Netflix used the US Post to famously distribute movies in America after the founder Reed Hastings was charged late fees for late return of a rental movie to a movie rental store. Netflix involves a monthly subscription of under $10 and you can take as many movies you want, just use US Post and theContinue reading “Netflix to stream movies in all global markets, cut out postal services – grow movie industry”
Category Archives: Film
Entertainment: video game industry three times music and double movie industry
Here are the numbers of the three industries reported on CBS: Music Industry $6.9 Billion Movie Industry $ 10.6 Billion Video Game Industry $23 Billion In fact it is one industry that has booming employment in Texas as people take to video games to escape from thoughts of the slow economy. But frankly, the numbersContinue reading “Entertainment: video game industry three times music and double movie industry”
Medium is the message: from theatre to movie and Print/TV to the Internet
If you have acted in a play, or have watched stage acters rehearse, you know what I mean, by medium is the message. A play or theatre needs you (the actor) to throw your voice to the last row , just in case the audio does not work. You also need to exaggerate your expressionsContinue reading “Medium is the message: from theatre to movie and Print/TV to the Internet”
TV marketing myopia as sales decline 2.2% and Internet usage zooms
As Gen Y grows up and broadband penetration increases the household TV is expected to decline. This is a huge shift for advertising,programming and journalism on TV as people take more to the Internet for streaming video and social media. Already 40% of all Internet traffic is from video according to CISCO and this isContinue reading “TV marketing myopia as sales decline 2.2% and Internet usage zooms”
“Outsourced” at NBC is so yesterday
It seems that the new “Outsourced” series on NBC is a TV version of the movie Outsourced (2006). At such a difficult economic time in the USÂ – hackneyed stereotypes of Americans and Indians do not foster global understanding and are certainly not funny if the US viewer is unemployed. Just see the comments onContinue reading ““Outsourced” at NBC is so yesterday”
Eat,Pray and Love author’s book “Committed” and Buyer-Seller Relationships
var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-857684-6']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); The movie Eat,Pray and Love opens tomorrow. The author Elizabeth Gilbert has another book out calledContinue reading “Eat,Pray and Love author’s book “Committed” and Buyer-Seller Relationships”
No Superbowl but online advertising for Pepsi
// <![CDATA[ var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); // ]]> // <![CDATA[ try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} // ]]> Pepsi will not be advertising at the Superbowl next year and will be shifting some of this spending to onlineContinue reading “No Superbowl but online advertising for Pepsi”
Barry Diller and the IAC
Fifteen years after Barry Diller had gone to see QVC the home shopping network, he was on CBS 60 minutes today. Within minutes of being on 60 minutes the Internet search engines were buzzing with searches for "Barry Diller" ! How much the media consumption experience has changed over the last 15 years ! AndContinue reading “Barry Diller and the IAC”
Mario Andretti and Creative Content
Mario Andretti is a familiar name to racing car ethusiasts and to video gamers. My only exposure to car racing has been at the Australian Grand Prix about a decade ago when my client Southcorp Holdings kindly invited me to sit in their box at the Adelaide Grand Prix. Frankly, I was a little upsetContinue reading “Mario Andretti and Creative Content”
Japanese “Manga” made in Philippines
The huge Japanese "Manga" or cartoons and comics industry is just too busy. Inq7.net reports from Manila that Japan’s Toei Animation Co. Ltd., the Dragonball Z creator is going to ask their wholly owned subsidiary Toei Philippines to do the animation work. Toei Animation Company has expanded its distribution to LA and France and needsContinue reading “Japanese “Manga” made in Philippines”