In a 2-1 vote, the FCC repealed a 22-year-old rule holding that a company cannot own stations that reach more than a combined 39% of the U.S. television audience. The ownership limit will be replaced by a case-by-case approach. - NBC
What their interviews turned up was that people were not doing this out of habit. They were doing it with intent. They knew precisely which emotion they were shopping for, and they knew the film would hand it over. No browsing. No twenty minutes of scrolling before giving up. - Silicon Canals
Or both, and more - in 2024, the company expanded to New Mexico as well. But right now, Netflix claims, New Jersey’s tax credits are easier to access. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
“Hollywood is a business, and that business is successful when movies become huge hits. That’s been true since the dawn of the film industry. But the blockbuster mentality also has an irrational side, an irrational exuberance.” - Variety
And, of course, “iPods are ‘driving the trend’ in sales,” when everyone of a certain age wants an iPod or some other, older MP3 player, one that doesn’t send notifications or keep track of you. - BBC
“The young and upcoming filmmakers are rejecting the use of AI. It’s the established filmmakers, some of whom are legendary, who are the proponents of this soulless technology.” - Boston Globe
"We tricked them by putting soccer in a comedy show. … The first thing you’ve got to do to get somebody to become a soccer fan is just make them care about one team, to find one team.” Even if it’s fictional. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
“The fact that acting nominees only submit one episode per performance feels very high stakes: One episode must make the best possible case that you deserve to win.” - Vulture
Together, these shows comprise a new wave of teen television defined by a slow indie-film pace, an anti-algorithm aesthetic, and longing as its central engine. - The Guardian
“The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority cleared the pending acquisition, ruling that a Paramount-Warner tie up does not pose a ‘substantial lessening of competition’ in the country. Meanwhile, Britain’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said it also wouldn’t intervene — on the basis of several ‘legally-binding commitments’ from Paramount.” - AP
Most films are distributed with caption tracks, but cinemas, on average, caption only 1% of all showings. This is despite statistics showing that in the UK, one in seven people – approximately 14% of the population – are deaf or have hearing loss. - The Conversation
The venue, which hadn’t shown a first-run movie for 35 years, has announced it’s the highest grossing theatre in the country for Christopher Nolan’s mythological epic on the film format. - The Hollywood Reporter
“Neither company shared financial details of the agreement, although it follows the collapse of a $1 billion (£745 million) deal between Disney and OpenAI which would have let people use its characters in AI-generated videos.” - BBC
The early video store was often a place to talk as well as to shop, and the persona and expertise of retailers and clerks structured the consumer experience of home video as much as the shelves on the wall. - MIT Press
