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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 June 2006 Jonathan Bing |
The New Hollywood Jeff Skoll, Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney, and Mark Cuban all had the guts to show the bigwigs that risk-taking message movies can compete with popcorn blockbusters at the box office. |
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. |
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 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. |
Fast Company Nicole LaPorte |
"The Interview" Is A VOD Perception-Changer, Not A VOD Game-Changer Long regarded as a kind of consolation prize (or dumping ground) for troubled films, or else a platform for small, specialty films that might not resonate with all of America, Video-on-demand suddenly has a new, glitzy glamour. |
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. |
Fast Company December 2005 |
The New Wave A digital tsunami is hitting Hollywood, and the old guard is holding on for dear life. But a new generation of up-and-comers has arrived. Here are 10 who know how to surf. |
Fast Company John Paul Titlow |
And The Awards For The Most Illegally Downloaded Oscar Movies Go To... Piracy remains a challenge for the film industry, whose wares make up a significant portion of illegal downloads overall. |
Popular Mechanics April 2009 Erin McCarthy |
The Tech Behind 3D's Big Revival What has convinced Hollywood that 3D is finally ready for its closeup? The short answer may be that technology has caught up with the concept. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum July 2007 David Kushner |
Can Mark Cuban Take Hollywood Hi-Def? In the first part of this interview, the HDNet and Landmark Cinema's impresario tells us how he's going to change the way we watch movies. |
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? |
PC Magazine September 14, 2005 David Murphy |
Digital Movies Blueprints A number of the biggest film studios have collaborated under the name Digital Cinema Initiatives in an effort to create industry standards for emerging digital cinema formats and distribution approaches. |
BusinessWeek April 7, 2011 Michael White |
Hollywood: Organized Crime Goes to the Movies International gangs are cornering the market for pirated DVDs. |
Fast Company Dec 2013/Jan 2014 Ari Karpel |
A Greater Escape Cinefamily has built a reputation as a place where you might see a movie -- and a zebra. |
Salon.com November 14, 2002 Charles Taylor |
Will the DVD save movies? Film purists have long wanted to watch movies "as they were meant to be seen." With the art house all but dead, the future of film is right there in your living room. |
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. |
Wired August 18, 2008 Michael Behar |
Analog Film Meets Its Match in Red Digital Cinema's Ultrahigh-Res Camera A team of engineers and scientists have created the first digital movie camera that matches the detail and richness of analog film. |
Popular Mechanics January 2009 Glenn Kenny |
Finally, Bring Home the Hollywood Classics in HD With HD discs and downloads now widely available, Hollywood is finally tackling the job of turning film classics into digital masterpieces. |
Wired January 2004 Chris Anderson |
MEMO: To: The next head of the Motion Picture Association of America How Hollywood can avoid the fate of the music industry |
Popular Mechanics May 2008 Joel Johnson |
Can Blu-Ray Really Keep Up With Classic Film Transfers in HD? Is it possible for older movies that were shot before high-definition existed to really be HD? |
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. |
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 January 5, 2004 W.D. Crotty |
Not-So-Scary Movie Does piracy threaten the movie studios? Not just yet. |
Financial Advisor February 2010 Eric Rasmussen |
Movie Mania A new company called IndieVest hopes it can make independent films turn a profit for investors. Will the model work? |
Fast Company May 1, 2011 Margaret Rhodes |
Numerology: The Price of Piracy With Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides hitting theaters May 20th, it seems our obsession with pirates just won't end -- though for many of us, sailing the seas of digital piracy is about as close as we'll get. |
Inc. January 2006 Cara Cannella |
Welcome to the Doll Factory The good news: Hollywood wants to feature your factory in a movie. The bad news: The plot is a killer. |
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 |
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. |
Fast Company Evie Nagy |
Here's The Big Problem With Sony Releasing "The Interview" On Demand After a message from the hackers threatened violent attacks on movie theaters if the film was released, all the major theater chains pulled out of showing it. Many suggested that Sony should immediately release the movie on the Internet. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Entrepreneur January 2008 Farnoosh Torabi |
Investor's Cut Get your shot at the silver screen without setting a foot in Hollywood. |
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. |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2011 Travis Hoium |
Why Can't IMAX Get Any Love? Why can't a company that grew throughout the recession get any love from investors? |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2006 Steven Mallas |
Box-Office Blues Banished The summer should provide a lot of opportunity for the various motion picture studio operating segments to bring in the bucks. Investors, now's the time to shop. |
Salon.com December 20, 2000 Stephen Lemons |
Steven Soderbergh It's been a very hot year for the director of New York Film Critics Circle favorites "Traffic" and "Erin Brockovich." Next year may be hotter still... |
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. |
Wired May 2005 Steve Silberman |
Life After Darth George Lucas was born to make underground films. Then a little movie called Star Wars lured him to the dark side. Can the father of the blockbuster really rediscover his avant-garde soul? |
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 Scott Kirsner |
A Celluloid Hero Goes Digital Technicolor is racing some nimble rivals to gain the lead at the multiplex. |
Popular Mechanics October 2005 Glenn Harlen Reynolds |
Watch Out Hollywood The entertainment industry's real threat isn't piracy, it's backyard Spielbergs armed with digital movie making gear... Interviews with two independent videographers about how they're using inexpensive technology to produce professional material |
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. |
Fast Company December 2005 Mark N. Vamos |
Editor's Letter: Hooray for Hollywood There is a revolution taking place in the film industry. |
Fast Company Dec 2013/Jan 2014 Skylar Bergl |
Lessons Learned: How to Update an Outdated Industry The former Miramax executive's subscription service works at almost any movie theater. For $35 a month, users can see one movie a day -- any movie, at any time. |
BusinessWeek April 9, 2007 Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Now Playing: Digital Disarray Hollywood's piracy fears are stifling online video expansion. |
Home Theater October 14, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
Harry Not So Wild About 3D Last Potter film will be released to theaters only in 2D. |
Home Theater June 2008 Kris Deering |
Paranoid Park--Tartan Video (Blu-ray Import) "Paranoid Park" is an effective character drama from Gus Van Sant. |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2010 Michael White |
After Harry Potter, Warner Seeks a New Hero With the teen sorcerer's saga ending, the studio taps its DC comic book stable |