Studios Flirt With Offering Movies Early in Home for $30

>Six of the seven biggest Hollywood studios are continuing to push to offer movies in the home mere weeks after their theatrical debuts.

>However, the companies, particularly Fox and Warner Bros., are showing greater flexibility about timing. Initially, Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara had kicked off negotiations with exhibitors by offering to cut them in on a percentage of digital revenues if they agreed to let them debut films on-demand for $50 a rental some 17 days after they opened. Currently, most major movies are only made available to rent some 90 days after their release. Some studios offer films for sale electronically roughly 70 days after their bow in theaters.

>Other studios, particularly Fox and Universal, felt that $50 was too steep a price to ask consumers to pay. They are now trying to get exhibitors to agree to a plan that would involve a lower priced premium on-demand option that was made available at a slightly later date, according to three studio insiders and two exhibition insiders. Fox and Warner Bros., for instance, are considering making films available between 30 to 45 days after their opening, but at $30 a rental, a price they believe won’t give customers sticker shock. Universal, which is seen as being the most aggressive negotiator in these talks, would like the home entertainment debut to remain in the 20-day range.

>Studios are looking for ways to shore up home entertainment revenues as DVD sales continue to slide. They also believe that their advertising can be more effective and cost efficient if a film’s home entertainment release is closer to its theatrical debut. By grouping those two things closer together, studios wouldn’t have have to launch a massive promotional campaign to reintroduce consumers to a movie months after it was on the big screen.

variety.com/2017/film/news/studios-premium-vod-early-1202013205/

I for one, welcome this as going to the cinema is a waste of time and money.

inb4 singles only

not gonna do shit if the movies still suck

burn in hell hollywood

>Then there’s the issue of shifting consumer tastes. Younger consumers, used to streaming services such as Netflix, are accustomed to being able to access content whenever and on whichever device they would like — they’re not used to having to wait months to watch something.

>Lionsgate, Paramount, and Sony have also been talking with a group of exhibitors that includes AMC, Regal, and Cineplex. Disney is not interested in shortening the release window, the industry term for the amount of time a film runs exclusively in theaters. That’s unsurprising because Disney releases Marvel, Star Wars, and animated movies that tend to have long runs in theaters and have a size and scope that tends to work well on the big screen.

>Because of anti-trust laws, the studios cannot work together to sign deals. They have to reach agreements with each participating chain on an individual basis. The talks have been going on for over a year, and are still very much in flux, insiders caution. Many issues have to be resolved before a final pact is in place.

>Further complicating the picture is the fact that there are a number of different models being circulated. Some studios, for instance, are weighing a scenario where movies could be made available for rental at a higher price as soon as they dip below a certain number of screens. The thinking is that it doesn’t make sense for a movie to stay exclusively in theaters if it isn’t being widely shown.

>Universal would like all of its films to be released on premium video-on-demand early, but other players like Warner Bros. and Fox seem more amenable to having a different release pattern for different movies. In that kind model, bigger franchise films that tend to have longer runs in theaters might be held back from release on demand.

If you do this at a movie theater, fuck you. There is a trash can on the way out the door.

Sincerely, the person cleaning up your mess

>No deal is imminent. Theater owners are engaged in the talks, and they’ve spent million of dollars researching consumer behavior. They’re particularly concerned that if movies are offered to consumers too early and at too low a price they will stop showing up at the cinema.

>Sony is very early in its discussions, but it would be in favor of an early on-demand debut that’s somewhat later than the one being floated by the likes of Universal and at a higher price point.

>Exhibitors are firm on one point. If they agree to shrink the amount of time they have exclusive access to movies then studios must agree to keep the window for lower priced rentals and copies of movies at roughly 90 days. Those movies typically cost between $3 to $6 a rental and in the range of $20 for a disc or digital copy. Exhibitors want studios to make a pact not to try to alter the traditional home entertainment distribution model for between five to ten years.

wagecuck detected

sounds pretty cool, but im not gonna pay 30 dollars for just a rental

doesn't this already exist as a closed network in LA that you have to be pretty high up with the studios to be in?

