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CSS Studios’ Jeffrey Eisner oversees work on CBS’s CSI and many other television shows. seems many business models thrive.There is great diversity in the types of producers that are making content — from relatively inex- pensive non-scripted programs to HBO’s major miniseries. From a post perspective, this means more producers and potential clients, as long as providers can develop workflows that hit producers‘ timelines and budgets.” WEAKNESSES: “Increased fragmentation puts pressure on producers, which, in turn puts pressure on post production providers. Downward budgetary pressure may lower quality, which could hurt viewership.” OPPORTUNITIES: “The opportunity for post production providers is to capture work from emerging producers and to capi- talize on the fragmentation of distribution and programmers.” THREATS: “As often happens in television, the opportunity and threat seem very similar. For post production providers to thrive in the future, we must design new workflows at different price levels that fit different producers.” OUTLOOK ON 2011:“Our outlook for television in 2011 is fairly bullish. At Todd-AO we have more episodic series in-house for the 2010-2011 season than ever before. Given the diversity in the mar- ket and our ability to service many different types of productions,we feel positive about the market in the coming year.” www.postmagazine.com December 2010 • Post 45