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How TV Fundamentally Changed in 2020

AUDIENCE, MEDIA Posted: December 28, 2020 10:29 am

2020 wasn’t just about bigger numbers for the streaming industry. We also got to see an acceleration of cord cutting as viewers migrated by the millions from legacy cable; a shift in power as device-makers emerged as the new gatekeepers; and the erosion of long-established theatrical release windows. – Protocol

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Read the story in Protocol Published: 12.24.20

The Moments Of Theatre That Offered Comfort, Aid, Glimmers Of Light

AUDIENCE, THEATRE Posted: December 28, 2020 5:15 am

“Needless to say, 2020 didn’t exactly go as planned.” But actors, directors, playwrights, sound producers, lighting designers, and stage directors came through just as much as they possibly could. – Playbill

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Read the story in Playbill Published: 12.27.20

How The Vienna Philharmonic Has Pushed Through The Pandemic

AUDIENCE, MUSIC Posted: December 23, 2020 11:05 am

They went on a tour of Japan last month; since they got home, they’ve started a Bruckner symphony cycle under Christian Thielemann and played Strauss and Webern program under Zubin Mehta. Chairman Daniel Froschauer and general manager Michael Bladerer talk with a reporter about the orchestra’s commitment to playing together live and why it’s important. – The New York Times

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New “Wonder Woman” Flops At the International Box Office

AUDIENCE, MEDIA Posted: December 23, 2020 10:31 am

After months of delays, “Wonder Woman 1984” finally hit theaters over the weekend in 32 international markets. But the movie floundered at the box office. The Warner Bros. sequel earned just $38.5 million internationally over the weekend ahead of its debut in the US on Friday, when it will play in theaters and stream on HBO Max simultaneously. – Business Insider

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Gamer Awards Show Draws Monster Ratings

AUDIENCE, MEDIA Posted: December 22, 2020 1:31 pm

The 2020 telecast, staged this month from a Hollywood soundstage as well as dozens of remote locations, pulled in more than 83 million livestreams, falling just a bit shy of doubling last year’s 45.2 million livestreams, which was itself a sharp increase from the 11.5 million the ceremony garnered in 2017. – Los Angeles Times

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Can Dudamel’s New Virtual Reality Film Make The Young’uns Think Orchestral Music Is Cool?

AUDIENCE, MUSIC Posted: December 22, 2020 7:32 am

“The film” — titled Symphony in Madrid — “is split into two, 12-minute sections. The first, shown on a giant screen, follows three young musicians in Spain, the US and Colombia as they practise their instruments and move through landscapes and soundscapes that range from the Mediterranean coast to the streets of New York and a coffee farm on a tropical mountainside. For the second, visitors are invited into the other trailer, given a virtual reality headset and headphones, and urged to take leave of their senses.” – The Guardian

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2020 Is The Year TikTok Started Transforming The World

AUDIENCE, MEDIA Posted: December 18, 2020 11:03 am

“Now, at the end of 2020, TikTok is the most downloaded app of the year – and it’s changed an awful lot more than just how we consume media online.” Among other things, the app and the brief little videos on it have altered the way online comedy, activism, meme culture, and collaborative art. – BBC

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Why Right-Wing Talk Radio Is So Effective

AUDIENCE, MEDIA Posted: December 17, 2020 10:32 am

Good talk show hosts know their job isn’t to find or interview “good guests”; it’s to build a trust relationship with their audience, cemented over years, caller after caller, day after day. Truly effective hosts like Limbaugh and Michael Savage talk to their listeners as if they’re close and trusted friends. This is a dynamic unavailable to podcasting or television, as it is impossible to replicate without live listener interaction. – The Nation

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Are Movie Studios Killing Theatres In Favor Of Streaming?

AUDIENCE, MEDIA Posted: December 16, 2020 11:29 am

The Wall Street imperative now is too strong to resist. The conglomerates are sacrificing the future of moviegoing for the pandemically friendly practice of moviestaying. We were heading that way before COVID. Now we’re there. Outside the river of streaming content, for most studios the rest is just sentiment and small potatoes. – Chicago Tribune

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AI Can Now Translate Movie Dialog In The Actors Voices

AUDIENCE, MEDIA Posted: December 16, 2020 8:31 am

Deepdub, which came out of stealth on Wednesday, has built technology that can translate a voice track to a different language, all while staying true to the voice of the talent. This makes it possible to have someone like Morgan Freeman narrate a movie in French, Italian or Russian without losing what makes Freeman’s voice special and recognizable. – Protocol

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Could The Streaming Wars Hit Their Peak In 2021?

AUDIENCE, MEDIA Posted: December 14, 2020 12:14 pm

The problem with all this growth is that eventually streaming services will just run out of households to sign up. This year, video-on-demand services have seen more growth than any other time in their history… But in 2021 the industry could see a massive cooling. Everyone will have tried everything and pretty much decided which ones they’re sticking to. – Wired

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Read the story in Wired Published: 12.11.20

Christmas Carol Is More Than Humbug, Even For Those Weary Of Tiny Tim

AUDIENCE, THEATRE Posted: December 14, 2020 5:45 am

Truly. Even this year, or perhaps especially this year. “‘Will you decide who shall live and who shall die?’ this Ghost of Christmas Present asked Scrooge, a question asked many times this year: Is it those in government who played down the disease, those in law enforcement who disregarded Black lives or those who have put others at risk during the pandemic?” – The New York Times

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Barcelona Gives Same-Day Testing For Concertgoers A Try

AUDIENCE, MUSIC Posted: December 13, 2020 5:30 am

More than 1000 people gathered for the experiment: Take a same-day, 15-minute antigen test, and then enjoy a concert. In this case, the concert was a free, indoor, rock and roll experiment wherein 500 people got to enjoy the music while the other 500 are serving as a control group. “The crowd reveled in the newfound freedom, dancing closely together and jostling one another for a bit of fun.” – Seattle Times (AP)

