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The 2021 C2HR Content Developers Compensation Survey provides competitive compensation data for positions in companies that develop content for television and digital entertainment, as well as positions specific to television and radio broadcasting.  High level trends from the 2021 results include: All organization levels experienced some year-over-year growth in compensation. Operating individual contributor / support […]

The recently published 2021 Croner Digital Content and Technology Survey provides in-depth market data on compensation for jobs specific to internet and mobile content and transactions.  Some of the noteworthy findings from the 2021 report include: ·         Compensation for digital jobs at the executive, middle management, and individual contributor levels experienced moderate growth year-over-year.  Support […]

Animation and Visual Effects Jobs The recently published results of the 2021 Croner Animation and Visual Effects Survey shows noteworthy trends in compensation from the past year.  The highlights below are extracts from Croner’s annual report of third-party market data for roles specific to producing animation and visual effects. Base salaries increased year-over-year for the […]

2020 Croner Digital Content and Technology Survey Data Results The 2020 Croner Digital Content and Technology Survey provides in-depth data on compensation for jobs specific to internet and mobile content and transactions.   Some of the noteworthy findings from the recent report include: Compensation for digital jobs experienced steady growth in pay year-over-year, continuing a multi-year […]

Visual Effects (VFX) Salaries Up The recently published results of the 2020 Croner Animation and Visual Effects Survey— providing third party market data for jobs that produce animation and visual effects — shows these noteworthy trends in compensation over the past year: Compensation for positions in the animation and visual effects industry grew steadily across […]

Trends in Software Gaming Pay The recently published 2019 Croner Software Games Survey found that among the U.S. and Canadian software gaming companies surveyed, participants experienced steady compensation growth at all organization levels.  The growth in compensation was driven primarily by increases in annual incentive awards. 2019 Croner Software Games Survey In the U.S., jobs […]

The annual Croner Entertainment Survey provides comprehensive market data on compensation for jobs and specialties in all segments of the Entertainment industry, including Film, Television, Digital Entertainment and Music production and distribution. Entertainment Industry Executive Salaries Up Noteworthy insights from the just published 2019 Croner Entertainment Survey include: Executives and Middle Management levels experienced steady […]

The sale and distribution of syndicated programming has long been a fundamental financial component of the U.S. television industry. [1] In fact, the studios that own the distribution rights to television shows don’t truly start seeing a profit until their show goes into syndication.[2] Syndicated programming clearly is an important revenue opportunity, but are sellers […]