yeah. there are times that network execs need to get their heads out of their butts.
ok, so doing a mastering, cutting a dvd set, getting likeness release forms for the packaging, double-checking there's no licensing needed for any music, calculating out the residuals and trying to get a hold of all the cast (of course, slimecon's succeeded where they might have failed), making a zillion copies (a lot of which won't get sold) and shipping it to retail stores, often competing with hundreds of other "complete season" tv dvd sets, particularly in light of the relative failures of GI Joe and Gargoyles to sell (both of those series are still awaiting the release of "season 2 volume 2" because "season 2 volume 1" didn't sell, nevermind that a lot of people were waiting for volume 2 in order to get both as a set), knowing that often the products have to be sold to the retail markets at a discount (or actually paying for shelf space) in order to even get on the shelves, and
well
the TV dvd market sucks right now, in terms of what it takes to get product out and how rapidly things are selling thanks to the recession.
this is one (of many) times where the iTunes is the way to go - you can cut manufacturing and distribution costs to nothing (Apple eats those costs) so all you have to do is do the accounting part (licensing and setting up the residual payments to the actors and crew) and get some knowledgeable college kid to do the digital mastering and mp4/aac conversion to the iTunes format, and finally license the DRM. 1/10th the cost and the sales (at the same basic price of $30 / season and/or $3 per episode) might be comparable.
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Date: 2008-06-15 09:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-15 09:48 pm (UTC)ok, so doing a mastering, cutting a dvd set, getting likeness release forms for the packaging, double-checking there's no licensing needed for any music, calculating out the residuals and trying to get a hold of all the cast (of course, slimecon's succeeded where they might have failed), making a zillion copies (a lot of which won't get sold) and shipping it to retail stores, often competing with hundreds of other "complete season" tv dvd sets, particularly in light of the relative failures of GI Joe and Gargoyles to sell (both of those series are still awaiting the release of "season 2 volume 2" because "season 2 volume 1" didn't sell, nevermind that a lot of people were waiting for volume 2 in order to get both as a set), knowing that often the products have to be sold to the retail markets at a discount (or actually paying for shelf space) in order to even get on the shelves, and
well
the TV dvd market sucks right now, in terms of what it takes to get product out and how rapidly things are selling thanks to the recession.
this is one (of many) times where the iTunes is the way to go - you can cut manufacturing and distribution costs to nothing (Apple eats those costs) so all you have to do is do the accounting part (licensing and setting up the residual payments to the actors and crew) and get some knowledgeable college kid to do the digital mastering and mp4/aac conversion to the iTunes format, and finally license the DRM. 1/10th the cost and the sales (at the same basic price of $30 / season and/or $3 per episode) might be comparable.
but of course, nobody listens to me.
oh, wait. DG Classical did... :)
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Date: 2008-06-16 03:15 am (UTC)I don't know....
(*SPLAT*)
Oh, okay, now I remember...
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Date: 2008-06-16 03:43 pm (UTC)