Maybe TV from all sources is beginning to lose some viewers to a more social and friendly venue: the hometown movie theater.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/us/05theater.html?_r=2Not only 'talkies', but many large cities with theaters that have working pipe organs are gaining popularity by playing original silent films from the early teens and 20s with live organ and orchestra accompaniment.
A very prominent example, the Tampa Theater with its Wurlitzer Pipe Organ. http://www.tampatheatre.org/comingAttractions.php Plus their regular show bill... http://www.tampatheatre.org/Maybe it will turn out that Darryl F. Zanuck knew what he was talking about concerning the threat television was imposing on Hollywood...
In 1946, Zanuck said "People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_F._Zanuck Cliff Albert Manfredi wrote:
Craig Birkmaier wrote:http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/05/28/its-over-final-broadcast-primetime-network-ratings-for-2009-10-season/52692 Mixed bag. It looks like the supposedly "most coveted" demographic gave CBS and Fox a big boost last season, compared with the previous year. That's 18-34, not 18-54, which may make it even more surprising. I don't understand how one event, e.g. the superbowl, is being claimed as making the difference from a significant increase in ratings to a big loss, for the year. That's doesn't make sense to me. Let's not ignore the possibility that if there were no super bowl, presumably CBS would have aired something that was not a complete loser, right? Why assume the worst would replace this one viewer magnet? Also, NBC is said to have gained 4 percent among all viewers, yet they lost a small amount in each of the demographic groups. How is that explained? I don't have any trouble understanding why Fox and CBS do well. I already opined on here that putting Jay Leno on prime time was a mistake for NBC. Anyway, whatever the small variations, I would still like a credible measurement of OTA viewership, one year on. In the Berlin market, they claimed that among those who could receive DVB-T with an indoor antenna, there was an increase in OTA viewership during the early days after transition. Maybe the same is happening here? I would have trusted the Michael Powell FCC to give us a good reading. Can't say the same now, by a long shot. Bert _________________________________________________________________THere were some marginal gains for Fox and CBS last season, although overall the networks still lost audience share again. Here is a good analysis:Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox.http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.
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