Kevin Spacey urges TV channels to give control to viewers
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN cites it in streaming and piracy threads as an argument that giving viewers control is how to compete.
What it is
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.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2013 to 2013.
What Hacker News said
Recommends znowi · 2013-10 · on “IsoHunt to Shut Down as Part of Settlement With Studios”
MPAA doesn't get it. Costly lobbying and crushing lawsuits is not how you defeat piracy. This is how you do it: [this video]
Cites ericHosick · 2013-08 · on “You have to beat the man to be the man”
> The market isn't "films". It is "entertainment". Kevin Spacey on this subject: [this video] .
Cites PanMan · 2013-09 · on “Why Netflix should buy AMC”
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.