Apple Still Dominates U.S. Movie Downloads and Streaming, But Rivals Growing

[alex2792]

All of this is going away over the next twenty years. The current generation of thieves society has pumped out will close down the theaters and large scale production of movies and television shows will scale back eventually. Getting things for free is nice but of course if its free then it stops getting made.

But of course we will all be movie stars of the future thanks to youtube. Lets all try to write better scripts and take time to make better productions. Perhaps community theater groups could produce youtube videos for streaming to replace hollywood video blockbusters someday? Don't just slap a silly video up there. Write a script. Do some editing. Make a real movie. I want to watch something you put some effort into. Not some 30 second clip you just uploaded.

The irony is that everyone will get ready for the latest 3D with 1080p but there won't likely be anyone producing those movies anymore. The locals filming videos for youtube will probably not be able to afford that type of equipment.

But hey, it will all be free like it should be!

Thats what they said about copying tapes 20 years ago,but it hasnt stopped the movie industry from raking in obscene profits...

 

[lPHONE]

Apple continues to dominate the market with a 64.5% share of total spending. That share is down, however, from 74.4% in 2009 in the face of growth of other services such as Microsoft's Zune Video.

Zune, lol!!!1 That thing is still around?
I wonder how many billions Microsoft spent on keeping Zune alive just to make a few million.

 

[ten-oak-druid]

Thats what they said about copying tapes 20 years ago

Do you know what making a copy of a tape usually led to? One time play or purchase depending on whether they liked it.

but it hasnt stopped the movie industry from raking in obscene profits...

That's sounds like something thieves say to ease their minds.

Theaters are closing and will continue to close. A small group of creative people can sit in a room and make music. It is not as easy to make a quality movie.

 

[alex2792]

Do you know what making a copy of a tape usually led to? One time play or purchase depending on whether they liked it.



That's sounds like something thieves say to ease their minds.

Theaters are closing and will continue to close. A small group of creative people can sit in a room and make music. It is not as easy to make a quality movie.

Maybe if the theaters didnt continue to raise prices during a recession more people would go see movies?

 

[ten-oak-druid]

Maybe if the theaters didnt continue to raise prices during a recession more people would go see movies?

uh huh

 

[lPHONE]

Wow. I never knew Apple was #1. I was under the impression they were a really small player in video. I based that on the scorn I've received as an Apple TV user all these years.

Perhaps I was underestimating how many iPod users consume iTunes video content. Or maybe the VOD market isn't as big as I thought it was?

Yea, 's been the largest distributor of music for a few years now... Surprised they don't have their own record label.

That's sounds like something thieves say to ease their minds.

Theaters are closing and will continue to close. A small group of creative people can sit in a room and make music. It is not as easy to make a quality movie.

True. And they're making ***** movies.

 

[JRoDDz]

No, they don't. Not compared to CRT. CRT is easily double the power usage per square inch of screen size. And that was before they went all "green" and managed to cut power consumption of flat panels in half.

I suppose if you compare a 5" CRT to a 65" plasma you could come away thinking a plasma sucks too much electricity.

I stand corrected. However, Plasma still sucks a lot more electricity than a comparable LCD tv.

 

[JAT]

I stand corrected. However, Plasma still sucks a lot more electricity than a comparable LCD tv.

Not a lot, maybe a little. They are both similar. Some are high, some are low consumption, on both techs.

There's a lot of FUD on this. Cutting through it is difficult.

I haven't compared to LED-LCD models. They should be lower power than either plasma or CCFL-LCD.