Because ratings were down in a high-single digit level, concerns are about the up-front advertising market, which may be soft, perhaps more for ABC than others. I think analysts have gotten nervous. |
Consumers are still in their infancy when it comes to becoming a subscriber [online] or buying la carte. Right now, these are not significant revenue deals. |
Go back three Olympics, you were broadcasting four or five hours a day, instead of 15 hours a day, but you still had same expense to cover the Olympics, |
He's been such a lightning rod for criticism, oftentimes for things that were clearly not in his purview to make better. If theme park attendance goes down because of 9/11, is that Michael's fault? |
Historical studies would probably show you could get a 10-to-15 percent boost in revenue for the top film of the year, and it drops off precipitously from there. |
I think cost-cutting is an element of Fox thinking, if you listened to Rupert Murdoch's last few diatribes to Wall Street, ... The cost/rating benefits equation didn't make it onerous to let him go early. |
I think they've set the stage in a very positive fashion to now be judged on their fundamental performance as opposed to the historical nightmares relative to the merger and online division. |
It could be a major coup for Disney to re-enliven their animation franchises. |
It may be as new generations of moviegoers come along that this is the absolute best way for studios to capture additional dollars from these highly visible, highly successful products. |
It remains a daunting challenge to unseat the incumbents. It's challenging to make any kind of prediction at this point. |
It's really a make-or-break situation. You get a good initial flow through your advertising effort and ... you know you capture a significant amount of business early. |
Management makes a very impressive presentation of taking this company and building what is arguably the last pure-play franchise in the filmed entertainment business. Certainly the chairman of the firm has a history of turning companies around, and there's no reason to think he won't do that here too. |
Monday Night Football is a television institution, if not a cultural institution, ... It's not unlike '60 Minutes' trying to go to '60 Minutes II.' It never really captured the audience. |
MTV's constituency is probably more accustomed to outlandish behavior than the prime demographic for a Super Bowl audience, ... Wall Street would look at that (the controversy and any fine) more as a one-time event, not as a change in underlying earnings power. |
MTV's constituency is probably more accustomed to outlandish behavior than the prime demographic for a Super Bowl audience. Wall Street would look at that (the controversy and any fine) more as a one-time event, not as a change in underlying earnings power. |