Chapter 545： Viacom is strong!

Although they all bombard Jews, Marlon Brando's acting class DVD tutorial is fundamentally different from Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ".

The former is only a professional tendency, with a small scope and a narrow audience; the latter is a worldwide popularization and has too much influence.

Therefore, Dunn refused to invest in "The Passion of the Christ", but he could produce and distribute Marlon Brando's lecture DVD.

Even some Hollywood Jews support Dunn.

After all, it was Marlon Brando who stood tall in the performance hall. Apart from his character and opinions, his professionalism is worthy of everyone's admiration!

However, some people just can't stand it.

Such as Redstone.

This famous media tycoon is Jewish.

It is precisely because of the resistance of Blockbuster that Marlon Brando was initially frustrated in his original plan to release DVDs.

If it wasn't for Tang En's intervention, his lecture DVDs would have been the same as in his previous life, and he would not be able to release them until he died.

Such a result is destined to further deepen the contradiction between Dunn and Redstone.

"It doesn't matter!" Dunn talked about this topic with Barry Diller at lunch. "Since I dare to invite you to manage New Universal, I am ready to fight Redstone."

Barry Diller and Redstone's personal relationship has long since broken down, but he is different from Dunn. He is a professional manager with good professionalism.

It is impossible for him to link corporate business to personal relationships, so from his perspective, he does not want a full-scale war between New Universal and Viacom.

However, he also knew Dunn's secret arrangement in private, and the war was inevitable, so he nodded, "I'm sure that in a few days, he will fight back."

"Oh? What do you think will happen to him?" Dunn put down his knife and fork, very curious.

This is the executive restaurant on the top floor of the new Universal Building, and it is not afraid of leaks.

Barry Diller said: "Among Viacom's major business segments, Viacom Cable Network, CBS Public Television Network and Blockbuster all have absolute advantages in their respective fields. But in the film industry, we can Paramount is rolling."

Dunn gave a soft "um", "We don't have a public television network yet, and cbs can't pose a threat. We can help Disney and escalate the war between cbs and abc."

Barry Diller nodded and said: "Yes, so Redstone's shot direction, we can speculate. Either use Viacom cable network to suppress usa TV network, or urge Blockbuster to continue to suppress Nye Flying living space."

"Blockbuster squeezes Netflix?"

Dunn shook his head amusingly.

For now, Blockbuster is definitely a giant in the market. There are more than 5,000 storefronts in the United States, more than Disney stores. This shows that Blockbuster has great ambitions.

But it is precisely because of its too much ambition that Blockbuster has made serious strategic mistakes.

As Blockbuster's market share in DVD and video tape rental exceeded 80% and was approaching saturation, Blockbuster's board of directors began a strategic transformation to find new profit points.

At this time, Best and Redstone chose video games!

Yes, video games do have a very bright future right now. But here comes the question, is Bestda a traditional video rental company, does it have the innovative genes of ea, Blizzard, Microsoft, and Dynamics?

Entering the game market rashly will definitely lead to the collapse of Blockbuster.

Tang En was sure that as long as Bestard didn't break his wrists and gave up the game field that he had invested heavily in, he would definitely embark on a road of no return that leads to death.

On the contrary, if Redstone is really brave enough to break his wrist, and instead imitates Netflix's "monthly membership" and "online rental" models, it might be possible to beat Netflix.

However, Blockbuster has already put more energy and funds into game development and channel expansion. Is it possible to give up on this?

Dunn doesn't have any worries about Baishida. As far as the current situation is concerned, it is very likely that it will be the same as in the previous life.

Blockbuster was beaten by rising star Netflix.

Barry Diller seemed to see Dunn's disapproval of Blockbuster, and said with a smile: "We have Netflix and Blizzard, and we have direct competition with Blockbuster, and we don't show weakness."

"But the cable network is in big trouble."

"That's right." Barry Diller nodded solemnly, "Although our sta has a big advantage over sho. But the gap between USA TV and Viacom TV is too big."

Tang En waved his hand and said lightly: "If you have advantages, there will be shortcomings. This is normal. Viacom is a big media group, and Viacom TV Network is only a part of it. Let's see who's weaker defense is stronger, and whose dominant attack is stronger!"

He knew that no matter how hard he tried, the usa network could not be a rival to Viacom.

In that case, it's better to take off your clothes and dry.

You punch me, I kick you!

See who is stronger!

