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Originally Posted by Gord Lacey
I doubt we'll see any more NYPD Blue either; both shows are on hold (the second time for NYPD Blue).
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| HSB Changed the face of television forever and good sales or not FOX Should be required to release it or farm it out to someone who will. I garuntee there are many small companies that would indeed release it till the end. So it must make some money!! The idea it's a total loss for FOX is complete BS. These studios are comparing sales of older shows to what newer shows sell and it is not a fair comparison. And the same goes for st. elsewhere with its 6 seasons. If you are not going to release it all don't bother give it to someone who will. As much as i love HSB, St. Elsewhere is even more a favorite of mine. I hate to see how i react if they screw with us with these releases. See all of us are worked up here and we don't know for sure fox is done or not with HSB but the fact gord thinks they are makes me think it's true. Fox needs to make a statement of some sorts. |
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Originally Posted by Jeff_HR
Is FOX just not making ENOUGH profit on HSB or are they losing $$$?
This applies to movies as well as TV shows, I don't see how keeping a product locked in your vault makes a company any $$$? Companies attitude AGAINST farming out product they don't wish to release themselves seems to me to be a formula for losing possible income. By farming out the product they don't wish to spend production money on a company gets some income without the cost of packaging & promoting it themselves. What is the reasoning behind this attitude? |
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Originally Posted by Scott_F_S
If a company knows how to turn a profit from a product, they're not going to keep it in their vaults and make up excuses. That makes no sense.
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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
Scott: Have you read the thread about the Disney Company and Song of the South?!
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Originally Posted by Scott_F_S
No, I haven't. Can you give me a Cliff's Notes version?
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Originally Posted by Scott_F_S
If a company knows how to turn a profit from a product, they're not going to keep it in their vaults and make up excuses. That makes no sense.
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Look! Another wink!
| By no stretch of the imagination can I think of any reason why Studio X would do that. If Studio X believes a product will turn a profit, Studio X will release that product. |
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Originally Posted by Aryn Leroux
You would like to think so and it sounds like common sense. But unfortunately this is not always the case at all!! Sometimes Studios would rather not go through the trouble of wasting time on something that would return a small profit when they can use that time to work on something else that would return alot more moola. You may not like it and find it hard to believe but it is true.
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Originally Posted by Aryn Leroux
You would like to think so and it sounds like common sense. But unfortunately this is not always the case at all!! Sometimes Studios would rather not go through the trouble of wasting time on something that would return a small profit when they can use that time to work on something else that would return alot more moola. You may not like it and find it hard to believe but it is true.
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| If they release a bunch of titles that lose money, or come in a lot lower than expected they'll be looking for a new job. Sure, we could write emails saying how much we loved the DVDs they put out, but that won't help them. |
| what i do blame them for is they should know going in when they release a certain title of where it should fall in the market place |
| It is not hard to have a department that can determine where a title is likely to fall in the profit range ahead of time. Sure sometime's your gonna have research that doesn't help, but usually you can be pretty close. I think sometimes they know that going in with a particular release and just hope it sells better than projected and if not they get out. |
| Do you really think it's easy to determine how well a release will sell? I'd rather them at least give something a shot...How do you know that any of these abandoned series were "long shots" that the studios gave a chance to? |
| I'd definitely rather see them give something a chance to sell well (and fail), then to have them give up on it at the "research" level. |
| I think sometimes there are certain shows that should be released no matter what profits are. |
| But can you imagine your boss asking you to work for the next 3 months without pay? |
| These corporations survive to turn profits. That's all. If a company knows how to turn a profit from a product, they're not going to keep it in their vaults and make up excuses |
| This, of course, assumes that there is another company that would like to sell HSB. Or does the entire corporate world think that HSB is a $$$$$ LOSER! |
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Originally Posted by Jeff_HR
Or does the entire corporate world think that HSB is a $$$$$ LOSER!
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Originally Posted by MarkHastings
If the original studio couldn't sell it, why would anyone else want to invest in it? and plus, not only would they have to pont up the money to produce it, but they'd have to pony up the $$ for the rights in the first place. Sounds like a bad investment from the get go.
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Originally Posted by Scott_F_S
The point is that it IS a money loser. It's been proven.
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