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Broadcasting Hollywood: The Struggle Over Feature Films on Early Television uses extensive archival research into the files of studios, networks, advertising agencies, unions and guilds, theatre associations, the FCC, and key legal cases to analyze the tensions and synergies between the film and television industries in the early years of television. This analysis of the case study of the struggle over Hollywood’s feature films appearing on television in the 1940s and 1950s illustrates that the notion of  an  industry misunderstands the complex array of stakeholders who work in and profit from a media sector, and models a variegated examination of the history of media industries. Ultimately, it draws a parallel to the contemporary period and the introduction of digital media to highlight the fact that history repeats itself and can therefore play a key role in helping media industry scholars and practitioners to understand and navigate contemporary industrial phenomena.

This book begins with the building of a house, and the building of a company while building the house. It expands to look at the ideas found in various rooms, some of which expanded into virtual space while they still were grounded in the lives of the artists in the house.-- from the preface by Marianne WeemsThe Builders Association, an award-winning intermedia performance company founded in 1994, develops its work in extended collaborations with artists and designers, working through performance, video, architecture, sound, and text to integrate live performance with other media. Its work is not only cross-media but cross-genre -- fiction and nonfiction, unorthodox retellings of classic tales and multimedia stagings of contemporary events. This book offers a generously illustrated history and critical appraisal of The Builders Association, written by Shannon Jackson, a leading theater scholar, and Marianne Weems, the founder and artistic director of the company. It also includes critical meditations from such artists and scholars as Elizabeth Diller, Pico Iyer, Saskia Sassen, Kate Valk, and many others.Technological wizardry in the theater has a long history, going back to the deus ex machina of ancient Greek drama. The Builders Association makes its technological dependence visible, putting backstage technologies center stage and presenting architectural assemblies of screens and bodies. Jackson and Weems explore a series of major productions -- from MASTER BUILDER (Ibsen by way of Gordon Matta-Clark) to SUPERVISION (an exploration of dataveillance) to HOUSE/DIVIDED (the foreclosure crisis juxtaposed with the Joads of Steinbeck'sThe Grapes of Wrath). Each work is described through a series of steps, including \"R&D,\" \"Operating Systems,\" \"Storyboard,\" and \"Rehearsal/Assembly.\"The Builders Associationnot only traces the evolution of an intermedial aesthetic practice but also tells a story about how a group makes the risky decision to make art in the first place.

From parents and teachers to politicians and policymakers, there is a din of voices participating in the debate over how young people are affected by violence, strong language, and explicit sexual activity in films. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) responded to this concern in 1968 when it introduced a classification and rating system based on the now well-known labels: \"G\", \"PG\", \"PG-13\", \"R\", and \"X\". For some, these simple tags are an efficient way to protect children from viewing undesirable content. But do the MPAA ratings actually protect children? InThe Naked Truth,Kevin. S Sandler argues that the rating system does not protect children but instead protects the Hollywood film industry. One prime indicator of this is the collective abandonment of the NC-17 rating in 1990 by the major distributors of the MPAA and the main exhibitors of the National Association of Theatre Owners. By categorizing all films released by Hollywood and destined for mainstream theaters into R ratings (or lower), the industry ensures that its products are perceived as \"responsible entertainment\" to all audiences and \"incontestable\" to politicians and moral reformers. By embracing a no-NC-17 rule, the industry collapses mature subject matter with pornography, creating a national cinema where certain representations of sex and nudity are taboo.

Pre-film advertising generates hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for the film industry despite being considered a nuisance by many film-goers, studio executives and filmmakers. Although its history dates to the mid 1890s, pre-film advertising did not become a permanent part of the American film-going experience until the mid-1970s. This essay positions its return within the context of a conflict within the ranks of exhibition that saw independent and small town theatre owners desperate to survive in a rapidly changing entertainment marketplace and willing to subvert existing business relationships in order to accomplish that. It concludes with a consideration of how pre-film advertising relies on a concept of the captive audience, developed during the television era, which may no longer be appropriate.

This newsreel, published by Universal Pictures Company, is about the National Association of Theatre Owners, Nikita Khrushchev, and peace.

BRITISH JET IN VERTICAL FLIGHT: In a forest in Bedford, England, British aircraft manufacturers demonstrate the amazing maneuverability of their P-1127 jet fighter. It's a high-speed, high-altitude fighter that can land and take off vertically - just like a helicopter. THEATRE OWNERS HONOR SOPHIA LOREN: Walt Disney and Sophia Loren are both honored at the wind-up banquet climaxing a four-day convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners held in New York City. A new \"Golden Age\" for the motion picture industry is predicted. SPORTS FOOTBALL NORTH CAROLINA UPSETS MICHIGAN: At Ann Arbor, the Tar Heels of North Carolina upset highly-rated Michigan, 21 to 7. Alert defensive recoveries of Michigan fumbles set up two touchdowns. Tar Heel quarterback, Danny Talbott throws one T D pass and carries into the end zone for another. UCLA TOPS MISSOURI: At Los Angeles Coliseum, U C L A takes on Missouri. Both are undefeated. Halfback Mel Farr scores for The Bruins in the final minute, assuring U C L A of a 24-15 victory. Missouri had scored twice in the fourth quarter to narrow the score to 17-15.

THE POPE'S PILGRIMAGE OF PEACE History is made this day. The eyes of a troubled world are turned to New York City and the United Nations as a pilgrim seeking peace arrives at Kennedy airport. It is a journey without precedent. Pope Paul VI, of course, is the first Pontiff ever to set foot on the soil of the United States. Here is a camera record of the epic journey beginning with the landing of the Pope's plane at Kennedy airport. His 24-mile motorcade terminates at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, where he offers prayers of thanksgiving for a safe journey. President Johnson traveled from Washington to meet with the Pope for 45 minutes. Both expressed deep satisfaction with the meeting. There is little rest for the Pope on his crowded schedule. At the United Nations, the spiritual leader of 600 million Roman Catholics is greeted by a Buddhist - Secretary-General U Thant. The Pope addresses the U.N. in fluent French, pleading that the United Nations offers the peoples of the world a last hope of peace. Later, he offers Mass before 90,000 people in Yankee Stadium and there he receives an ovation from Catholics, Jews and Protestants alike. Pope Paul concludes his journey with a visit to Michelangelo's \"PIETA\" at the Vatican Pavilion at the World's Fair. So, it's Hail and Farewell Pope Paul the Sixth. The world hopes that Divine Wisdom will look upon his mission with favor.

The Victoria Theatre Association, Bud Light and Heidelberg Distributing Co. present nine of the most popular movies ever made with the return of the Victoria's annual `Hot Times ... Cool Films' summer film series, including Orson Welles' cinematic masterpiece, Citizen Kane . The film series runs every weekend in July and August. Show times will be 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays, except for Gone With the Wind , which will have Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1 p.m. in addition to 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday screenings.

All-time records were broken for revenues for corporate sponsorship for the annual fund drives and single ticket sales. * A 12 percent increase in the annual fund drive with an increase of 200 annual fund givers. John S. Danis, senior vice president, The Danis Companies; Eric Evans, president, International Copeland Corp.; Sandy Gunlock, community volunteer; Robert H. Harvey, director North American Operations, Delphi Chassis Systems; Donald Kasle, community volunteer (term begins Jan. 1, 1996; William T. Lincoln, president, Berry Investments; Gary E. Morin, executive vice president and CEO, Huffy Corp.; Ira Siegel, president and CEO LEXIS-NEXIS; and Daryl Ward, president, United Theological Seminary.