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Stemming ab initio exclusively from the theatre box-office, revenues of films diversified when television and video became alternative ways of screening movies. Thus, a business model was established and stabilized in the 1980s along screening windows. The digital revolution broke this business mode...
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| Language: | English |
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Association Française des Enseignants et Chercheurs en Cinéma et Audiovisuel
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Mise au Point |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/map/634 |
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| Summary: | Stemming ab initio exclusively from the theatre box-office, revenues of films diversified when television and video became alternative ways of screening movies. Thus, a business model was established and stabilized in the 1980s along screening windows. The digital revolution broke this business model in France as well as in the United States. However, while in France, the film investment schemes and Canal Plus Group’s established position as a major source of finance led to the shortening of release windows but not to the disappearance of the release windows format, in the United States, the declining DVD sales and revenues forced the major studios to study new methods of distribution and new business models, based on day-and-date releases and on the gradual dissolution of the windows model. The major companies have been carefully watching the independent film companies experimentations with release windows ready to adopt this new business model if it appears to be profitable. |
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| ISSN: | 2261-9623 |