Doug Herzog at TheGrill: Making Up Revenue in a Declining DVD Market (Video)
September, 22, 2011 12:05 pm | Comments On #Doug Herzog, grill video, Media, media video, TheGrill, Thegrill 2011With DVD sales waning, networks are finding themselves pressed to come up with new ways of gaining revenue for their content.
Doug Herzog, president of MTV Networks Entertainment, discussed the issue during a panel at TheGrill on Tuesday. According to Herzog, streaming revenue is providing some relief in that regard, but it still has a way to go.
As DVD begins to wane, you look around and say, 'Okay, what's next, and how do we make that up.' We're not there yet."
Read MoreSteve Levitan at TheGrill: We Need a Better Way of Counting Viewers on Emerging Platforms (Video)
September, 22, 2011 11:58 am | Comments On #grill video, Media, media video, Modern Family, Steve Levitan, TheGrill, Thegrill 2011, twitterSteven Levitan, co-creator and executive producer of the Emmys-dominating “Modern Family,” insists he is not "anti-Internet."
But he says the TV industry must quickly find a better way to track viewership on emerging platforms, or shows like his might be at a disadvantage.
“I worry about a time, if the [ratings] system is not kept current, that old-fashioned shows that appeal to traditional viewers have an advantage over shows like mine that appeal to younger, tech-savvy viewers,” said Levitan, speaking to a crowd of nearly 200 attendees at TheWrap’s media leadership conference.
View Levitan's full appearance at TheGrill in the video.
Read MoreTerry Semel at TheGrill: Value of Hollywood Content Is on the Rise (Video)
September, 22, 2011 11:26 am | Comments On #grill video, Harry Sloan, Hulu, Media, media video, terry semel, TheGrillContent companies are about to see a rise in the value of content because Internet companies need what they sell, Terry Semel said at the opening of TheGrill conference on Monday.
Semel, the former chairman of Warner Brothers and CEO of Yahoo, said that companies like Google, Apple, Netflix and others are realizing that they need what Hollywood creates to drive advertising revenue.
“Silly little Internet things are cute for a minute, but it’s not what big advertisers were looking for,” Semel said, at the kick-off panel discussion, "Hollywood's Future: Between Wall Street and Silicon Valley."
“They’re looking for more stable content that could be on television, could be on cable.”
Watch Semel and film fund Global Eagle cofounder Harry Sloan's full session at TheGrill in the video.
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Read MoreTheGrill 2011: The Panels, the Power Brokers & the Parties
September, 22, 2011 11:13 am | Comments On #Arianna Huffington, Harry Sloan, Media, media conference, SLS Hotel, Steve Levitan, terry semel, TheGrill, Thegrill 2011, thewrap, will.i.am
Will.i.am at TheGrill: Why Aren't Our Kids Dreaming About Running Google?
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Matt Jacobson at TheGrill: How Facebook Interest Tracks to Box Office Openings (Video)
September, 22, 2011 11:11 am | Comments On #box offic, Facebook, grill video, matt jacobson, Media, media video, TheGrillFacebook's Matt Jacobson spoke on "Leveraging Facebook for Opening Weekend" at TheWrap's media leadership conference, TheGrill. Want to know how a movie will open? Facebook wants you to forget about more traditional tracking services and get in bed with their social networking phenomenon.
Here, Jacobson shows exactly how interest on Facebook tracks to opening box-office weekends.
Read MoreWill.i.am at TheGrill: Why Aren't Our Kids Dreaming About Running Google? (Video)
September, 22, 2011 9:34 am | Comments On #Google, grill video, Media, media video, will.i.amAt TheWrap's media leadership conference, the Black Eyed Peas founder says the U.S. educational and political systems says the country does bad job of inspiring disadvantaged youths in science and technology.
Read MorePower Brokers Mingle at TheGrill 2011
September, 21, 2011 3:30 pm | Comments On #andrew steele, dick glover, dj poet name life, gary adler, Gray Davis, jamie mcgurk, jason felts, justin berfield, Media, michael bernes, Mike Medavoy, Mike Slade, rene rigal, Sharon Waxman, terri schwartz, terry semel, TheGrill, will.i.am
Will.i.am at TheGrill: Why Aren't Our Kids Dreaming About Running Google?
September, 20, 2011 6:57 pm | Comments On #Media, music, news, TheGrill, will.i.amWe do a pretty good job in this country of convincing poor kids to dream about being Beyoncé or Kobe Bryant. But in a global economy that’s advancing faster than ever, the U.S. is doing a poor job of getting them to dream about being a highly compensated Google engineer.
“Smartphone makers are pushing to make sure their chips are the fastest in the world, but no one is pushing our kids to be the fastest in the world. Why aren’t our kids learning about education and science?” said will.i.am, founder of the Black Eyed Peas, on Tuesday.
The seven-time Grammy winner and pop group founder led a wide-ranging discussion at TheWrap’s media leadership...
Read MoreThe PowerGrid Makes Its Debut at TheGrill
September, 20, 2011 6:45 pm | Comments On #its on the grid, jason scoggins, Media, powergrid, Sharon Waxman, TheGrillIt's about to get much easier to figure out who's up, who's down and who's out in Hollywood.
Attendees at TheWrap's annual media conference, TheGrill, on Tuesday were given a preview of the PowerGrid, which will offer a daily-updated hierarchy of actors, directors, producers and writers based on their most recent and upcoming projects.
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Read MoreContent Execs at TheGrill Warn: Move Aside, Netflix -- Movies Are Going Into the Cloud
September, 20, 2011 6:29 pm | Comments On #CBS, Disney, Hulu, Media, Netflix, SONY, TheGrill, UltraViolet, Warner Bros.In this digitized world of renting, streaming and downloading, three executives from major content creators agreed on at least one remedy – monetizing ownership.
That is why Sony’s John Calkins, Warner Bros.’ Thomas Gewecke and CBS’ Jim Lanzone took the stage on Tuesday at TheGrill, TheWrap’s annual media conference, to discuss, among other subjects, Ultraviolet, the cloud-based home- entertainment system.
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“This is the first step in making ownership a stronger proposition for consumers,” said Gewecke, president of Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. “Historically, they have had a good experience buying DVDs and...
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At a time of unprecedented change and shifting business models, the entertainment industry is hungry for thought leadership. TheWrap believes that the conversation about where and how entertainment will meet the challenge of the digital age needs to be centered in Hollywood.
Conceived in an effort to create a high level forum for discussing the transformational forces in our changing entertainment industry, TheGrill has brought together a community of leaders from across the entertainment economy from disciplines including media, entertainment, finance and technology.
