03-25-2020, 05:13 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51763893
The closure of cinemas across the US and China has forced film studios to rethink the way they screen movies.
During the peak of the outbreak in China one major movie went straight to an online platform and was seen by more than half a billion viewers.
US film studios could follow suit, and are already launching movies online at the same time as theatre releases.
The industry is facing losses of up to $15bn (£13bn) this year due to the pandemic, according to one expert.
The US and China are the world's biggest movie-watching markets, based on box office sales. Both countries have seen severe disruptions from the coronavirus with widespread closures of cinemas.
Well, this success certainly shows that there's a market for online streaming releases (although, I think most of us would have guessed that anyway ).
Still, I myself prefer cinemas by far over online streams. This is because: a) it makes more of an 'occasion' out of it; b) I get better picture quality than I could dream of at home (and also no need to worry about buffering); and c) I'm not going to get distracted at the cinema. This is one of the reasons why I was never able to get into Netflix: if I watch a stream of a movie on my laptop, then my concentration gets broken the moment something distracts me, and then I find myself unable to finish the movie .
So, while I don't mind online streaming being available as an option, I hope it doesn't mean that cinemas are going to die out, or become so expensive that they're no longer worth the price .
The closure of cinemas across the US and China has forced film studios to rethink the way they screen movies.
During the peak of the outbreak in China one major movie went straight to an online platform and was seen by more than half a billion viewers.
US film studios could follow suit, and are already launching movies online at the same time as theatre releases.
The industry is facing losses of up to $15bn (£13bn) this year due to the pandemic, according to one expert.
The US and China are the world's biggest movie-watching markets, based on box office sales. Both countries have seen severe disruptions from the coronavirus with widespread closures of cinemas.
Well, this success certainly shows that there's a market for online streaming releases (although, I think most of us would have guessed that anyway ).
Still, I myself prefer cinemas by far over online streams. This is because: a) it makes more of an 'occasion' out of it; b) I get better picture quality than I could dream of at home (and also no need to worry about buffering); and c) I'm not going to get distracted at the cinema. This is one of the reasons why I was never able to get into Netflix: if I watch a stream of a movie on my laptop, then my concentration gets broken the moment something distracts me, and then I find myself unable to finish the movie .
So, while I don't mind online streaming being available as an option, I hope it doesn't mean that cinemas are going to die out, or become so expensive that they're no longer worth the price .
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