UK Supermarket Starts Making Its Own Movies
from the the-industry,-she's-a-changing dept
Whenever we talk about new business models, we get questions about how company x can stay in business with such a business model -- often with the implication being that if company x (e.g., a record label or a movie studio) can't do this, then it can't possibly work for the overall industry. But the fact is that markets are changing, and some of the end results may mean that non-traditional players end up making music and movies. We've already seen how different consumer products brands like Kraft and P&G have jumped into the music business, and now it appears that UK supermarket chain Tesco is getting into the movie business, producing a series of movies that are designed on purpose to go straight to the DVD shelves in Tesco. The company is working with some well known authors (the first movie is an adaptation of a Jackie Collins novel) and a small studio set up specifically for this kind of thing.While they admit there's some stigma with direct-to-shelves DVDs, they're hoping to get past that with the name recognition associated with the author. The article also notes that Tesco has taken a complete hands-off approach to the film production. There's no product placement and no attempts to weave in Tesco-related marketing. Apparently, Tesco's only requirement is that the film not stray into pornography.
I have no idea if this will be a success. In fact, I have my doubts that this particular setup will work well for Tesco. But it does highlight an important point. There are alternative means to finance a film, and if there's demand for this kind of creative work, someone will figure out a way to get it made, even if it's not some big Hollywood studio.
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Filed Under: business models, jackie collins, movies, supermarket
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although if they did they would probably sell by the bucket load
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Single advertisers used to finance entire shows.
Advertising seems to move wherever the attention is being paid.
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insightful stuff :p
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Internet Providers and Google should follow
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What goes around comes around
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it would be interesting
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Not that far out of the box
I'd really expect to see "NetFlix" branded or funded movies go direct to streaming as the next step.
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brilliant idea
anyone want to finance our iget2 brand? (infotainment)
comedy, info & stories???
flagship site:
http://iget2work.com
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Nice report
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Frankly, it's ingenious
Once they've had the film made the run-on costs of putting a DVD on the shelves is negligible.
They pick best sellers guaranteed to sell in the thousands.
And think of the sales at airports and railway stations to all those travellers with a portable DVD player.
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Tesco are merely moving everything in house - taking care of everything from script development to retail product. Time will tell whether the quality of the movies is good enough to convince people to buy the DVDs (especially a male audience - and yes marketers, we do the shopping as well), but it makes perfect sense.
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Tesco are merely moving everything in house - taking care of everything from script development to retail product. Time will tell whether the quality of the movies is good enough to convince people to buy the DVDs (especially a male audience - and yes marketers, we do the shopping as well), but it makes perfect sense."
I agree with Paul.
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