Very interesting article that will change a lot in the movie industry.

""I consider it a death threat," says John Fithian president of the National Association of Theatre Owners."

"The way it works now, a hit movie plays in theaters for six weeks or so. Four months later it comes out on DVD. After DVD sales have maxed out, the movie shows up on a pay cable channel, such as HBO, and eventually on free TV. The studios make billions of dollars using this system. HBO and the networks pay themā??and you pay them twice, buying a ticket and then the DVD. They worry that if you could buy a DVD on opening weekend, they'd get your money only once. "Since when is it a constitutional right that you can have everything you want all on the same day?" says the studio head. But if that's what the consumer prefers ... "Well, I'd prefer a beach house in Malibu, but that doesn't mean I get one.""


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10853264/site/newsweek/


I agree with what they say that it is going to happen no mater what. It already is happening with illegal downloads so soon there will be a way to legally pay and download them. The theater owners should stop trying to fight it and just deal with it and plan new ways to attract people to come see the movies in their theaters.
BaseRSX Reviewed by BaseRSX on . Movies straight to DVD and cable, controversy Very interesting article that will change a lot in the movie industry. ""I consider it a death threat," says John Fithian president of the National Association of Theatre Owners." "The way it works now, a hit movie plays in theaters for six weeks or so. Four months later it comes out on DVD. After DVD sales have maxed out, the movie shows up on a pay cable channel, such as HBO, and eventually on free TV. The studios make billions of dollars using this system. HBO and the networks pay Rating: 5