Dish Network is acquiring the assets of Blockbuster Video. Interesting. Only one active Blockbuster near me, the rest are gone or busy selling -- likewise, the big book stores are going bye-bye.
Interesting times.
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Let me start with a personal note. I grew up in the US, but twenty years
back I moved to Ontario to begin a new adventure north of the border. As a
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People want cheap entertainment. So, why are the studios spending hundreds of millions of dollars per movie? Makes no sense at all.
The contemporary studio system is broken near as I can tell. When the studios have to factor in foreign ticket and DVD sales in order for a movie to break even, they have to know there's something seriously wrong -- at least you'd think so, right?
Ah well. All of those empty Blockbusters will join the empty Hollywood Video locations and be razed eventually, all to make way for new high-rise condos with ground floor retail.
One thing the internet is really good at is delivering cheap entertainment.
I'm not even talking about pirating, here.
I can watch anime on youtube, crunchyroll, netflix, and hundreds more. No need for a brick and mortar store when you can watch the latest stuff with a couple of clicks.
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