Future of Commercial TV

January 19th, 2015 at 5:03:59 PM permalink
Evenbob
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This is pretty neat. The studio where Betty
White works surprised her last week for
her 93rd birthday. There's no people like
show people.

If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
January 20th, 2015 at 3:15:58 AM permalink
Fleastiff
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Amazon plans to produce and release to Subscription Video on Demand original movies. The delay window from completion to SVoD streaming will be two to four weeks.
January 20th, 2015 at 4:50:12 AM permalink
Pacomartin
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Quote: Fleastiff
Amazon plans to produce and release to Subscription Video on Demand original movies. The delay window from completion to SVoD streaming will be two to four weeks.


I read 4 to 8 weeks. Especially Woody Allen movies. Loyal fans will go to see him in the theater, but most people see his movies on the small screen.
Woody Allen's "To Rome With Love" boxoffice was
$8.10m in first 4 weeks
$6.99m in second 4 weeks
$1.60m in last 9 weeks

If they run it in the theater for 4 weeks without Amazon SVOD competition, and another 4 weeks with competition then cease it may make only $13m in the boxoffice. But if Woody Allen's movie and 11 others like help Amazon sell a million people on $300 a year on first year subscriptions they should make out.

I am betting that the theaters buy into it because these kind of films don't really affect their revenue stream very much compared to big films.
September 29th, 2015 at 3:13:30 PM permalink
Evenbob
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The Grinder comes on tonight. How can
it fail with such a talented cast.

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September 29th, 2015 at 4:04:43 PM permalink
Pacomartin
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Quote: Evenbob
The Grinder comes on tonight.

Rob Lowe is starting three series in the same season. "The Grinder" on Fox, "You, Me and the Apocalypse" on NBC as a winter replacement, and a voice for an animated series based on "The Lion King" to appear on Disney Channel.

He will also appear in "Monster Trucks", an upcoming 2016 American 3D live-action/computer-animated action comedy film produced by Paramount Animation.

Lowe was just 22 in 1989 when he was caught in a sex tape where it emerged that one of two girls he was with was underage at 16. He insists it is the best thing that ever happened to him as it made him sober up.
September 29th, 2015 at 4:07:35 PM permalink
Nareed
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Quote: Pacomartin
Rob Lowe is starting three series in the same season. "The Grinder" on Fox, "You, Me and the Apocalypse" on NBC as a winter replacement, and a voice for an animated series based on "The Lion King" to appear on Disney Channel.


"Does he sing in any of them?" she asked most innocently ;)
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September 29th, 2015 at 6:01:24 PM permalink
Evenbob
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I can't think of anything where I disliked
Rob Lowe's appearance. He real's good
at doing self deprecating humor.
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September 30th, 2015 at 11:10:09 AM permalink
Pacomartin
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It seems like TV show featuring strong, successful characters played by African American actors/actresses are doing well on TV. There are exceptions (The Player, and Minority Report) have very low ratings.

Empire 6.7
Scandal 3.3
How to Get Away with Murder 2.6
Black-ish 2.4
Rosewood 2.4
The Player 1.2
Minority Report 1.1

Shows starring Asian actors are holding their own.

Fresh Off the Boat 1.9
Quantico 1.9
September 30th, 2015 at 12:31:00 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: Pacomartin

Empire 6.7


I don't get Empire. I tried to watch it
again and lased 10min, it's that bad.
It's overly dramatic and over acted,
like a bad soap opera. Who the heck
is watching it that keeps the ratings
so high.
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September 30th, 2015 at 2:44:17 PM permalink
Pacomartin
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Who the heck is watching it that keeps the ratings so high.


Roughly two-thirds of those age 2 and older watching “Empire” last Wednesday night (66.9%) were African-Americans. It joins ABC’s Thursday tandem of “Scandal” (42% African-American) and newcomer “How to Get Away Murder” (41%) as broadcast dramas in which more than 4 in 10 viewers are black.

Among the top 12 markets, Wednesday’s episode of “Empire” won in the 18-49 demo in every one but Boston. The top scores in those cities came from Atlanta (14.9 rating/29 share), Detroit (9.2/24), Washington, D.C. (7.8/23), Cleveland (7.5/17) and New York (7.3/20) — all well above the show’s national average of 6.0/17.

So if (66.9%) were African-Americans out of 17 million, that means almost 11 million viewers were AA. That's out of 40 million AA in the country.

In general minorities and public television viewers rely on OTA more than other Americans.