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Entertainment & Sports

Jun. 9, 2009

The Struggle Over Content and Technology Will Define Hollywood's Future

Jonathan Handel examines the ongoing tug of war between the entertainment biz and the technology industry.

By Jonathan Handel

Content and technology are locked in a struggle whose outcome may determine the future of the entertainment industry. The problem is this: Content is becoming a commodity. In contrast, although distribution used to be the exclusive province of Hollywood - movie theaters, television networks, home video, among others - this is no longer true. Instead, new distribution technologies have arisen, and the ascendancy of those technologies has...

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