Why would ABC want to subvert current DVD sales? I can't imagine any studio wanting to see DVD sales go away. They make an insane amount of money off DVDs.
You were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.
Giles ,'Selfless'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Tamara - Dec 09, 2007 9:16:05 am PST #8849 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Kevin - Dec 09, 2007 10:09:06 am PST #8850 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Indeed, DVD is a incredibly profitable area for studios. I think there's an argument it's promotional - people may well watch a few episodes and go 'Wow, that's really good, I'll buy the DVD'. Reality, though? Doesn't matter if it's promotional or not, somebody should still be getting paid for created works.
Tamara - Dec 09, 2007 10:53:04 am PST #8851 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Doesn't matter if it's promotional or not, somebody should still be getting paid for created works.
Of course. I don't disagree with that at all. I just can't see the studios wanting to lose the revenue stream from DVD. The margins are a bit higher than iTunes and the volume is much higher.
Of course, 5 years from now that may be ass backwards, but not currently.
Kevin - Dec 09, 2007 11:01:38 am PST #8852 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Oh, sorry T - I didn't mean that at you, or anybody really - I was ranting at the world. (Or the AMPTP, maybe).
I was Youtubing away on my iPhone last night, and noticed the volume of viewers for original content is still pretty low. Although there was one clip of some dude sat on his Webcam doing a weekly show where he... talks, and it had 1.4 million viewers in the space of 5 days. That's, like, a bigger audience than Buffy got at first. The world is a changing place.
Laga - Dec 09, 2007 11:36:11 am PST #8853 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
You never know the accuracy of those figures. They count a video as viewed if it's clicked on, even if you click away after one second. Also some folks pay marketing companies to artificially inflate the number of hits.
Kevin - Dec 09, 2007 11:40:28 am PST #8854 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
That probably makes sense. The video in question was called something like Britney's Vagina, so it's either artificial hits, or that's the most popular term on Youtube right now. It could go either way, really.
Laga - Dec 09, 2007 12:49:53 pm PST #8855 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Netflix will let you save Drive:season one. I added it to my queue just because. Perhaps my DVDs will ship from a parallel universe.
Polter-Cow - Dec 09, 2007 12:51:03 pm PST #8856 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Roger A. Trevanti Explains The AMPTP's New Proposal.
This is pretty great.
But guess how much money studios made on the Internet last year? Zero dollars. Zero zero zero, zero zero zero, zero dollars. With a one and a two in front of those zeroes. [$120,000,000] See? Zero dollars. There's no money to give.
DebetEsse - Dec 09, 2007 12:53:06 pm PST #8857 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I wonder if the MSCL stream is testing the water for re-airing old stuff on tv if the strike goes on.
Kristen - Dec 09, 2007 1:42:39 pm PST #8858 of 10001
I was ranting at the world.
Here is my rant for today.
I finally found a pair of jeans in my closet that fit me and that I don't have to hike up every other second. I wore them when I went out to run errands.
Aaaaaand I ripped them.
Damn you, world! Damn you, traitorous jeans!