Granted video is a more engaging medium than photo, but that still doesn't explain why, in light of meager exits, the amount of money pouring into the space within the past 15 years has not dropped off?
But Mr. Redstone grew flushed and choleric as the questioning continued and he insisted that Blockbuster had never sought to prevent or discourage the studios from granting independent video store owners deals like his own.
But Scripps, the owner of HGTV and the Food Network, said earlier this month that it "has not granted iPad video streaming rights to any distributor and is actively addressing any misunderstandings on this issue".
The first and most obvious is relatively new technologies now so common most people take them for granted: inexpensive video cameras and editing programs, personal computers and social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Granted, the video borrows retro arcade-game graphics that reference boxing and, almost certainly, a previous incumbent of their title, but King's words exude serene composure, not threat.
Now, granted, clickable video as a concept has been around for some time.
"Everything that we've done for decades, that we've become accustomed to and take for granted, in video games, is new again.
While the film's main struggle is purely internal and more focused on character development than plot (SPOILER ALERT: no one gets their wishes granted), Ukranian video game developer GSC Game World's first-person shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. trilogy for PC makes up for the real-life roughness that the film lacks.
The VCR brought widespread access to many components of contemporary movie-viewing and -making that we now take for granted: homemade videos, the ability to record televised broadcasts, low-budget filmmaking, the video-rental market.
The types of Internet activities that most Americans take for granted — watching videos, downloading songs, social networking — are out of reach for millions of homes across the United States.
