{"id":687,"date":"2006-02-18T12:12:35","date_gmt":"2006-02-18T17:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=687"},"modified":"2006-02-23T22:30:59","modified_gmt":"2006-02-24T03:30:59","slug":"straight-to-download-and-other-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=687","title":{"rendered":"Straight to Download and Other Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been remiss in not keeping closer tabs on the excellent CinemaTech blog<\/a>. Having finally surfed back through yesterday evening, I caught an entry (Link<\/a>) that was of particular interest concerning the indy bio-terror flick “Waterborne”. The blog’s author references Anne Thompson’s Hollywood Reporter<\/em> “RiskyBiz” blog entry<\/a> and includes a portion of an interview from rediff.com<\/a>. Extremely interesting stuff (from my perspective, anyway).<\/p>\n

I’d suggest keeping an eye out for the film’s revenue numbers in the weeks ahead. But it’s not the numbers themselves that matter; it’s how the industry reacts that will be worth watching imo. This might actually be as much or more important than Soderbergh’s “Bubble”.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, you might also want to read some of Cinematech’s other entries. I very much enjoyed the “Other Digital Stuff” (Link<\/a>) entry – especially since I offered up one possible option in the comments section of an MIT Convergence Culture blog entry (Link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

And in related news, he posts about UltraStar Cinema being the first theater chain to go 100% digital… capable<\/em>; an important detail Cinematech highlights in its entry (Link<\/a>). However, if you take a look at the UltraStar website, it appears they might be experimenting with ways to make up for the lack of available digital content (Link<\/a>):

<\/p>\n

Join ULTRASTAR for Hollywood’s Biggest Night!
\nWatch the Big Awards LIVE on the Giant Screen<\/strong> Sunday, March 5!<\/p>\n

Enjoy the excitement LIVE, from the red carpet arrivals to the final award of the evening. Doors open at 3:30pm, award presentation begins at 5:00pm.<\/p>\n

LA COSTA event hosted by the Carlsbad Educational Foundation. Dinner tickets on sale now at the La Costa box office for $20.00* which includes dinner and a raffle ticket
\n…
\nAlso join us at our DEL MAR HIGHLANDS & POWAY CINEMAS. Admission tickets will be distributed soon!<\/p>\n

*admission to view the broadcast is free. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/center>I’d venture they’re question is: What’s the best way to leverage live streaming video:<\/p>\n

a) Make money from tickets to a “dinner event”
\nb) Make money off of the concessions
\nc) All of the above
\nd) All of the above and more<\/p>\n

Nice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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