Dennis McAlpine
Dennis McAlpine
time
Time Warner has to show they still have their expertise.
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The temptation is too great for Hollywood to resist.
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The technology for creating animated films has come down to fairly simplistic levels, so a lot of people can make animated films. The trick is to make animated films people want to see. Disney has shown you can make animated films that nobody wants.
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I don't know how they get an attraction out of this. Look at the top films and tell me who's starring in them. If I were an advertiser on the Oscars, I'd look for something else. This is not going to give Hollywood a chance to promote the idea of going to the movies for entertainment.
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The thing is that Cineplex has lost its market dominance. Distributors are able to raise the price on them. Now, they should be able to force film costs down as a percentage of revenue.
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The negative impact on cable networks will be more than on broadcast networks.
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It means we're going to be off to a pretty slow start compared with last year.
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It means one of them at least is going to be happy because he's going to get some carriage on something approaching 11 million consumers.
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It would not surprise me if there were a deal, either way.
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There is still that onus hanging over the teams as to what happens if there is another strike, and that is preventing some long-term commitments, particularly in some of the ancillary markets.
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They've cut back their risk profile significantly -- they're making movies not to lose money, rather than to make money. They got a little carried away and they have no upside either.
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Tell me where the good news was. I haven't seen anything that's good except video game sales.
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You're looking at an industry that's still not growing substantially, particularly if snowboarding doesn't continue to grow.