Apple TV needs to offer In-Theatre rentals of all major motion pictures.
Unfortunately, Apple has little control of when studios decide to release movies to rental. Studios need to support their brick-&-morter theaters first.
Apple TV needs to offer In-Theatre rentals of all major motion pictures.
is this slide suppose to make me ignore NETFLIX surging business ?
who "buys" digital content anyway??
stream or gtfo![]()
I absolutely love this idea. I dont know why I have never heard this before but it would be perfect. They could even charge $60-70 and it would be a good deal. Bringing a family of 4 to the movies could cost easily more than that after popcorn and drinks.
I absolutely love this idea. I dont know why I have never heard this before but it would be perfect. They could even charge $60-70 and it would be a good deal. Bringing a family of 4 to the movies could cost easily more than that after popcorn and drinks. After apple takes their 30% it has to be about equal to what the movie maker gets after the theater takes its cut. The only problem I can see is how to you prevent somebody from throwing a movie party and showing it to 50 of their closest friends. But I do like the concept.
Apple TV needs to offer In-Theatre rentals of all major motion pictures.
I would set it up where they became available the week or two after opening weekend at a price point of around $40-$50 to rent for a 24 hour period.
Being a married man with a 5 year old, it is tough to get out to the movies to see the blockbusters especially in the summer time with numerous movies coming out week after week.
You figure that by the time my wife and I pay for a babysitter, 2 movie tickets, soda and popcorn we have already dropped ~$60-$80 for the night. Paying even $50 for a rental still saves us money, we are not on any time tables and we can watch the movies from home without having to deal with people's rude behaviors.
29.17 Million Subscribers and my guess is if they can get some footing in India and China, the numbers will soar.
iTunes + Mac = Seamless, beautiful and lightning fast.
iTunes + Windows = Ugly, complex and painfully slow.
how do you stream a Pixar movie? where do you stream it from?
Notably, NPD's study does not include subscription services such as Netflix and on-demand content from cable providers. Previous studies including those types of content have found Apple's market share shrinking to roughly 5% in the face of Netflix's overwhelming strength.
Sure but the whole point of taking the family to the movies is to get them OUT of the house. Also why spend $10 a head to watch a movie on a small screen? The most popular home TV is 60" but even a 100" screen is small in comparison to a movie theatre. You lose a lot. I have a Sony 1080p projector w/ 100" Stewart screen so I talk from experience.
Apple TV needs to offer In-Theatre rentals of all major motion pictures.
Notably, NPD's study does not include subscription services such as Netflix and on-demand content from cable providers.
Apple TV needs to offer In-Theatre rentals of all major motion pictures.
I would set it up where they became available the week or two after opening weekend at a price point of around $40-$50 to rent for a 24 hour period.
Being a married man with a 5 year old, it is tough to get out to the movies to see the blockbusters especially in the summer time with numerous movies coming out week after week.
You figure that by the time my wife and I pay for a babysitter, 2 movie tickets, soda and popcorn we have already dropped ~$60-$80 for the night. Paying even $50 for a rental still saves us money, we are not on any time tables and we can watch the movies from home without having to deal with people's rude behaviors.
This is a pretty sweet idea. But like you said, theaters would fear the bootlegger having a movie party. More importantly they would raise holy hell if they miss out on concessions. The theaters make the vast majority of their money (profit) on overpriced concessions.
The movie theater companies will fight this to the death. I'm willing to bet companies like AMC would boycott showing a movie that was distributed like this by a major studio. AMC knows that's where its profit comes from, and the movie studios know their big bucks come from millions watching something at the giant theater chains.
I totally agree with you that it's a great idea. Charge me $50 or something, maybe even $65 and throw in the HD download when it becomes available in a few months. I barely go watch stuff in theaters because it's either too expensive for what you get or is crappy quality. Seeing a blown-up image that's fuzzy isn't exactly worth $15. I thought "The Hobbit" in 3-D with the 48fps was pretty neat. But that's the exception right now.
These theaters need to work on video resolution. From 10 feet, you really can't get better than 1080p TVs. Figure out how to replicate that picture quality -- they've figured sound out -- and then we'll talk again.
how do you stream a Pixar movie? where do you stream it from?
I would much rather prefer my home tv (a 50" sony) than on a movie screen. I think the movie theater quality isn't as good as my tv (even if the specs say it is). However I do feel as though I loose out on sound quality at home since I don't have a surround sounds system.
But to each their own.
Amazon has original content. Netflix has original shows. That's what has made Netflix grow by two million streaming subscribers recently. I predict Apple wont keep up in this area since they don't give consumers a compelling reason to choose their service over rivals. Content is king where eyeballs are concerned.