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Daniel Roth: Netflix Everywhere - Sorry Cable, You're History
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has a vision— every movie ever made on every screen everywhere.
2009-10-11 to bestof, business, hollywood, internet, media, movies by soobrosa
Saved by the box
Independent film is thriving on television thanks to video on demand
2009-09-19 to bestof, business, cable, film, independent, media, movies, vod by soobrosa
Slumdog paupers: The Oscar-nominated film has made £70m but its two child stars still live in abject poverty
Their home is a flimsy structure made of tarpaulins and blankets in the overcrowded Behrampada shanty area, where rats crawl around in daylight and sewage runs untreated as children play barefoot.
2009-02-20 to bestof, business, movies, poverty, story by bagoly
Chris Baker: Meet Leland Chee, the Star Wars Franchise Continuity Cop
Star Wars movies have grossed in excess of $4 billion worldwide. But retail sales of merchandise stand at $15 billion, and 20 percent of that has been earned since 2006, the year after the final film was released.
2008-09-21 to bestof, business, merchandise, movies, retcon by soobrosa
Michael Behar: Analog Meets Its Match in Red Digital Cinema's Ultrahigh-Res Camera
The Red One records motion in a whopping 4,096 lines of horizontal resolution—"4K" in filmmaker lingo—and 2,304 of vertical.
2008-09-07 to bestof, business, camera, digital, film, movies, technology by soobrosa
Frank Rose: Hollywood Has Finally Figured Out How to Make Web Video Pay
Mainstream producers hope well-known actors like Rosario Dawson will propel their Web series into the big time.
2008-08-04 to bestof, business, hollywood, internet, media, movie, movies by soobrosa
The Drive-In Theater Turns 75
However, it took an auto-parts salesman such as Hollingshead to see the genius in giving a car-loving society one more activity they could do in their vehicles.
2008-07-01 to bestof, business, history, movies by bagoly
Hollywood's 3-D Cinema Dreams
The big studios are making a very expensive bet that some astonishing improvements on an old gimmick will lure people back into theaters. But they may just be fumbling in the dark.
2008-06-24 to 3d, bestof, business, cinema, movies by bagoly
Zac Bertsy: Interview With The Fansubber
It's time to adopt a business model that will stop fansubbing. Fansubbing isn't going to stop no matter what anyone does unless you make it obsolete. The only way you can do it is to close the time gap, because that's the only reason fansubs exist for
2008-04-02 to anime, business, fansubbing, media, movies, piracy by soobrosa
Ultimate Star Payback
Matt Damon, the soft-spoken leading man in box office winner The Bourne Ultimatum, turns out to be Hollywood's best investment. For every dollar Damon got paid for his last three roles, his films returned $29 of gross income.
2007-08-09 to bestof, business, movies by bagoly

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