The Ongoing Decline in Media/Entertainment Revenues
Chris Anderson’s Long Tail looks at the ongoing decline — is meltdown too strong a word? (Probably not) — in the...
The Box Office Indicator?
A colleague asks about the "box office indicator" of economic health/weakness: "Do the current weak openings and poor...
Study: Hollywood Movies Misfire with Core Male Teens
Media research firm OTX (Online Testing eXchange) released an interesting study about the decline in theatrical attendance this year....
Revenge of the Flop? Not Quite . . .
Two somewhat differning viewpoints on whether and why movies are having a mediocre year in 2005. This first one challenges that very...
TiVo to be bought by . . .
In my occasional travels in — and conversations with — Silicon Valley, I get to speak to some very smart, very observant...
Today’s Music and Film Posts
Today’s Music and Film posts are going to cover a lot of ground — its more a round up than a specific rant (you can see...
Why no IMDB for Music?
Chris Anderson’s Long Tail asks: “Why are the current generation of music services so dumb?” That’s an interesting...
Another DVD Retail Strategy: Red Room
We first mentioned Altitunes back in March 2004; Today, we learn of a variation of the DVD rental kiosk from down under (via The Cool...
Content Consolidation & the Long Tail
There’s an interesting discussion over at the Chris Anderson’s blog on the ascendant forces that are creating a new era of...
DVRs — Not PCs — will be Home’s Media Center
THE online REPORTER notes that its the DVR — not PCs — which will dominate the home media center: "It’s...