[DVDs have been] a huge cash cow for the studios and it will remain a pretty valuable revenue stream, ... But it won't remain as lucrative as it has in the past. |
After all he brought ABC to the table and it is failing. |
Do they want to spin out to the public and lay off some of the risk on the film side on the investors? ... A lot of bankers have been recommending they do that and they've resisted. |
Fox is not going to tell you this, but it is an open secret on Madison Avenue that they are charging a premium of $50,000 to $100,000 a spot to be in the first six minutes. |
He not only got an acting fee and participation in the gross, but he got a big hunk of the licensing and merchandising, which will net him, according to Variety, about $100 million. |
I think that there are huge, huge hurdles, but he's shown he's been able to overcome obstacles in the past to get what he's looking for. I would be surprised in the extreme if he walked away from this one. |
It's all a legal strategy. This is all legal back and filling...It's a 'full-price' as we say in the banking business. |
NBC corporate is looking to get the best return they can on the $80 million that they paid for the broadcast rights to the World Series. Obviously, the longer the series runs, the better they do in amortizing their investment in getting the rights. |
Nobody has ever felt on Wall Street that a studio is a good investment. |
Sony has got a solid distribution network, ... It's got a great library and it's got a lot in the hopper ... Realistically, there are some significant buyers. |
The bottom line is there is a contract and the judge will opine that the contract remains in force, |
The bottom line is there is a contract and the judge will opine that the contract remains in force. |
The meeting today lasted so long because its the first of two weeks of road show presentations, and I have to believe that Jerry and Ted are trying out their act. |
There is a serious decline in the overall amount of advertising that's going to be spent overall. We're seeing it across the board. |
They failed to deliver. Despite the very high costs of the merger with Nextel that are built into the fourth-quarter earnings, their real benchmarks are really uninspiring. |