
Distribution Revolution
Conversations about the Digital Future of Film and Television
University of California Press
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 5. September 2014
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-520-28324-4 (ISBN)
Description
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; and Dick Wolf, Executive Producer and Creator, Law & Order.
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; and Dick Wolf, Executive Producer and Creator, Law & Order.
Reviews / Votes
"Although the collection largely allows individuals at the forefront of changing practices to speak for themselves, Curtin, Holt, and Sanson lead them through carefully crafted questions and assembled an insightful and diverse roster of interviewees... Distribution Revolution provides a resource students will recognize as relevant and applicable to their world." Journalism & Mass Communication QuarterlyMore details
Edition
First Edition, 1
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-28324-4 (9780520283244)
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Distribution Revolution
Conversations about the Digital Future of Film and Television
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09/2014
1st Edition
University of California Press
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Distribution Revolution
Conversations about the Digital Future of Film and Television
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1st Edition
University of California Press
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Persons
Michael Curtin is the Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Professor of Global Studies in the Department of Film and Media Studies and Director of the Media Industries Project at UC Santa Barbara. Jennifer Holt is Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies and Director of the Media Industries Project at UC Santa Barbara. Kevin Sanson is the Research Director of the Media Industries Project at UC Santa Barbara where he oversees the development of MIP research initiatives and publications.
Content
Introduction: Making of a Revolution By Michael Curtin, Jennifer Holt, and Kevin Sanson Studios Editors' Introduction Gary Newman, President and Chairman, 20th Century Fox Television Richard Berger, Senior Vice President, Global Digital Strategy and Operations, Sony Pictures Kelly Summers, Former Vice President, Worldwide Digital Distribution, Walt Disney Studios Thomas Gewecke, Chief Digital Officer, Warner Bros. Entertainment Mitch Singer, Chief Digital Strategy Officer, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Upstarts Editors' Introduction Gail Berman, Founding Partner, BermanBraun Jordan Levin, President, Alloy Digital and Chief Executive Officer, Generate Betsy Scolnik, Founder, Scolnik Enterprises Christian Mann, General Manager, Evil Angel Productions Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, Netflix, Inc. Anders Sjoman, Vice President, Communication, Voddler Group Creatives Editors' Introduction 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, WGA-West Dick Wolf, Executive Producer and Creator, Law & Order