Distribution revolution : conversations about the digital future of film and television / edited by Michael Curtin, Jennifer Holt, and Kevin Sanson ; foreword by Kurt Sutter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sutter, Kurt, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Curtin, Michael, editor.

Holt, Jennifer, 1968- editor.

Sanson, Kevin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Marketing.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Distribution.

Television programs--Marketing.

Television programs.

Television broadcasting.

Digital media--Influence.

Digital media.

Chief executive officers--United States--Interviews.

Chief executive officers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Distribution Revolution is a collection of interviews with leading film and TV professionals concerning the many ways that digital delivery systems are transforming the entertainment business. These interviews provide lively insider accounts from studio executives, distribution professionals, and creative talent of the tumultuous transformation of film and TV in the digital era. The first section features interviews with top executives at major Hollywood studios, providing a window into the big-picture concerns of media conglomerates with respect to changing business models, revenue streams, and audience behaviors. The second focuses on innovative enterprises that are providing path-breaking models for new modes of content creation, curation, and distribution-creatively meshing the strategies and practices of Hollywood and Silicon Valley. And the final section offers insights from creative talent whose professional practices, compensation, and everyday working conditions have been transformed over the past ten years. Taken together, these interviews demonstrate that virtually every aspect of the film and television businesses is being affected by the digital distribution revolution, a revolution that has likely just begun. Interviewees include: • Gary Newman, Chairman, 20th Century Fox Television • Kelly Summers, Former Vice President, Global Business Development and New Media Strategy, Walt Disney Studios • Thomas Gewecke, Chief Digital Officer and Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Warner Bros. Entertainment • Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, Netflix • Felicia D. Henderson, Writer-Producer, Soul Food, Gossip Girl • Dick Wolf, Executive Producer and Creator, Law & Order

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Making of a Revolution

Editors' Introduction

Gary Newman, Chairman, 20th Century Fox Television

Richard Berger, Senior Vice President, Global Digital Strategy and Operations, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Kelly Summers, Former Vice President, Global Business Development and New Media Strategy, The Walt Disney Company

Thomas Gewecke, Chief Digital Officer and Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Warner Bros. Entertainment

Mitch Singer, Chief Digital Strategy Officer, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Gail Berman, Founding Partner, Berman Braun

Jordan Levin, President, Alloy Digital, and Chief Executive Officer, Generate

Betsy Scolnik, Found er, Scolnik Enterprises

Christian Mann, General Manager, Evil Angel Productions

Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, Netflix

Anders Sjöman, Vice President, Communication, Voddler

Scott Frank, Screenwriter- Director

Paris Barclay, Director- Producer

Felicia D. Henderson, Writer- Producer

Stanton "Larry" Stein, Partner, Liner Law

Patric Verrone, Writer- Producer and Former President, Writers Guild of America, West

Dick Wolf, Executive Producer and Creator, Law & Order

Appendix

Glossary

About the Editors

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520959088

0520959086

OCLC:

881611525