Todd Wagner
Todd Wagner
Todd R. Wagnerco-founded Broadcast.com and now co-owns 2929 Entertainment with Mark Cuban, along with other entertainment properties and has also founded the Todd Wagner Foundation...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth2 August 1960
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We continue to expand our turnkey business-to-business Internet broadcasting services, as we delivered 960 events in the second quarter of 1999, more than double the number of events in the second quarter of 1998 and a 45 percent increase over the first quarter of 1999,
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While you may say that's not a big number, if you do the math with me ... believe me, it's big. It's helpful to an industry that has razor-thin margins. The exhibition industry is a horribly tough industry.
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Our core business strategy is to create new opportunities for the consumer, ... what we¹re doing has never been done before. As studios and exhibitors search for ways to retain audiences frustrated with the theatre experience, we believe the competitive solution lies in increasing value for customers.
We want the exhibitors to be a part of this because they should be and from my perspective, they always should have been.
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In this world, people don't want to wait.
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It's the beginning of a very slow process. It's like throwing the first pitch in a nine-inning baseball game.
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It's not inherent in the industry to be entrepreneurial. It's a culture of cover your ass: 'As long as I keep getting a big star in my movie, I can't get fired.' We view innovation and taking chances as part of our business. If we don't do it, someone else will, and they'll knock us down.
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This is not Spider-Man 3 , but it's the start of a process.
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It's important to note that this movie was designed for a niche audience. Going in, we knew we had a very atypical film for the marketplace, and the day-and-date strategy provided an economic framework that let us take a chance on a unique, challenging and exceptional film and make it profitable.
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It's important to note that this movie was designed for a niche audience.
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The Internet started in a silent-movie phase -- a text-oriented Internet. But now it's moving. We look at ourselves as that portal that people come to for streaming audio or video programming.
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We want people to go to the movies. But the reality is that this is a digital world and we have to adapt to that reality.
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Truth sounds like hate to those who hate the truth
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Don't confuse what FEELS right, for what IS right.