hello and welcome. the uk is today taking delivery of liquefied natural gas, or lng, shipped all the way from australia. it s part of europe s preparations for the winter at a time when gas supplies from russia are under threat because of the war in ukraine. the uk is home to three of the largest lng terminals in europe, and this delivery could be consumed across europe. australia doesn t usually sell gas this far afield, and it s signalled that it might have to limit its exports because of its own supply problems. joining me now is james huckstepp, head of emea gas analytics, s&p global commodity insights. thanks very much for being with us today, james. how much of a problem solver is this shipment? problem solver is this shiment? , , , shipment? the shipment is really part shipment? the shipment is really part of shipment? the shipment is really part of what - shipment? the shipment is really part of what we - shipment? the shipment is really part of what we have | rea
problems due to the energy crisis and the russian invasion of ukraine, and it is assumed that basically this will help to bring inflation down, not only in the us but also around the world, and therefore, central banks will not have to be as aggressive. it is debatable, i would say, because a lot of the supply side problems for raw materials and energy are not going to be changed by a ring of demand, at least not unless it s absolutely enormous, which isn t in the cards at the moment. isn t in the cards at the moment- isn t in the cards at the moment. ~., ~ , ., isn t in the cards at the moment. ~ , ., ., moment. ok, mark ostwald of adm isi, thanks moment. ok, mark ostwald of adm |5|, thanks for moment. ok, mark ostwald of adm isi, thanks for sharing moment. ok, mark ostwald of adm isi, thanks for sharing your - isi, thanks for sharing your thoughts. house of the dragons, a new tv series inspired by the incredibly successful game of thrones, premiered in the us last night. costing
create new businesses. we have seen that in hbo, with discovery, and it s something that as the services mature and saturate nz markets, it s going to reach a threshold. but there are still funny a lot of international markets and still funny of room for lots lots of players to be present in the market together. we are seeing uses stuck up more services than ever before, but that s something that s coming into question whether cost of living crisis around the so it is up for debate this year out of the next few years but streaming is here to stay. next few years but streaming is here to stay- here to stay. max signa rilee, thanks for here to stay. max signa rilee, thanks forjoining here to stay. max signa rilee, thanks forjoining us. - let s see how the asian markets are faring today. those concerns about rising interest rates in the us setting the tone for monday s trading in asia. investors also digesting a cut in the cost of borrowing in china for the second
like netflix and apple and amazon- amazon. yes. it s an eye watering amazon. yes. it s an eye watering cost amazon. yes. it s an eye watering cost per- amazon. yes. it s an eye i watering cost per episode, amazon. yes. it s an eye - watering cost per episode, $20 million. why do you think budgets are getting so high in tv production? or the big streamers are doing really highly polished shows like this one, aren t they? one, aren t they? yes, exactly riuht. one, aren t they? yes, exactly right- to one, aren t they? yes, exactly right- to be one, aren t they? yes, exactly right. to be honest, one, aren t they? yes, exactly right. to be honest, it s- one, aren t they? yes, exactly right. to be honest, it s a - right. to be honest, it s a standard that hbo set for themselves with the original game of thrones, quite frankly. it s something that other players have almost been living up players have almost been living up to, trying to find their own game of thrones for years. we
announced it was lying off staff as the company restructu res. joining me now is max signorelli, senioranalyst, media and entertainment, omdia. thanks for being with us today. not sure if you got to see it. reviews have been good. what will make it pay off for hbo? yes, i guess what will really drive it is whether it can live up drive it is whether it can live up to the expectations of its predecessor. it s something that took the world by storm all those years ago and if it can replicate that same success in an increasingly global market, and increasingly streaming focused market, it can capture those audiences that are through servers like hbo max, then it can really establish itself at the top level alongside its main competitors in the spending space for these kind of streaming tv series, people like netflix and apple and amazon.