"The London company produces 29 of the most popular online kids' shows in the world, found on more than 150 platforms in 32 languages — and with 7.8 billion views on YouTube in March alone." And those shows are very carefully and intensely market-researched and engineered. - The New York Times
The main issue? Streamers are starting to realize that "continuing to try to go get new customers by spending a lot of money on original content is going to run out of steam." What's next? Probably (gulp!) advertising. - Los Angeles Times
Masks are still required, mostly, but "while some patrons welcomed the change, others said they felt uneasy about going into crowded theaters without the assurance that their seatmates were vaccinated." - The New York Times
Alejandro Cerrudo: "One of the most common thoughts I've heard from audiences is, 'Sometimes I feel like I don't understand it.' You don't have to. You just have to experience it. Sometimes you like it, sometimes you don't, and sometimes you don't know why you like it, and that's OK." - Charlotte Magazine
"Dubbed Immersive Scheherazade, the experience emulates those immersive Van Gogh shows. Four large screens and several smaller ones showed video close-ups of (Curtis Orchestra) instrumentalists and conductor (Osmo Vänskä) in a performance recorded at Curtis in December." Peter Dobrin had a look and a listen. - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Like the US band The Linda Lindas, Star Feminine Band make music both for themselves and for a wider audience - an audience that is rapidly becoming international. - BBC
Arthouses are in trouble (see the previous article). But Everything Everywhere All at Once is proving surprisingly robust - and what makes it "a bonfire at arthouses is that it’s aimed squarely at the demo that has been fueling the box office rebound ... 18- to 34-year-olds." - Deadline
"There's something in the water,” said Nish Kumar. ... "I've had a few conversations with other comics and there's a sense that something doesn't quite feel right." And while the shift seems more noticeable since the pandemic, COVID lockdowns don't seem to be the sole explanation. - The Guardian
Just 3% of UK households signed up to a new video streaming subscription in Q1 2022, compared to 4.2% during the same period in 2021 when the pandemic was keeping more people home. Fifty-eight percent of households (16.9 million) now have at least one paid subscription, down 215,000 quarter-on-quarter. - Deadline
No, truly. Just look at Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos infamy. No, we can't do anything and be anyone and go anywhere etc. Not even if our earbuds or headphones tell us so. - Slate
The theatre owners "announced the decision as many governments and businesses nationwide have been loosening restrictions, but with cases rising in New York City and the virus forcing several Broadway shows to cancel performances in recent days." - The New York Times
As of February 2022, there were more than 817,000 unique program titles across traditional TV and streaming services in the U.S., with many of those titles featuring hundreds of individual episodes or chapters. Variety
"Based on responses from 2,128 D.C. area theatregoers from March 14-17, significantly more audience members responded negatively than positively about ending these requirements in theatres." - American Theatre
Many researchers say things like Instagram and TikTok probably aren’t entirely bad for all adolescents. They’re not entirely good, either, and can cause documented problems with body image, but the impact varies. - The Verge
