This chapter discusses the concept of broadcasting movies over a network.
That trend may mean more opportunity for entertainment-focused start-ups that make everything from new set-top boxes that allow viewers to bypass cable companies by broadcasting movies over the Web, to nifty software that helps online publishers place ads targeted to specific viewers.
Oh, and FYI, Tron is supposed to be released on Blu-ray in November, but there quality high-def digital copies lurking around torrent sites and usernets thanks to HDNet broadcasting the movie in high-def.
In May, the owner of Tunisia's private Nessma TV channel was fined for broadcasting a movie that ostensibly offended Islam; earlier in the year two bloggers received prison sentences on the same grounds.
In 1966, television viewership was exploding, and stations around the country found that they could fill hours easily and cheaply by broadcasting old movies.
At HBO, Mr. Bewkes took the cable network away from its legacy of broadcasting Hollywood movies and into original programming, producing hit shows like "The Sopranos" and "Sex in the City" that have received many Emmy's.
"A number of years ago, when cable TV began, the network and affiliate part of the business said, 'Oh, it's only that wacky guy in suburban Atlanta broadcasting old movies over and over again.' If you ask them now, they'll say they made Ted Turner rich, and they lost an opportunity".
Better find channels broadcasting vintage movies.
His notion of broadcasting opera to movie theatres has succeeded beyond the most optimistic projections: attendance for this season's Live in HD series is expected to exceed two million.
To help broaden opera's appeal, Peter Gelb, the Metropolitan Opera's general manager, has taken to broadcasting performances into movie theaters in high definition, has hired trendy theater directors and replaced a number of older productions, including some of Mr. Zeffirelli's ostentatious stagings.
