Filmmaker and comedian David Cross premiered his new movie at Sundance, but didn’t like any of the distribution deals offered by major studios, so he decided to give the film directly… Read more »
Getting hit by hackers who may or may not be from North Korea isn’t the worst way to drum up interest for a movie: “The Interview” is currently at the top of… Read more »
What makes the Weinstein Company’s strategy for the “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” sequel truly unusual is that the film is bypassing all transactional windows — from theaters to DVD sales and… Read more »
With the industry now preparing to make the leap from HD to 4K Ultra-HD a pair of announcements this week at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin suggested we could… Read more »
Facebook’s proprietary metric, People Talking About This, might get a boost for media companies seeking detailed sentiment about their content. Read more »
The studios were hoist on the petard of their own pining for the heady early days of DVD — a format shift that drove a massive change in consumer behavior from… Read more »
Had Amazon defied the publishers’ ultimatum, and the publishers followed through on their threat, it would have created a situation that one class of retailer willing to charge the highest price… Read more »