On April 22, 2010 there was a hearing of the House Committee on Agriculture's Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. The primary topic was to explore the trading of Box Office Contracts.

Cantor Exchange President Richard Jaycobs provided testimony on behalf of our proposed market. You can read here the opening statement made by Mr. Jaycobs (PDF - 143 KB).

UCLA Professor Schuyler Moore also provided testimony as an expert on the economics of film finance. You can read here the opening statement made by Mr. Moore (PDF - 3,537 KB).

The opening statements of the other panelists are posted on the House Committee on Agriculture's web site listed under April 22nd.

The full video of the hearing is available on the C-SPAN web site.

Further expert opinions on Box Office Contracts are posted elsewhere on our site.