GLG News by Council Members who Know Cinema

Alternative content is a great concept for idle capacity in the nation’s movie theaters and is enabled due to the transition to digital cinema. It will be a while before this concept is proven or disproven. The reasons are simple: there has not been much alternative content and the theaters, used to...

Beyond DVR ratings, the broadcast networks are recognizing that the Internet is the new window for revenue.

Blockbuster has announced that it will offer all new high definition DVDs in the Blu Ray format on an exclusive basis. Whether or not this is a blockbuster decision by Blockbuster as it relates to the Sony led format remains to be seen. And this will not necessarily spell the doom of the Toshiba led...

Can MusicStation, a phone based music service backed by Motorola, Samsung, Nokia, Sony-Ericsson, Universal Music Group, EMI Music, Sony BMG and Warner Music, beat Apple’s iTunes / iPhone combination?

By most standards, U2 is a leader in all aspects of the entertainment business, but when major players such as James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Robert Zemeckis, Disney, DreamWorks and others are involved in 3D stereoscopic movies, U2 is just another name on the list. U2 was at Cannes...

1. Research In Motion Ltd.(RIM), Motorola and Nokia Corp have been eating into Palm’s handheld organizer business with sophisticated phone and email devices for years. 2. Palm was late in recognizing that RIM’s Blackberry was a competitor to its organizer and smartphone business. 3. Palm has created...

SMS can be a damaging form of advertising for mobile contentSubscription revenue schemes have worked well and increased ARPU in ChinaContent aggregators may ultimately be squeezed by the mobile carriers

1.3-D is compelling the exhibitors such as Regal Entertainment Group, AMC Entertainment Inc. and Cinemark to replace their film projectors with the higher priced digital projectors2.Due to Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) initial domestic focus, U2 3D may have one big liability Internationally--Not...

1.AT&T U-Verse has encountered legal technical and outsourcing problems, resulting in AT&T putting the service in fewer markets than originally expected. 2. Verizon FiOS is making inroads to Cable Vision Systems and Comcast Communications coverage areas 2. Verizon FiOS is making inroads to Cable...

AT&T and Verizon are bundling television with their traditional services as a survival tactic Verizon FiOs is making significant inroads to Cox, Time Warner Cable and Comcast coverage areas Cable churn averages 3% per month, Verizon FiOS has the best churn in the Pay TV industry, 1.5% per...