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Movie theaters should have the right to block cell phone signals.
Plans to petition FCC
6/18/2008 11:49:30 AM
Opinion Source Information:
NY Times
The National Association of Theater Owners, the primary trade group for exhibitors, is pushing to improve the theatrical experience by addressing complaints about on-screen advertisements, cellphones in theaters and other disruptions... The trade group plans to petition the Federal Communications Commission to permit the blocking of cellphones inside theaters, Mr. Fithian said. That would require changing an existing regulation, he added.
The National Association of Theater Owners, the primary trade group for exhibitors, is pushing to improve the theatrical experience by addressing complaints about on-screen advertisements, cellphones in theaters and other disruptions...
The trade group plans to petition the Federal Communications Commission to permit the blocking of cellphones inside theaters, Mr. Fithian said. That would require changing an existing regulation, he added.
Movie theaters should not have the right to block cell phone signals.
"It doesn't sound like it's a plan that's been really thought out"
6/16/2008 12:04:41 PM
Asked about the proposals, Douglas Heller, executive director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said that blocking phones might be a cure worse than the illness. "It doesn't sound like it's a plan that's been really thought out," he said. "There's a legitimate reaction against cellphone use in theaters, by moviegoers and theater owners. But I don't think the public is going to react very well to being handled in this way."
(N.B.: Consumer Watchdog was formerly named the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights.)
[NYT]
Video-sharing sites will have a positive impact on the film industry.
"very good news"
8/20/2007 2:33:17 PM
Our studios have made distribution deals with peer to peer sites, BitTorrent, community video sharing sites like GUBA and others and because of those deals, consumers can download movies to computers, home networks and soon, Itv. Consumers will continue to try new devices and use new products that allow them to see more movies - much like television. We know for a fact from our own consumer research that consumers who have many electronic devices at their disposal are liable to see more movies. One thing that is certain is that with the onslaught of new technologies making movies more accessible, more people will see movies. And that is very good news for our industry.
Movie stars' salaries are not justified.
"Fail to satisfy on any level..."
8/20/2007 2:32:07 PM
From this Guardian piece, co-written by Guber and Peter Bart:
The movies need stars and the stars need movies, but to sustain the financial weight of star casting, a film must be geared to the widest possible audience... Theoretically it should be possible to tailor-make projects that meet these criteria, but more and more superstar vehicles fail to satisfy on any level, critical or financial. The superstars, wary about protecting their franchises, are taking ever fewer risks. Why abandon the status quo, when the results are so bountiful? The answer, of course, is that they are bountiful only to the superstars. For moviegoers around the world, the system isn't working, nor is it working for the multinational companies that own the relatively unprofitable dream factories. The public wants better movies, or they'll stop buying tickets.
"The system isn't working"
8/20/2007 2:31:58 PM
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