I read through Chapter 9 of this book over the past week and noticed that one piece of information really stood to me. I read that when the television industry became popular; the movie industry in a failed attempt tried to take over creating a few of its own networks. Once Hollywood realized that the Television networks were too big to compete with, Hollywood decided to sell some of its movies for release on Television. All of this was happening in the early 1950's and it is amazing to see that all of this started over 60 years ago.
Now when you turn on the TV you could probably find 20+ movies being played on a variety of channels. You can even buy movies on your TV! So this creates my question for you bloggers out there; did Hollywood eventually succeed?
I think in a way they may have succeeded a little bit. I view channels such as "HBO", "Showtime", and "Starz" to be "movie channels. These channels in fact did the opposite of most regular TV networks have done. They started out as channels that strictly just show newer released movies and then gradually integrated TV shows.
It is interesting how the TV industry went up and the movie industry went down, Maybe because their was cheaper entertainment at home people didn't need to go to the theater.
ReplyDeleteI always viewed the premium channels as movie channels as well but the whole reason why anyone I know gets them now is because of the TV shows on those channels
This also really stood out to me and it made me think too. I have to agree that when you turn on your television there are tons of movies playing on various channels. in fact there are movie channels just to play movies on. I think it is important to look at hollywood when talking about this. I am not sure this means they succeeded but i do know they make tons of money and these films are being watched by people all over because of their accessibility.
ReplyDeleteI think Hollywood did succeed. They found another way to disperse their films and make more money. I know that I usually see a movie on one of those movie channels and if I really like it, I usually go out and buy the DVD. I feel like these channels have really taken off lately by diving into making their own programs and mini series. They are really converging two mediums that used to be separate not that long ago.
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