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Kevin Spacey urges TV channels to give control to viewers

Kevin Spacey urges TV channels to give control to viewers on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2013.

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Kevin Spacey, giving the MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival, urges TV channels to give viewers control. He points to Netflix's House of Cards release as evidence that audiences want to watch on their own terms.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it in streaming and piracy threads as an argument that giving viewers control is how to compete.

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“This is how you do it”
— znowi, Oct 2013, in “IsoHunt to Shut Down as Part of Settlement With Studios”

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3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

znowiOct 2013Recommends

MPAA doesn't get it. Costly lobbying and crushing lawsuits is not how you defeat piracy. This is how you do it: ▶ this video

in “IsoHunt to Shut Down as Part of Settlement With Studios” · View on HN

PanManSep 2013Cites it

In this talk ▶ this video he explains the series itself doesn't work well in a pilot: He wanted long story lines, and multiple complex characters, both of which are impossible in a pilot.

in “Why Netflix should buy AMC” · View on HN

ericHosickAug 2013Cites it

> The market isn't "films". It is "entertainment". Kevin Spacey on this subject: ▶ this video .

in “You have to beat the man to be the man” · View on HN

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Tech industry & business modelsMedia, journalism & propagandakevin spaceynetflixhouse of cardsstreamingpiracy