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Tag Archives: Hollywood
What is Premium (Video) Content?
Video content continues to proliferate online. None of us can keep up with all of it, let alone most of it. In this environment, we hear the phrase, “content is king” uttered by countless defenders of the Hollywood industrial complex, … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Distribution, Hollywood, Innovation, Internet, Marketing, Movie Theaters, Old Media, Television
Tagged cable TV, digital advertising, digital tools, filmmakers, Hollywood, Netflix, networks, social media, technology, Vimeo, YouTube
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Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Pay TV Bundle Erodes
“How did you go bankrupt?” Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” —-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises The Internet does one thing very well (among others). It destroys business models, particularly those long held by legacy media companies. Two years I … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, Cable, Distribution, Innovation, Internet, Old Media, Television
Tagged audience, cable TV, HBO, Hollywood, internet, Netflix, networks, Pay TV, technology, TV
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Film in the Future and Fan Uploaded Content
I recently did a radio interview with Spark, hosted by Nora Young, on CBC Radio One. If you live in Canada you can hear it today at 1PM NT or you can hear it now on the Spark blog under … Continue reading
Posted in Distribution, Hollywood, Innovation, Internet, Social Media
Tagged CBC Radio, digital tools, Hollywood, Nora Young
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Will Hollywood learn from The Fault in Our Stars?
In June of 2012 I wrote Another Crack in the Mass Media Wall, a post that detailed how Lionsgate effectively used social media for the first time to get a huge opening weekend for The Hunger Games. It is worth … Continue reading
Posted in Distribution, Hollywood, Innovation, Internet, Marketing
Tagged consumers, digital tools, Hollywood, innovation, mass media, social media, The Fault in Our Stars, TV, tv spots
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Movie Piracy: Surprising Tips from a Hollywood Insider
My recent post, The Movie Studios: Blinded by Piracy, generated many public and private comments. One very smart one came in an email from a highly placed executive within the movie and television business. He has allowed me to quote … Continue reading
Posted in Hollywood, Innovation
Tagged digital tools, Hollywood, innovation, internet, mass media, networks, piracy
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The Movie Studios: Blinded by Piracy
When a bull enters the ring, the matador pulls out a red cape and waves it in front of his eyes. Predictably the bull goes mad and charges toward the cape. He leaves all his better instincts behind. We all … Continue reading
Pay by the Size of the Screen? Not Likely
This was recently reported by Variety. “DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg thinks the windowing model of feature films will become a “pay by the inch you watch.” During the Entrepreneurial Leadership in the Corporate World panel at the Milken Global … Continue reading
Posted in Distribution, Hollywood, Internet
Tagged Hollywood, innovation, internet, Jeffrey Katzenberg, mass media, movie theaters, Netflix, networks, user experience
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When TV Viewers Get Control
Netflix released the second season of the House of Cards Friday February 14, 2014. All thirteen episodes were immediately available. My wife and I viewed 5 of them in one afternoon. We plan to complete the season within the next … Continue reading
Posted in Cable, Distribution, Hollywood, Innovation, Uncategorized
Tagged consumers, digital tools, HBO, Hollywood, House of Cards, innovation, internet, networks, True Detective, user experience
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We Own Our Own Copyrights
The simplest distinction often tells us all we need to know. In the music and film worlds there are artists who own the copyrights to their work and those who do not. The music industry just honored Paul McGuiness, the … Continue reading
The Movie Theater in Our Heads
We are in the middle of the competitive season, as the build up to the Super Bowl and the Academy Awards plays across our many screens. We are constantly reminded about the winners and losers amongst the football and movie … Continue reading
Posted in Distribution, Hollywood, Independent Film, Innovation
Tagged Fast Company, Hollywood, independent film, innovation, Oscars, social media, technology
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