It was about twenty years ago that I wrote an article called “Indie film is dead. Long live Indie Film”. It took me a looonnngg time to make that pivot from full time film production. Now I wish it did not take me so damn long. I am very happy planning an end to end reboot of the entire film infrastructure.
So when WIRED asked if I wanted to discuss “TV is dead. Long live TV.” with Amazon Studios’ Roy Price, I couldn’t resist. Roy is the first in new type of film and television executive. Roy is the only head of television production I can think of that has dealt with both transactional and subscription video on demand, has film and television in his portfolio, as well as apps and community. He just got 5th patent to go along with it all. When we think of creating & distributing pop culture in this connected age I can’t help but think soon this sort of Roy Price executive will be what everyone in the biz will want at the helm.
Check out our conversation on the future of television in the age of the internet:
