Distribution Revolution: Conversations about the Digital Future of Film and Television
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (593 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520283252 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is well-executed collection of riveting conversations with industry executives who offer their candor and creative thought Dion Eusepi Really valuable insight from industry insiders. This is well-executed collection of riveting conversations with industry executives who offer their candor and creative thought on the digital reinvention of entertainment content and how to build intelligent business and distribution models that anchor future investments around new hybrid and dedicated digital entertainment eco-systems.
Henderson, Writer-Producer, Soul Food, Gossip Girl • Dick Wolf, Executive Producer and Creator, Law & Order. The second focuses on innovative enterprises that are providing path-breaking models for new modes of content creation, curation, and distribution—creatively meshing the strategies and practices of Hollywood and Silicon Valley. Distribution Revolution is a collection of interviews with leading film and TV professionals concerning the many ways that digital delivery systems are transforming the entertainment business. Taken together, these interviews demonstrate that virtually every aspect of the film and television businesses is being affected by the digital distribution revolution, a revolution that has likely just begun. The first section features interviews with top executives at major Hollywood studios, providing a window into the big-picture concerns of media conglomerates with respect to changing business models, revenue streams, and audience behaviors. Entertainment • Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, Netflix • Felicia D. These interviews provide lively insider accounts from studio executives, distribution professionals, and creative talent of the tumultuous transformation of film and TV in the digital era. And the final section offers insights from creative talent whose professional practices, compensation, and everyday working conditions have been transformed over the past ten
The provocative conversations and lengthy interviews here will surely generate a round of productive new research questions for media studies scholars."John T. Productively avoids media industries research and production studies’ inevitable traps: the inaccessibility of industry insiders, the scripted spin of their handlers and trade publishing, and the halo effect’ generated by grateful aca-fans and overly deferent scholars. Required reading for anyone trying to engage with and understand digital media’s profoundly disruptive impact on media distribution. Michael Curtin,