Natpe News: Eisner launches Booth, says old media on a 'death march'
26/01/10
Vuguru's slasher series Prom Queen, MySpace subsequently stopped issuing upfront payments for content.
"MySpace could have become one of the places original content was presented but they lost that opportunity," Eisner said. "YouTube has a very draconian system of revenue shares," he added.
The ex-studio boss forecast that within a generation top series will debut on the Internet before transferring to TV. "In 20 years some of the greatest content will air in this [digital] medium and will replay on NBC after... probably at 10pm" he joked.
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26/01/10
Vuguru's slasher series Prom Queen, MySpace subsequently stopped issuing upfront payments for content.
"MySpace could have become one of the places original content was presented but they lost that opportunity," Eisner said. "YouTube has a very draconian system of revenue shares," he added.
The ex-studio boss forecast that within a generation top series will debut on the Internet before transferring to TV. "In 20 years some of the greatest content will air in this [digital] medium and will replay on NBC after... probably at 10pm" he joked.
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