首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Forget Harry Potter. No matter that the film about this schoolboy with magic powers broke all box-office records on its opening
Forget Harry Potter. No matter that the film about this schoolboy with magic powers broke all box-office records on its opening
admin
2015-09-30
31
问题
Forget Harry Potter. No matter that the film about this schoolboy with magic powers broke all box-office records on its opening weekend, taking $ 94 m in the United States and $ 23 m in Britain, the truly momentous phenomenon in the film industry is not a pre-pubescent wizard but a humble circular piece of plastic:the digital versatile disc (DVD).
Next year, for the first time, sales of movies in DVD format are forecast to outsell those on video cassette in America, reaching a total of $ 9. 5 billion, according to Morgan Stanley, an investment bank. Already, 80% of American households have DVD players. With a DVD recorder now in the shops as well, something that can record from the TV as well as play the discs, Christmas sales are expected to be strong. A technology considered a flop when it was launched in 1997 is now the basis for the fastest-growing consumer appliance ever.
Some in the film business complain that people are simply buying DVDs instead of video cassettes; there is no net gain. Yet DVDs can do things that the cassette cannot, such as offer a choice of language in which to watch a movie, not to mention a clearer picture. And the studios have cleverly stuffed DVDs full of lively extra features, such as new clips or interviews with the director.
Moreover, people appear to want to build up collections of DVDs, rather as they do of recorded music. The DVD is steadily gaining shelf space, even in the movie-rental store, and it should overtake (赶上,追上) the cassette even there within three years. And shops like DVDs, not least because they take up less space. The DVD could well boost the size of the overall home-video market.
Already, recent releases on DVD, such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Star Wars Episode One, have sold millions of copies each. At a time when any revenue growth in the media industry is startling, DVD sales at AOL Time Warner jumped by 44% in the third quarter this year, compared with the same period of 2000, to $ 279 m.
But how lasting will the DVD effect be? Some 80% of a film’s revenue comes from its distribution after the cinema release:to home video, pay-TV and the like. "The largest single portion of that revenue will be the DVD business," says Christopher Dixon of UBS Warburg, an investment bank, which in turn will help to reduce the risk involved in making movies. "The DVD is the most exciting development in the film industry," he adds, "but every eight years there has been a new distribution platform in the entertainment business. None of them lasts forever. "
According to the passage, DVD business will______.
选项
A、pose great threat to film industry
B、help to reduce the risk involved in making movies
C、reduce the revenues of films
D、continue to boom for decades
答案
B
解析
细节题。根据最后一段,一部电影的收人中,占据最大份额的是DVD业务,而这反过来会减少电影制作的风险。所以B是对的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/aYWO777K
0
在职攻硕英语联考
相关试题推荐
Hairloss,orgettingbald,isquitecommon.Nearlytwooutofeverythreemenwillbeginbalding【C1】______they’re60.Mostdon
TheopeningceremonyoftheOlympicGamesisusuallytelecast________tothewholeworld.
AttheveryoutsetofourmeetingagreatpersonalreliefwasexperiencedbybothVanHelsingandmyself.
Asocietyshouldbejudgedbyhowittreatsitschildren.Acountrythatfailsto【C1】______itschildrenisendangeringitsfutur
A:DoctorSmithisengagedonWednesday.WouldyouliketocomeonThursday?B:______.
Thenewsofthefirstsuccessfulcloningofasheephassentshockwavesaroundtheworld.Asaresult,inmanycountries,offici
Man:JustthinkIwentthroughsomuchworkonmypaperonlytogetaC.Woman:Well,Idon’tthinkgradesareeverything.What
Thepolicearetryingtofindoutthe______ofthewomankilledinthetrafficaccident.
longafterthe1998WorldCupwaswon,disappointedfanswerestillcursingthedisputedrefereeing(裁判)decisionsthatdeniedvi
随机试题
Forthreedecadeswe’veheardendlesslyaboutthevirtuesofaerobic(increasingoxygenconsumption)exercise.Medicalauthoriti
A.缺血性肌痉挛B.压疮C.尿道、膀胱损伤D.周围神经损伤E.缺血性骨坏死脊柱骨折,脊髓损伤常并发
可用熏洗法治疗的疾病是
通过拮抗盐皮质激素受体而产生利尿作用的药物是
背景依据《建设工程施工合同(示范文本)》(GF—2017—0201),某机场施工单位与另一施工单位于2018年1月1日签订了机场站坪扩建工程建设的分包合同,明确由发包人供应材料与工程设备。在双方一般约定中,涉及哪些内容?
按照地理有效范围,计算机网络可以分为()。
人体体格测量资料可作为营养状况的综合观察指标,不同年龄组选用的指标不同,5~20岁组应选用()指标。
Apersonmayhaveanideaabouthimselfthatwillpreventhimfromdoinggoodwork.Hemayhavetheideathatheisnotcapable
新民主主义革命时期,党的建设包括()
有三个关系R、S和T如下:则由关系R和S得到关系T的操作是( )。
最新回复
(
0
)