The exhibition end of the motion picture business — where moviegoers go when they leave their domiciles and travel thorough geographical space for a communal, in-person experience before a big screen — is in trouble. Again.
Whether at the repertory house or the multiplex, box office has not yet rebounded from the one-two punch of Covid-19 and Roku. The first virus has lifted but the second seems to have converted a huge slice of a once-loyal demo to the homebody comforts of digital streaming. At times last year, domestic revenue was down 40 percent from pre-pandemic 2019. Among motion picture exhibitors, there is a gnawing sense that the defection may be permanent, that the full houses and packed concession stands of the world before March 2020 may never be seen again at the same levels.
By way of perspective and maybe solace, it is worth remembering that the present emergency is not the first time...
Whether at the repertory house or the multiplex, box office has not yet rebounded from the one-two punch of Covid-19 and Roku. The first virus has lifted but the second seems to have converted a huge slice of a once-loyal demo to the homebody comforts of digital streaming. At times last year, domestic revenue was down 40 percent from pre-pandemic 2019. Among motion picture exhibitors, there is a gnawing sense that the defection may be permanent, that the full houses and packed concession stands of the world before March 2020 may never be seen again at the same levels.
By way of perspective and maybe solace, it is worth remembering that the present emergency is not the first time...
- 3/17/2023
- by Thomas Doherty
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
British broadcaster Andrew Neil and former Director General Greg Dyke have torn apart the BBC licence fee, with Neil calling it a “straitjacket” and urging the corporation to think about new models.
Speaking to a UK House Lords of Committee, Neil, who presented BBC shows for 25 years, said questions need to be asked over whether a funding mechanism that was created “when Lenin was rolling out his economic plan and Warren Harding won a landslide in the U.S. presidential election” still works.
Neil set out his alternative to the £159 (198.45) annual licence fee, which makes around £3.75Bn (4.7Bn) per year but is being frozen for the next two years – a move by the UK government that is set to lose the corporation around £1.5Bn (1.9Bn) by 2027.
A Commission For Public Service Broadcasting would be directly financed by the UK taxpayer acting “as a gate between politicians and broadcasters,” according to Neil’s plan,...
Speaking to a UK House Lords of Committee, Neil, who presented BBC shows for 25 years, said questions need to be asked over whether a funding mechanism that was created “when Lenin was rolling out his economic plan and Warren Harding won a landslide in the U.S. presidential election” still works.
Neil set out his alternative to the £159 (198.45) annual licence fee, which makes around £3.75Bn (4.7Bn) per year but is being frozen for the next two years – a move by the UK government that is set to lose the corporation around £1.5Bn (1.9Bn) by 2027.
A Commission For Public Service Broadcasting would be directly financed by the UK taxpayer acting “as a gate between politicians and broadcasters,” according to Neil’s plan,...
- 5/17/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
On his first Presidents Day as President of the United States, Joe Biden posted a video message calling for unity and a spirit of public cooperation.
Text tweeted alongside the video read, “The American story isn’t a story of presidents, it’s a story of the American people — a story of courage, character, strength, and resilience.” That was also at the opening of the video message he delivered.
Biden’s brief — one minute, twenty nine seconds — missive had echoes of his inaugural speech and other recent public statements, particularly the line, “If we do it together as one nation, one people, one America, we will not fail. America never has.”
Another bit reminiscent of his inaugural: “I promise you, my whole soul is in the work ahead of us.”
The president also invoked predecessors who faced similar periods of great national disunity and strife: Lincoln, Fdr, Kennedy and Johnson.
Text tweeted alongside the video read, “The American story isn’t a story of presidents, it’s a story of the American people — a story of courage, character, strength, and resilience.” That was also at the opening of the video message he delivered.
Biden’s brief — one minute, twenty nine seconds — missive had echoes of his inaugural speech and other recent public statements, particularly the line, “If we do it together as one nation, one people, one America, we will not fail. America never has.”
Another bit reminiscent of his inaugural: “I promise you, my whole soul is in the work ahead of us.”
The president also invoked predecessors who faced similar periods of great national disunity and strife: Lincoln, Fdr, Kennedy and Johnson.
- 2/15/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
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