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Investing in Movies
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Investing in Movies

by Joseph N. Cohen
May 2017
Beginner
242 pages
9h 22m
English
Routledge
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2Macroeconomic Trends and Studio Co-Financing

SummaryThe chapter discusses the impact of technological change and other macroeconomic factors on industry profit margins. It focuses on the historical introduction of new distribution platforms—i.e., free television, pay television and home video—and how they contributed to studios’ profit margins as opposed to cannibalizing them. It highlights Warner Bros.’ penchant early on for nurturing satellite production companies that served as valuable contributors of independently produced and financed films to the studio’s distribution pipeline.

From a macro point of view, film company profitability is much more variable than other industrial sectors. This is a result of creative variability: Some years ...

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