Once the dust of Social TV hype settles, content recommendation will be changed forever (Part 1/2) | Rapid innovation in digital time

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http://nbry.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/once-the-dust-of-social-tv-hype-settles-...

A short excerpt:

"...How can recommendation engines best fulfill these needs?

Content recommendation solutions are usually classified with technical criteria depending on how they work under the hood. Without going into the details these include approaches like Semantic Analysis, where the recommendation engine uses the information contained in the content metadata to create clusters of similar or related programs.

Collaborative Filtering is the technique Amazon has made commonplace with the “people who like what you like also like this” feature. Other distinguishing features include a declarative approach where the recommendation system uses information that the viewer gave willingly, i.e. “I like action thrillers & sport but I don’t like romantic comedy”.

One of the trickiest techniques to implement in an IPTV setup is Behavior Analysis, where the system learns what you like more from what you actually watch than from what you say you like..."

2011: The Year The Big Projects Died & Studios Discovered (A Little) Fiscal Responsibility | Filmmakers, Film Industry, Film Festivals, Awards & Movie Reviews | indieWIRE

Read the full breakdown on indiewire.com - Here's Oliver Lyttleton's conclusion

BY OLIVER LYTTELTON | DECEMBER 28, 2011

"...The fact is, $200 million tentpoles aren't going anywhere. But everyone in town has been burnt by something recently, and 2011 was the year when the credit crunch finally seemed to catch up to studio executives. Does this mean that the era of risk-taking in mainstream cinema is over? Well, perhaps not. Annapurna Pictures, headed up by Megan Ellison, have made a habit of stepping in to finance films once thought left for dead like John Hillcoat's "The Wettest County" and Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master," when others have dropped out, and it's become a home for people like Kathryn Bigelow, Wong Kar-Wai, Andrew Dominik, Spike Jonze, Charlie Kaufman and Bennett Miller. These films are likely not PG-13 tentpoles, but Ellison clearly thinks there's money to be made in backing her favorite filmmakers. With any luck, there'll be more like her, and fewer mid-budgeted versions of "Akira," on the way in 2012."

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http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/2011-the-year-the-studios-discovered-a...

This Just In: Americans Love DVRs and Streaming Movies Online - via The Hollywood Reporter #infdist

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Very very interesting data in Paul Bond's post:

"...According to the survey, 42 percent of Americans ages 14-75 have streamed a movie online, up from 28 percent in 2009.

Streaming a movie on a tablet also showed up for the first time (it’s the sixth year Deloitte has conducted the survey). One percent of consumers called streaming to a tablet their favorite way to view a movie (not counting at a movie theater), and 13 percent of Americans owned a tablet in 2011 (mostly iPads), up from 5 percent in 2010.

Watching a movie on a TV screen via DVD or Blu-ray disc is still one of the preferred methods, though it’s down two percentage points to 35 percent..."

"Deloitte says that 9 percent of Americans have already cut their pay-TV cords (metaphorically speaking) while 11 percent “are considering doing so because they can watch almost all of their favorite shows online,” according to a synopsis of the 25-page report..."

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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/just-americans-love-dvrs-streaming-277695

2011 Yearly Box Office Results - Worldwide Grosses for 365 Movies from Box Office Mojo

2011 WORLDWIDE GROSSES


Pink highlight = official revisions of older movies
Gold highlight = now playing or recent movies

RankTitle (click to view)Studio*
WorldwideDomestic / %Overseas / %1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 WB $1,328.1 $381.0 28.7% $947.1 71.3% 2 Transformers: Dark of the Moon P/DW $1,123.7 $352.4 31.4% $771.4 68.6% 3 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides BV $1,043.9 $241.1 23.1% $802.8 76.9% 4 Kung Fu Panda 2 P/DW $665.7 $165.2 24.8% $500.4 75.2% 5 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 Sum. $657.7 $276.7 42.1% $381.0 57.9% 6 Fast Five Uni. $626.1 $209.8 33.5% $416.3 66.5% 7 The Hangover Part II WB $581.5 $254.5 43.8% $327.0 56.2% 8 The Smurfs Sony $562.5 $142.6 25.4% $419.9 74.6% 9 Cars 2 BV $559.9 $191.5 34.2% $368.4 65.8% 10 Rio Fox $484.6 $143.6 29.6% $341.0 70.4%

Deets here!

http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2011&p=.htm

Dennis Toth on Film Fund-amentals: The Box Office Report for 2011 | R&R Consulting

Excerpt from Dennis Toth's full article on creditspectrum.com.

"...So the box office figures for 2011 were still being sorted out, along with the various excuses, mutual blaming, general rounds of finger-pointing and bogus claims of victory. For example, Paramount Pictures is already claiming to be the number one film company in gross for the year with $5.17 billion in US distribution ($17 billion global). Of course, they spent something in the neighborhood of $1.4 to $2 billion in production and, most likely, several more billions in promotion and distribution, which means that the US box office roughly paid their costs and the rest became profit thanks to the current generosity of the global market. But it is still a profit (though made the hard way).

This is something you’ll want to keep in mind while looking at the current report from Box Office Mojo of the top ten major box office hits of 2011. Especially the fact that the vast majority of box office is now being generated overseas, often by a margin of 2 to 1 or even 3 to 1. Likewise, the actual rate of return is pretty thin due to the cost of production (a more detailed critique on this and other issues can be found in Mike Fleming’s excellent piece at Deadline.com)..."

Read the full post with links to other worth reading posts here:

http://www.creditspectrum.com/2012/01/film-fund-amentals-the-box-office-repor...

Very Useful Post: Georgy Cohen on Social Media Guides for Content Creation | Meet Content

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Read Georgy Cohen's full post for some excellent tips & links to pdfs & guides. Here's a short excerpt:

"This 14-page best practice guide for “Marketing on Facebook” [PDF] provides a high-level overview to the value of marketing via Facebook, complete with mini case studies and five-step strategies for implementing core marketing objectives. The last page of the guide is a master directory of resources about all things Facebook.
Tucked within their vast repository of developer resources is a section exploring one of Facebook’s core concepts, social design, which they define as “a way of thinking about product design that puts social experiences at the core.” Through three in-depth sections—utilizing community, building conversations and curating identity—you can learn how to leverage the Facebook platform (whether through creating an app or integrating Facebook functionality onto your website) to make your content more social...."