Grant Snider gets it perfectly once again:
Category: Resources
40 years worth of TV writing experience and info, yours for the taking.
Did Netflix Kill the DVR Star?
Food for thought from the new, improved Deadline.Com. (And we hate saying that cuz we really love Nikki.)
Has Netflix Helped Cap DVR Growth?
by David Lieberman
The $7.99-a-month streaming service appears to have dampened many consumers’ interest in DVRs, which cost $10 or more a month, according a study out this morning from Leichtman Research Group.
It shows DVR growth plateauing: 47% of households have one vs 45% last year and 44% in 2011. (It was 23% in 2007.) That’s partly due to cable marketing strategies. It’s easier to entice well-to-do customers to pay for multiple DVRs than to persuade people who don’t have one to buy. Half of homes that do take DVR service have more than one, up from 43% last year and 33% in 2011.
Peer Production: Promoting Your Web Series or YouTube Video
Yesterday we talked about finding and clearing music for your peer produced video. Today, thanks to the magic YouTube’s promotion abilities we’ve got the scoop about promoting your work. Good stuff:
“Ch-ch-ch-changes” We All Must Make
A holiday newsflash from our favorite Bitter Script Reader:
Post #999 – “Script reader… NO MORE”
by The Bitter Script Reader
Okay, so maybe the blog title is a little dramatic, but I couldn’t resist the Spider-Man allusion. If I could actually draw, you might have gotten a sketch of the Bitter Puppet walking away from a trashcan full of scripts. Instead, you get the copyright infringement above.
[Update: a very kind reader, AP Quatch, did a sketch much as I described. It was kind of a kick to see! Check out more of his work at http://www.sassquach.com.]
LB: Writers, Give Yourselves This Writerly Christmas Gift!
Revised! Updated! Wow!
Written by Larry Brody, a writer-producer with 40 years of experience in every aspect of television (yep, that’s me, Mr. Ubiquitous), Television Writing from the Inside Out is a true Insider’s Guide that offers his unique expertise and an outlook that’s the direct result of having written and produced almost 1000 hours of television of all types, from daytime serials to animated children’s series to syndicated, cable, and U.S. and European network primetime series, pilots, and Movies of the Week.
(Hey, I said “ubiquitous,” didn’t I?)