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Canadian Broadcasters Struggle With How To Deal With Legacy Shows With Inappropriate Content

AUDIENCE, MEDIA Posted: December 9, 2020 3:01 pm

Robert Hackett, an emeritus professor in Simon Fraser University’s communications department, suggested broadcasters are “caught between a rock and a hard place” when it comes to addressing the problems with beloved content, where they risk facing accusations of cultural insensitivity on one hand or censorship on the other. – Toronto Star

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Saving England’s Christmas Pantomimes From COVID

AUDIENCE, THEATRE Posted: December 9, 2020 5:33 am

In York, they’re taking the panto around to socially distanced audiences at community centres in every neighborhood. In Coventry, they’re streaming from a studio and using sound effects in place of audience responses. In Liverpool, they’re acting in cinemas with scenery projected on the screen. A South London actor shot a panto in his back garden. Several cities are hosting drive-in pantos, and the BBC has hired major stars for a broadcast. – BBC

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Why Producers Are Killing Movie Theatres

AUDIENCE, MEDIA Posted: December 8, 2020 1:01 pm

“We’re witnessing a transformation of what it means to watch a movie. For over a century, film was at its core a theatrical art form: While it’s true that movies could be watched on TV, the primary cinematic experience was immersive viewing in a theater surrounded by strangers. Now there is a push to make the movie theater merely one platform among others, offering an experience deemed no more meaningful than watching the same feature-length visual narratives on a home entertainment system, a laptop, or even a cell phone.” – The Nation

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It’s Time For Movies To Move On Beyond Theatres

AUDIENCE, MEDIA Posted: December 8, 2020 11:31 am

“It’s time for the creative cinema establishment to catch up to the movie audience because when the pandemic is over, cinema in theaters may only survive in art houses that are the equivalent of vinyl for music purists.” – Deadline

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England’s Canceled Christmas Pantos Affect More Than The Theatres

AUDIENCE, THEATRE Posted: December 8, 2020 5:29 am

Says the chief executive of the theatre in the town of Malvern in Worcestershire, “The panto is crucial for the theatre, as we are unsubsidised, but also for the local economy, to which the theatre is a huge contributor” — up to £21 million a year, researchers estimate. – The Guardian

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France Won’t Expand Program To Give Youth €500 To Spend On Culture

AUDIENCE, ISSUES Posted: December 8, 2020 5:05 am

“On Monday night, the French senate put a proposed increase in funding for Culture Pass, an app that gives 18-year-olds access to a €500 ($607) credit to spend on cultural experiences, on the chopping block — and the senate moved to put the money elsewhere.” – Artnet

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Shocker: Warner Studios Says It Will Release All Its 2021 Movies At Once Streaming And In Theatres

AUDIENCE, MEDIA Posted: December 3, 2020 1:29 pm

In a surprising break from industry standards, Warner Bros.’ entire 2021 slate — a list of films that includes “The Matrix 4,” Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” remake, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical adaptation of “In the Heights,” Sopranos prequel “The Many Saints of Newark,” and “The Suicide Squad” — will debut both on HBO Max and in theaters on their respective release dates. – Variety

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A COVID-Safe Drive-In Theatre For Stage Plays Will Open Next Spring

AUDIENCE, THEATRE Posted: December 3, 2020 5:09 am

The DriveINSIDE theatre, which is approved for operating even under Britain’s Tier 3 pandemic restrictions, will have a four-week run in Manchester in March before touring the rest of the UK. Cars will be directed to a designated parking spot, the equivalent of an assigned seat, and passenger-viewers will be able to sit outside on the driver’s side. – Manchester Evening News

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A Better Way To Give Concerts?

AUDIENCE, MUSIC Posted: November 30, 2020 8:44 am

Stephen Hough: “One issue I wrote about that seems to have struck a chord with readers was the idea of removing the interval and having shorter concerts, lasting around 60-80 minutes, perhaps at different starting times, and even repeating them on the same night. Since the pandemic struck this shrunken format has quickly become the norm, a neat solution to comply with new health and safety requirements … and I’ve loved it.” – The Guardian

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TikTok Users Are Creating The Ratatouille Musical Disney Never Did

AUDIENCE, THEATRE Posted: November 30, 2020 8:00 am

But these aren’t just any TikTokkers. “Thousands of TikTok users, including many with Broadway credits, have paid homage to the 2007 Disney Pixar film, about a rat who dreams of becoming a French chef, by creating their own songs, dances, makeup looks, set designs, puppets and Playbill programs.” And Disney is apparently paying attention as well, according to its Tweets and its own TikTok contributions. – The New York Times

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In 2020, The Performing Arts Livestream Winter Holidays

AUDIENCE, MUSIC Posted: November 30, 2020 5:15 am

Members of Live Arts Maryland might be practicing outdoors, as far apart as possible, with earmuffs and scarves on, but on the day of their performance, “individual performers in A Celebration of Christmas will sing carols from their homes and will be joined, online, by an orchestra ensemble in a YouTube livestream.” – Baltimore Sun

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Theatres Are Saving A Christmas Carol

AUDIENCE, THEATRE Posted: November 30, 2020 4:00 am

Did … did it need saving? Well, perhaps the theatres do; it’s been such a large money maker for theatres in the U.S. for, well, many years. Now, as the holiday season kicks into high gear, theatres “are using every contagion-reduction strategy they have honed during the coronavirus pandemic: outdoor stagings, drive-in productions, street theater, streaming video, radio plays and even a do-it-yourself kit sent by mail.” – The New York Times

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