Barry Diller hesitated, then said softly: "I managed the usa TV network many years ago. To be honest, there is not much room for development. According to Jack Welch's 'one of the best', the usa TV network …”

Tang En's eyes lit up, "Are you going to sell it?"

"Better sell if possible!" Barry Diller said loudly.

Tang En pondered for a while, "You can do it, as long as the price is right, you can do it."

...

As Dunn expected, the box office of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" didn't need any worries. In the first three days of the first weekend, the North American box office was 96 million US dollars.

Among them, imax theaters contributed more than 5 million US dollars.

It is said to be Christmas, but this is only mid-November, and there is still a month before Christmas.

In this time period, the film was amazing enough to get such a box office.

According to the trend of the box office, as long as there is no unexpected cliff-like decline, the North American box office of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" exceeds 300 million US dollars, which is not a big problem.

For "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" with an investment of $120 million, the North American box office is enough to recover the cost!

Other overseas box office, peripheral income, everything is profit!

Just three days after its release, the celebration reception for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was held.

This is the first time since the establishment of the New Universal Group that a celebration reception was held for a film.

Prior to this, "New York City" and "Every Moment" were too strong in literature and art, and the box office was very dull. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was a successful opening.

However, this time at the celebration reception, there were not too many colleagues in the industry who came to celebrate.

In particular, no one from the Paramount family was present.

Because everyone in the industry knows, Summer Redstone and Dunn Walker have turned their faces!

Redstone made the first move, and he hit with one hit, directly targeting New Universal's weakest point - the usa TV network.

At present, the cable network with the highest coverage in the United States is not Time Warner's cnn news network, not Disney's espn sports network, but Viacom's mtv music network!

Almost every family subscribes to the mtv channel.

Not only that, in the overseas area, mtv TV station still has great influence, and even Asia has held the mtv music awards of China, Japan and South Korea.

As the absolute trump card of Viacom, the mtv TV network is almost invincible, and it has directly issued a notice to the major TV operators in the United States-to ban all channels of the mtv TV network and conduct "package" sales with the usa TV network!

As soon as the news came out, the industry was in an uproar!

This is not a monopoly operation that excludes dissidents.

If Viacom requires TV operators to "choose one" between the mtv TV network and the usa TV network, this is an absolute monopoly, and it is the suppression of the new force by the industry leaders, which will be subject to the US Department of Justice. heavy penalty.

However, Redstone's operation was very clever, and he chose to refuse to provide "package" services with the usa TV network, which directly avoided the monopoly investigation.

"Bundle" and "package" are tricks that almost every TV operator has to play.

For example, the subscription fee for the mtv channel is 60 cents, and the subscription fee for the usa channel is 20 cents. If the subscription of the two channels is combined, the user only needs to pay 70 cents.

Rejecting the package, on the surface, is a mutual loss for both parties.

But in fact everyone's eyes are bright, mv is the most fashionable music form at the moment, mtv TV network is the most popular TV channel at the moment, this is a channel that must be subscribed.

In contrast, the usa TV network is not much necessary.

If there is no longer a package service, it is equivalent to an increase in the subscription price of the usa TV network, which will naturally lead to the loss of users.

It can be said that in front of the mtv television network, the usa television network has no room to fight back.

Although the New Universal Group has a strong momentum, Dunn Walker has won every battle, and Barry Diller is legendary, however, this time their opponent is Redstone and Viacom!

Many people who saw the wind and the rudder began to wander on both sides again.

"Don, you have to be careful this time." Amy Pascal attended the celebration reception and said to Dunn earnestly.

Dunn was a little funny, "You mean Redstone? Amy, you overestimate those old guys! For example, John Carley from Sony Pictures, do you really think his level is higher than you? Do you really think Is he qualified to lead you?"

Amy Pascal was at a loss for words.

She wanted to comfort Tang En a few words, but she didn't expect that this guy directly directed the war to himself.

"I remember his name on the invitation letter. Did he not come tonight?" Dunn's face was cold and his tone was not good.

Amy Pascal was caught in the middle and was a little embarrassed, "Mr. Cali... I have some misunderstandings about you."

"Misunderstanding? Hmph, is he waiting to see my joke?" Tang En waved his hand, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he sneered, "These old guys are in tune!"

Twice in a row, John Carley is not there, what's the big deal?

When he worked hard, Dunn might have to make a move with him.

. Nine Heavens God Emperor

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(Sanqi Chinese)