Bob Wright States the Obvious
In an article woefully short on specifics, NBC Universal Chairman and Chief Executive Bob Wright says:
“The problems are spreading and no one is immune,” Wright said. “In my business we’re just looking over the shoulder of the music industry, which has gone through a very difficult time.”
You heard it here first folks, piracy has hurt the music industry! So Mr. Wright, what are you going to do about it?
“It’s something we have to do, but it has to be done well,” Wright said “These movies are so expensive we have to be careful ... We’re pretty close. Hopefully by the end of this year we’ll be able to do that.”
Huh? Do what? Launch online services for downloading movies? You already have two of those (the oft neglected CinemaNow and Movielink). Clearly that is not going to change anything.
Oh and just for added humor he even drops mention of the DVD format war:
“You’d always rather have one standard—that’s going to happen eventually,” he said. “Hopefully this won’t go as far as (the) Betamax-VHS (video tape format battle).”
This guy is on a roll. Next he will tackle world peace and conflict in the Middle East. Don’t you wish that vaguely restating obvious problems at a press conference was all that was necessary to convince the vulgar masses that you aren’t completely disconnected from reality? Bob Wright does. This makes Eisner’s closing speech look like a work of Shakespeare.
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