"A coalition of public interest organizations - including the Center for Media Justice, Center for Rural Strategies, Free Press, Media Access Project, Media Alliance and many more - have sent a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski asking that the Commission make increased diversity in the media and broadband communications landscape a top priority."
Among the specific concerns is that Trend is asking studios or
distributors "to provide evidence to support its public boxoffice
number when it falls outside the standard deviation level."
More vague concerns also are raised in the letter, including that
it places movie industry jobs at risk. The letter even alludes to
"abusive practices that triggered our nation's economic crisis,"
though without specifying how that crisis relates to boxoffice
futures.
Film industry is concerned that a gambling site will cause anxiety within the industry and demonstrate the guessing game that is box office statistics.