A Case for Movie Futures –- by Buzz Potamkin, former studio executive and producer, in the biz for 40+ years, now a consultant
Every investment in film is gambling.
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Felix Salmons hastily written NYT Op-Ed about the Cantor Exchange and MDEX
Watch the US House video instead. You will have more facts and more arguments.
Robin Hanson bores his students with Futarchy. -> He is asked to apply his concept to Himself.
A commenter on his blog (Bill):
Why not experiment at GMU?
Have the students run the university using Futarchy principals. They pick the goals, then you use markets.
You can even start on a smaller scale, a class.
Report back on your experiment.
Max Keiser: Cantor Exchange and Media Derivatives Exchange would be an insiders/traderss paradise.
Max Keiser –- 12:00 into (17,000 views already):
I disagree with Max that a prediction market quote can change perceptions that much.
Iowa Electronic Marketss George Neumann on InTrade prediction markets for Lloyd Blankfein resignation: it’s in bad taste.
BETFAIR RETRACTS FROM THE FRENCH MARKET.
What the Cantor Exchange (HSX) and the Media Derivatives Exchange (MDEX) really said to the US Congress about movie futures (a.k.a. box-office derivatives) – [VIDEO]
House Committee Agriculture @ US House Of Representatives:
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–-> Prof Schuyler Moore mentions InTrade 1:35 into.
The URLs of the UKs General Election 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2010
Gordon Brown’-s gaffe (“-bigoted woman”-, Gillian Duffy):
Cantor Exchange and Trend Exchange defend the usefulness of movie hedging.
Lions Gate vice chairman Michael Burns said the markets “would allow a diverse group of motion picture industry participants, including studios, film distributors, theater owners, investors and other financial intermediaries within the motion picture industry to manage their risk and exposure to new film releases.”-
“We believe a market in domestic box office receipts would substantially widen the number and breadth of financing sources available to the motion picture industry by lowering the risk inherent in such financing,” Burns wrote.
Robin Hanson is in favor of movie business futures.
ADDENDUM:
– Jason Ruspini sends us the link of the Senate bill.