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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Aside from the issue of advertising in the world of DVR, I don't see where they are going to go, since it's all of the producers. It's not like it's one particular TV show, or one network/film company -- advertisers are going to say, hey, you are mean to your writers; we don't want to do product placement in . . . any . . . movies anymore? And people are going to say "I'm going to stop watching television and movies because producers are mean to writers"?
It would make sense to me if it were a particular portion of the entertainment industry, but given that it's basically all filmed entertainment . . .
I guess that maybe I can see how with e.g. steelworkers striking against GM/Ford/etc., people might stop buying from them, because there are viable alternatives. But there's not nearly enough non-US content at all, let alone non-US content that is in English and appeals to Americans, for there to be any alternative.
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Aren't the studios deathly afraid of what you just wrote? That either people a) will discover other forms of entertainment (such as the internet (perhaps discover is not the right word. Maybe use more?) and/or b) simply not watch as many t.v. shows or movies? The last big writers strike pushed viewing audiences towards cable and pushed the networks towards reality t.v. shows. I don't know where the audiences may end up after this strike. And if the studios (in their polling/tracking) believe that negative press or negative attitudes could affect these numbers, then that will change the strategy.
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