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Fast Company December 2005 Alan Deutschman |
Building a Better Movie Business It's the iconic American industry. But audiences are vanishing, piracy is soaring, and new technology is treacherous. Can Tinseltown innovate its way out of trouble? |
BusinessWeek July 11, 2005 Ronald Grover |
What's Driving The Box Office Batty Hollywood is pushing movies to DVD and video faster -- and theaters are feeling squeezed. And with the price of cinema tickets skyrocketing, this gives movie fans new clout. Clearly, some big script changes are in store. |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2010 David Lee Smith |
Will Studios Nix Cable's Quick Trips for Flicks? Once again, operators want to shrink the time between movies' theatrical and home distribution. |
Fast Company December 2005 Scott Kirsner |
Maverick Mogul Broadcast.com founder Mark Cuban is questioning everything about the film business - and naturally ticking a lot of people off. |
Wired April 2005 Brian Ashcraft |
The Man Who Shot Sin City How Robert Rodriguez, the one-man digital army behind El Mariachi and Spy Kids, brought an "unfilmable" cult comic to the big screen. |
Wired June 2000 Frank Rose |
You Oughtta Be in HTML Every week, another Hollywood exec bails to a startup. Is anyone going to stick around to build the future of the movie business? |
BusinessWeek October 27, 2003 Lowry & Grover |
Cable Fights For Its Movie Rights Video-on-demand's reach is expanding, and the cable biz wants to show films sooner. |
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Grover & Green |
Hollywood Heist Will tinseltown let techies steal the show? The ripping and burning of movies to DVDs is growing into a global underground industry that last year cost film studios an estimated $3 billion in lost DVD sales. It's prodding the guys in Guccis into action. |
Wired April 2005 Xeni Jardin |
The Cuban Revolution The maverick billionaire blogger wants to take the film out of the film industry. And his all-digital vision is coming soon to a screen near you. |
Fast Company August 10, 2011 Jay Woodruff |
Rich Ross Makes Moves (and Movies) at Disney Innovation in Hollywood isn't for the faint of heart. Meet Rich Ross, the outsider (from television, no less!) tugging Disney's movie studio into the 21st century. |
Wired March 2007 Robert La Franco |
Robert Rodriguez The outlaw director on resurrecting Grindhouse and pressing Quentin Tarantino to shoot digital. |
Wired December 2005 Xeni Jardin |
Thinking Outside the Box Office Director Steven Soderbergh talks about the copyright cops, the remixing underground, and why he'll debut his new movie on DVD, cable, and in theaters all at once. |
IEEE Spectrum December 2006 Russell Wintner |
Bits on the Big Screen Computer servers and digital projectors are about to replace the canisters of film and spinning sprockets of the world's movie theaters |
The Motley Fool September 29, 2011 Tim Beyers |
3 Stocks for the Coming Content War Go with the ones most likely to get great bids. Before we get to the details, it may be worth looking at how Hollywood studios/networks compare at the highest level. |
Fast Company December 2005 Mark N. Vamos |
Editor's Letter: Hooray for Hollywood There is a revolution taking place in the film industry. |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2006 W.D. Crotty |
Will "Bubble" Bust Cinemas? A maverick filmmaker and a billionaire duo seek to shake up Hollywood by simultaneously releasing a new movie to DVD, cable TV and movie theaters. Is this the paradigm shift that kills the suffering movie theater industry? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool February 28, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Comcast Demands Indie Cred The cable giant comes up with an interesting deal for on-demand content. Is the era of the Hollywood blockbuster, with lines around the block on opening weekend, coming to an end? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool February 29, 2008 Anders Bylund |
End of the Line, New Line Time Warner's absorption of New Line studio could signal other big changes ahead. |
BusinessWeek October 29, 2009 Ronald Grover |
Disney Remakes the Movie Studio Disney CEO Robert A. Iger is applying the company's brand marketing savvy to film making. |
InternetNews September 14, 2004 Colin C. Haley |
How Much Hollywood For Comcast? Cable giant Comcast boosts video-on-demand offerings through a deal with Sony and considers a stake in MGM. |
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 Scott Kirsner |
A Celluloid Hero Goes Digital Technicolor is racing some nimble rivals to gain the lead at the multiplex. |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Thinking Outside the Box Office When it comes to new releases and DVDs, Hollywood's future may be very different from its present. The point is that movie theaters don't have to die unless they want to. For investors, there may even be some attractive situations here. |
IEEE Spectrum November 2005 Tekla S. Perry |
The Sky Is Falling The intrinsic desirability of using digital technology in 3-D projection gives Disney and Dolby a powerful motive to advance the technology. Once the world's movie theaters go digital, movie studios expect to save about a billion dollars a year. |
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Ronald Grover |
