollar, foreigners now are coming here to work.
     As a former Vice-president with Brunswick, CBS, and De-lite/Polygram and as President of TVI Records, FHT Distribution, and SFPD, with over forty years of international and domestic experience, I travel worldwide, meeting people and establishing business relationships, which help my companies and others.
     I recently returned from a two month trip in China and Hong Kong, where I began the logistics necessary to marketing, advertising, and branding a new high energy drink. I was cordially received by the directors and staff of various production facilities, mostly in Beijing, particularly television. CCTV is now planning to come to the Southeast to begin production of weekly shows and documentaries for broadcast there. CCTV has nine broadcasting stations with the need for much more product.
            The major markets for exploitation are in Asia. The BIG THREE are India, Japan, and China.  Japan does of business here, but generally through Japanese owned facilities.  India has a major production industry, but produces most projects there. China is very westernized and will become one of the wealthier and more advanced countries in the world. With 1.3 BILLION consumers, many of whom speak English, China is a rapidly growing market for Japanese and American products and equipment.
     I will be in Cannes, France for the MIDEM 2007 music festival. MIDEM is the largest event in the music industry. I have attended MIDEM, (www.midem.com) every year for thirty-five years. Music, which I know and promote well, has become so much more today an integral part of the film industry. At the last MIDEM, I had discussions with many members of the worldwide film industry, who not only attend the Cannes Film Festival for placement, but also MIDEM for future projects.