Exam 8: Film Exhibition, Retail Consumption

What happens as new technologies emerge, what is the effect on the windows?

Why is it the theatrical window the preferred first distribution window?

Which exploitation windows require direct transactions?

As DVD declines, what is growing rapidly?

Describe what film exhibition is:

What is one reason American films enjoy a competitive advantage in the worldwide marketplace?

What have the pay cable channels HBO, and Showtime done to attempt to compete with Netflix?

What are some major markets for movies?

What are some ancillary rights to a film?

With disruptions to the theatrical industry, what are some ways exhibitors are trying to recreate their theaters for the future?

The sequence of the windows started with the most expensive to the consumer, moving sequentially to the windows that are less costly. Right now the order is in flux, why?

Foreign markets for movies are expanding, due to

DVD was once the highest amount of revenue for a film. Now it is in rapid decline, what is taking its place?

Why does every window has different price points, accessibility, revenue splits with the distributor, and a period of exclusivity

Movie theater ticket pricing is a potential point of conflict between distributors and exhibitors.