The Argument for Trading in Box-Office Futures - TheWrap.com - 0 views
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ethan tussey on 29 Apr 10The Wrap one of the few trades (or pseudo-trades) recommending film futures trading.
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MPAA Organizes Entertainment Community Opposition To Movie Futures Exchange - Deadline.com - 0 views
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Furthermore, complaints about releasing data are laughable, because the data is already released, and a virtual trading system has existed for a 13 years without any problems (HSX). Cantor owns HSX, and HSX often predicts movie results more accurately than studio estimates, so the idea that these trading systems are designed around a faulty understanding of the movie industry is laughable. If anything, this is one of the most tested trading systems in the history of this country to ever go live. I cannot think of any other trading system we have that had 13 years of data on before people started trading it for real money.
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I have worked in both industries as a futures trader and film producer. The people who criticize this practice don’t understand it. Futures markets where designed to reduce risk, starting with the grain markets a long time ago. If you could lock in a good price for grain and didn’t know what the future would be, but you knew what your costs were, you could lock in a profit while speculators could take on that risk. It’s a great idea for the film biz. There will be fewer box office disasters and more films greenlit because of the influx of investor dollars. Those who don’t want it are nervous that their accounting practices will be scrutinized and they SHOULD be nervous. I say bring this thing on!!
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More from the MPAA on film futures. They ask for an extension to gather more support from labor organizations against the creation of an exchange.
What You Need to Know About Movie Futures Trading - TheWrap.com - 0 views
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Good breakdown on the film futures trading as of April 28th, 2010
Macmillan's DynamicBooks Lets Professors Rewrite E-Textbooks - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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In a kind of Wikipedia of textbooks, Macmillan, one of the five largest publishers of trade books and textbooks, is introducing software called DynamicBooks, which will allow college instructors to edit digital editions of textbooks and customize them for their individual classes.
News: Fighting a Copyright Charge - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views
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The University of California at Los Angeles on Wednesday announced that it will continue streaming copyrighted videos in online "virtual classrooms" despite legal objections from an educational media trade group. The university's decision is the latest development in a copyright dispute with the Association for Information and Media Equipment over whether it is legal for the university to convert DVDs from its libraries into a digital format that students can stream from password-protected course Web sites. UCLA considers the practice "essential," since it allows students to watch the videos on their own computers and on their own time, rather than having to gather in a classroom. Many educators at other colleges have watched the case with intent, waiting to see what implications, if any, the spat might have on their own institutions' use of streaming video.
FCC Is on the Hunt for Ideas to Improve the News Media - Washington Wire - WSJ - 0 views
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"Just a month after the Federal Trade Commission held hearings on the beleaguered news industry and what the government might do about it, the Federal Communications is getting into the act, too."
Music Industry Counts the Cost of Piracy - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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PARIS - Worldwide sales of recorded music fell by about 10 percent last year, a trade group said Thursday, as revenue growth from digital services was insufficient to compensate for a continuing fall in sales of compact discs.
FCC to release broadband plan Tuesday - FierceWireless - 0 views
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"One provision, a "Mobile Future Auction," calls for a spectrum auction that allows current licensees, including broadcasters, to voluntarily give up spectrum in exchange for a share of auction proceeds. This provision, which has drawn the ire of the National Association of Broadcasters trade group, is one element of a plan to free up 500 MHz of spectrum over the next decade for mobile broadband use."
Blockbuster CEO: 'We Certainly Don't Think We're Late For The Digital Side' | paidContent - 0 views
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"Blockbuster's stock is trading at under a dollar, its net losses are widening, and it's in the midst of closing nearly 1,000 stores-but on CNBC Thursday CEO Jim Keyes insisted that the company had a bright future in digital because of its strong brand. 'When you're driving down mainstreet and you see that Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) brand you know it's the place to rent movies,' he said."
RIAA Tells FCC: ISPs Need to Be Copyright Cops - PC World - 0 views
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should avoid adopting strict net neutrality rules that would limit broadband providers' flexibly to "address" illegal online file sharing, the Recording Industry Association of America said in comments filed with the FCC on Thursday.
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The FCC should not only avoid rules prohibiting ISPs from blocking illegal file trading, but it should actively encourage ISPs to do so, the RIAA said.
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Other groups called on the FCC to stay out of the copyright enforcement business. If ISPs are required to check for copyright infringement, they could interfere with legal online activities, said six digital rights and business groups, including Public Knowledge, the Consumer Electronics Association and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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The RIAA argues ISP's should perform copyright enforcement, and claim Net Neutrality blocks such efforts.
Marketing Media: Dear Local News, Don't Blame Jay Leno - Small Agency Diary - Advertisi... - 0 views
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This article talks about how local news programming shouldn't blame Jay Leno for losing viewers, but instead to look at their programming and realize that local news has "become a faceless commodity."
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