{"id":354,"date":"2005-08-04T14:30:53","date_gmt":"2005-08-04T12:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/wp_1\/index.php\/archive\/hollywood-plots-end-of-film-reels\/"},"modified":"2005-08-04T14:30:53","modified_gmt":"2005-08-04T12:30:53","slug":"hollywood-plots-end-of-film-reels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/2005\/08\/hollywood-plots-end-of-film-reels\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Plots End of Film Reels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of Hollywood&#8217;s movie studios have agreed on technical specifications fpr digital cinema, remember <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/wp_1\/index.php\/archive\/digital-cinema-here-at-last\/\">these notes<\/a> on the business model and value net issues inherent &#8230; <\/p>\n<p>The move to digital distribution <em>united the studios, which are more accustomed to competing with each other than collaborating.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Studios spent more than $631 million in 2003 on film prints for the North American market alone [&#8230;] Subtracting reels [&#8230;] could <strong>reduce total distribution costs by as much as 90 percent<\/strong>.<br \/>\n[&#8230;] theater owners also would benefit from new flexibility: If a movie sells out in one theater, an owner can quickly switch other screens to that feature to accommodate the unexpected demand. And if a supposed blockbuster turns out to be a bomb, it can be yanked from screens just as instantly &#8212; no new prints from the studio, no reel swaps.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>there&#8217;s something in it for moviegoers, too &#8212; digital in-theater display means no out-of-focus projection, no out-of-order reels, no scratches and pops on film that&#8217;s been played too many times on old projectors. And digital systems could make other kinds of content possible in theaters, including live, high-definition coverage of sports events, Broadway plays or group games.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>all in all offering potentials for business model innovations &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The article goes on with the central question <em>Who will foot the bill?<\/em> and security &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/news\/print\/0,1294,68332,00.html\">Wired News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of Hollywood&#8217;s movie studios have agreed on technical specifications fpr digital cinema, remember these notes on the business model and value net issues inherent &#8230; The move to digital distribution united the studios, which are more accustomed to competing with each other than collaborating. Studios spent more than $631 million in 2003 on film [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,11,4],"tags":[15,240,26,19,216],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}