Distribution Revolution Conversations About the Digital Future of Film and Television

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. 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. 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. 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. And the final section offers insights from creative talent whose professional practices, compensation, and everyday working conditions have been transformed over the past ten years. 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. Interviewees include:  Gary Newman, Chairman, 20th Century Fox Television  Kelly Summers, Former Vice President, Global Business Development and New Media Strategy, Walt Disney Studios  Thomas Gewecke, Chief Digital Officer and Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Warner Bros. Entertainment  Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, Netflix  Felicia D. Henderson, Writer-Producer, Soul Food, Gossip Girl  Dick Wolf, Executive Producer and Creator, Law & Order

ISBN:	9780520283251
Publisher:	University of California Press
Imprint:	University of California Press
Published date:	05 Sep 2014
DEWEY:	384.84
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	256
Weight:	386g
Height:	151mm
Width:	229mm
Spine width:	16mm

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