Development+of+a+medium+and+factors+that+affect+an+industry

Here's some industry links to explore =The future of television= []

=Factors the control the NZ film Industry= April 2011 Simon Morris discusses the films made in the last couple of years in New Zealand. Not sure I agree with it all - but you have a listen and we can argue about it! []

I've been thinking A LOT about the future of the NZ film industry (funnily enough!) and how media industries need to adapt to survive (not just technologically, but also in the way they are organised and controlled). [|This blog post]by Barbar Summer Burstyn (producer of This way of Life) is an interesting one. What do you think she's trying to say?

And the Hobbit debate has been big over the holidays. Make sure you read all the articles about it here. We will discuss it in class and at our tutorials

This is the most comprehensive article I've seen so far - and takes into consideration all the commercial aspects of this debate, that go further than just NZ - and consider the implications of media ownership globally.

and[| this discussion] about the importance of distribution to the NZ film industry. Mike Riddell (screen writer and producer of The Insatiable Moon has [|this] to say.