Gates Tries For A Hollywood Ending Tinseltown execs may still love a tale of redemption. But it may take more than a new script for Microsoft to remake itself from villain to hero when it comes to digital rights management software and the media industry. |
Fast Company July 2006 Adam L. Penenberg |
Revenge of the Nerds Arin Crumley and Susan Buice were just art squids with a handful of credit cards, a digital camera, and very patient parents. Now they have a (long) shot at the big time. How the digital wave gives power to the little people and reshapes the way movies reach the world. |
InternetNews July 7, 2005 David Needle |
Intel Takes Stake in On-Demand Movies Intel is pushing beyond its core semiconductor business by investing in a joint venture focused on distributing premium movies directly to consumers over the Internet. |
Fast Company June 1, 2007 Chuck Salter |
Brave New Mouse When Disney-ABC agreed to sell its prime-time hits on Apple's iTunes, the deal set off a revolution inside the media giant. Now a digital team with the spirit of a startup is reinventing TV -- and the industry is following. |
InternetNews February 12, 2004 Colin Haley |
Comcast: New Technologies Can Spur Disney Deal Comcast execs say streaming media, video-on-demand and personal video recording services will maximize Disney's content; growth markets are online too. |
BusinessWeek February 5, 2007 Ronald Grover |
How Bob Iger Unchained Disney The Oscar for Disney's turnaround goes to... Bob Iger. No, wait, to Michael Eisner. No, both. |
BusinessWeek March 11, 2010 Ronald Grover et al. |
Revenge of the Cable Guys If you think online TV will be free forever, think again. The cable companies have a plan to keep control - and stick you with the bill. |
BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 Ronald Grover |
More Malice In Wonderland Can Disney keep the Weinstein brothers from bailing out? The Miramax chiefs are unhappy. |
The Motley Fool September 16, 2005 Steven Mallas |
Disney Studios Need Some Magic The Mouse's studios are set to lose as much as $300 million in the fourth quarter. Disney really is a frustrating stock at times. |
BusinessWeek May 5, 2011 Michael White |
This Summer, Hollywood Could Use a Hero Hollywood will roll out big-budget movies almost weekly this summer in an effort to erase a $500 million box-office deficit so far in 2011. |
Entrepreneur January 2008 Farnoosh Torabi |
Investor's Cut Get your shot at the silver screen without setting a foot in Hollywood. |
HBS Working Knowledge August 17, 2011 Kim Girard |
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood Despite a thriving movie industry in India, Hollywood studios have experienced difficulty making much money there. Researchers discovered a complicated mix of piracy and plagiarism. |
InternetNews September 27, 2004 Colin C. Haley |
Comcast, TW Mull Joint Adelphia Bid The companies may team to buy the bankrupt cable provider to maximize the chances of success. |
The Motley Fool May 30, 2011 |
As New Owner of NBC Universal, Can Comcast Merge the Corporate With the Creative? Now that the deal is done, a look at NBC's new parent. |
CIO October 15, 2008 Scott Kirsner |
What CIOs Can Learn From Hollywood The movie industry's history of dissing new technology offers lessons for anyone trying to introduce innovation. |
Reason May 2008 Greg Beato |
Hollywood's Decency Epidemic An onslaught of wholesome entertainment |
The Motley Fool October 7, 2011 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Reasons Why Comcast's $60 Movies Will Fail The cable giant is testing on-demand rentals of nearly first-run features. |
The Motley Fool October 1, 2007 Anders Bylund |
Fool on the Street: Disney's Growth Model Disney CFO Tom Staggs explains how the company grows its business, and where the Mouse is going next. |
BusinessWeek February 6, 2006 Burrows & Grover |
Steve Jobs' Magic Kingdom How Apple's demanding visionary will shake up Disney and the world of entertainment. |
The Motley Fool March 3, 2006 Brian Gorman |
Yahoo!'s Fallen Star Unfortunately, Yahoo! lost time and initiative while exploring the idea of becoming the next Hollywood mogul. As far as video on the Web goes, Yahoo! is now neither a leader nor an innovator. |
BusinessWeek October 14, 2010 Grover & White |
Hollywood Looks to China for Movie Money China hopes its investments in Hollywood will help build its own entertainment industry. |
The Motley Fool May 9, 2007 Steven Mallas |
Comcast at the Movies Comcast is interested in distributing movies on the same day of release. Will it ever come to pass? |
CRM December 2011 Eric Barkin |
The Monday Morning Numbers on Movie Marketing How international growth, social media, and a decline in DVD sales are changing the film industry's marketing strategies. |
Home Theater June 12, 2008 |
Warner Shakes It Up Warner Bros. will kill the recently merged New Line Cinema, cut its overall theatrical release schedule in half, and build profit streams from Blu-ray and video on demand. |
The Motley Fool April 4, 2011 Anders Bylund |
Has Hollywood Seen the Digital Light? A consortium of big-name movie studios has come up with a bold, new digital distribution plan for new movies. |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2004 Brian Gorman |
Yahoo! Concentrates on the Creative The company's hiring of Lloyd Braun may mean that it wants to be more involved in original content. |
BusinessWeek September 4, 2006 Ronald Grover |
Duds In The Water The "smart money" sees slim returns from films. |