Film Industry Articles You Should Read vol.2
October 15, 2009 by John Dugan
Hollywood warming to Internet as DVDs begin to fade
Higher margins, the ability to collect and use information about customers, more revenue and greater willingness to share content with Internet operators is prompting Hollywood to join forces with the likes of YouTube or set up its own Internet portals.
Bill Mechanic On Moguls’ Bad Decisions
Bill Mechanic, former chairman/CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, shares his thoughts on the present as well as the future of independent film production. Mechanic spent 7 years at Fox, from 1994 – 2000, bringing it from a “doormat” to the #1 studio.
Film Fund-amentals: Across the Digital Divide
Despite the extra money that Paramount had to invest in preparing Paranormal Activity for commercial release, the film is such a low-rent item that it will make a profit after the first six customers finish paying for their tickets. What is especially interesting about the release of Paranormal Activity is the film’s online strategy…
Comcast & NBC-U: ‘They’ve All Agreed to Agree’
What I am hearing from inside and around the deal is that indeed the Comcast deal to buy 51 percent of NBC-Universal is done in principle, but it will be several more weeks before anything official is announced.
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