[Fmpro] The Great Scab Debate

[Michael Leahy]

Another thought or two: the financing of US movies is now global. French 
banks were a source of funding for many years, followed by German 
pension schemes more recently. So it's hardly surprising that production 
and particularly the more mobile post-production are also being 
globalised. There are good and bad sides to this.

Something worth chewing on also is the dumping practiced by US TV 
production companies. Somewhere like Czech Republic (or in fact any 
country that only counts a dozen or so million people) finds it almost 
impossible to produce TV series, as the American ones are being sold at 
car-boot prices with built-in pre-marketing. They cater to a far vaster 
audience, have far greater budgets and can be picked up cheap. So the 
channels go for the easy option.

The globalisation debate is very complex.