This is a good summary of how the online challenge, as with the music industry before it, threatens the film industry's cash cow of DVD/Blu-Ray: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/nov/29/dvd-industry-sales-slump-blu-ray
Plus http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/18/digital-video-streaming-online-netflix ('As more and more television moves online thanks to streaming services such as Netflix, Jemima Kiss examines the options available to traditional media – which some say faces a bleak future')
This blog explores US influence (financial + cultural), Anglocentric (ie, primarily English) representations, digitisation, ownership, industry developments, audience, media theories, tracking key news + events, with Film/Media A-Level/undergrad students + educators in mind. Examples often include Sheffield's Warp (Indie) and London/LA-based Working Title (NBC-Universal subsidiary), ie This is England/Four Lions v Bridget Jones/Green Zone! Please acknowledge the source/blog author: Mr D Burrowes
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