I have a lots of money, no kids. I never need to watch anything new in the cinema. I pirate everything. You cant control me, motherfuckers!

Yep. I just watched LIFE.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

>They’re particularly concerned that if movies are offered to consumers too early and at too low a price they will stop showing up at the cinema.

But we don't want to go to the cinema anymore. We have home theaters now.

>im not gonna pay 30 dollars for just a rental

you could split it with frien...

oh wait this is Sup Forums

>I pirate everything

This is good for you as good rips will be available much sooner

More people would go to the cinema if they didn't charge so much for the crab legs

>I pirate everything

I'm glad that this and Netflix are forcing the Jews to close their ugly cineplexes.

>no more cinema showers
Thank God

wat

pirating has never been made easier

cant wait

That's fine.

Go to the cinema to watch superhero films in their full glory.

Watch everything at home either with this service or torrents. Seems win-win to me.

>Go to the cinema to watch superhero films in their full glory.

this is gay

Torrents and marijuana will soon be illegal.

No

You should be grateful to the people ensuring that you have a job, user.

movies were meant to be watched in theaters, not on your fucking phone or on a camrip or some 8 inch laptop

>crab legs
>theater
fucking americlapaguns.

>50 dollars.
>dude kill the movie industry with piracy overnight lol.

Studios can go fuck themselves. All they produce is shit. I haven't seen a new movie in theaters, or actually at all, in over 5 years.

$12 gets me a seat at a theater.
Theater provides me a clean space with top quality audio and video. And if anything breaks, they foot the cost to maintain it

Studio wants to charge me $50 for a one time play on MY tv, using MY internet and MY audio system. And I'm still not getting it opening weekend to be able to talk about it with friends/no spoilers.

FUCK YOU STUDIOS. THIS IS WHY PEOPLE PIRATE SHIT ALL THE TIME.

>superhero films
>glory

>going to the cinema is a waste of money.
The cinema costs $20 tops if you aren't a fatass. You're telling me you'd rather drop $50 in order to maintain your NEET lifestyle?

Awesome.

I want my anti-White propaganda NOW dammit.

I don't care how much it costs. The Jews can have every dollar I own, as far as I'm concerned. Small price to pay for the Holocaust.

You're welcome

I'm fine with this, movie theaters pretty much died when they made the switch to digital projection and not actual film.

Am I the only one who's noticed the picture quality always seems off due to that? Sure it's on the big screen but it honestly looks better on my TV at home

Now im gonna get my torrents 30 days after a film drops. Nice.

The whole entertainment industry as we know it is dying due to piracy.

The future is stuff like Patreon where you pay artists directly and not the corporations that sell their work.

>some rich fuck pays 50 quid for a new film
>uploads it for the rest of us
>blu ray rips within a month

Yes please familia

I certainly wouldn't bother going to a theater again if I only had to wait a month.

>The whole entertainment industry as we know it is dying due to piracy

Not really. Music is thriving, videogames are doing excellently as usual. It's really just movies at the moment that are having a tough time. Because they're exorbitantly priced.

Hello there Knock-off Nigel. Given your wife any watches found in the street lately?

It's true. They've been trying to crack down on both for years but now they're genuinely serious about it.

This. That pajeet that Trump put in charge of the FCC is going to shut it down.

I'd like to see them try when the music and video game industries have failed.

Well you're gonna see brother. It ain't gone be pretty.

Next time I'll take a dump on the seat so you can get a raise. Don't thank me, I see this as my duty

Why do they all have to do it the same way? Why does Lionsgate give a fuck what Universal does?

In the article it even mentions anti trust laws. If they were competing against each other the prices and product gets better and if they're not competing its because they're colluding (illegal).

>crab legs
>paying $30 for frozen food
lol

i spit on the floor to get rid of my butter backwash before every soda sip. The butter for my crustacean legs really tangs my dew.

In order for this to become a possibility they need to go full estate police on torrents first, you know that right?

>he doesn't spend 30 bucks on seafood for his condor
Because you aren't a falconpleb are you?

NOOO! NOT MY TORRENTS!

wont happen