Hollywood Hunter

Westeros Building, in a restaurant by the window of the super mansion on the top floor.

It was seven o'clock in the morning.

Angourie Davis has set the tableware himself and is checking to make sure that the host has arrived.

Simon was followed by the two Knaves sisters, and behind them were four maids, two of whom were holding a little guy.

Saying good morning, Angorui helped the host to open the seat, while inadvertently glanced at the other two women, both of whom looked radiant, which made her inexplicably envious.

In the blink of an eye, these years have passed, and the housekeeper can feel that her male master is interested in her, but a certain little man always seems to have a little more restraint towards the people around him, which makes her annoyed. I probably understand that this is because I am worried that they will push forward, but she has never been a woman who pushes forward.

The three adults sat down, and the waitress was just about to arrange the two little guys on both sides of the man as usual, when one of them stretched out her hand to her mother with a whimper.

After confirming with the hostess, the waitress sent the child to Inas on the opposite side.

In fact, I hope that the child can get closer to his father. This is a rare opportunity. However, the little guy leaned on her, and Inas did not show any impatience. On the leg, a certain little one was burrowing towards her chest, and the two chubby little hands were still grabbing restlessly.

After a short tussle with the child, Inas let the little guy do what she wanted, and waited until the child was contented in her arms, then raised her head and looked towards Simon with a reddish face, with some A different kind of teasing smile: "I thought about cutting it off for the baby, but... Heh, Simon, he really looks like you."

Maybe the maids in charge of taking care of the children didn't understand this ridicule, but Angorui understood it immediately. However, Angorui also knew that Inas's little teasing about being close to her family was inappropriate for a certain man.

It's not going to be angry, but it's certain to be annoyed.

Among them, the housekeeper can probably understand her mentality, but of course, she will not casually reveal it to any woman around her boss, she has always been very responsible.

Another maid served breakfast, and the housekeeper served it herself, helping the host to share the meals. Sure enough, she heard a little man's seemingly irrelevant but obviously relevant words: "You two, since you two don't get along well on weekdays, why don't you get along? Don't live together, don't affect the children."

Although they are biological sisters, since Inas and Melania both had children, the signs of indifference are very obvious, as long as everyone around them can see it.

When Simon said this, the two sisters on the opposite side immediately looked at each other, and the smile on the corner of Inas's mouth disappeared in a blink of an eye.

In fact, living separately is of course nothing.

In their hearts, they don't want to be with each other anymore.

However, the two sisters are very clear that the two of them are more attractive to men when they are together. Once they are separated, perhaps, who knows if this man will still be like this, at least every two Moon will come to visit them.

Simon didn't give the sisters a chance to argue, and turned to the housekeeper beside him: "You are responsible for making arrangements."

Angorui nodded slightly.

On the surface, she is impeccably submissive, but inwardly she is more or less gloating.

Are you annoyed...

Tsk!

Based on the housekeeper's understanding of her boss, after separation, considering the children, he certainly wouldn't neglect the two girls. However, as the two sisters instinctively thought, they would indeed lose the advantage of being one. '.

Simon didn't bother to pay attention to the various thoughts of the women around him, and started his day's work after breakfast.

Today focuses on Daenerys' East Coast TV division.

Entering October, the 2000 American TV autumn schedule has basically spread out, and the ratings of major platforms, whether it is old dramas or new movies, have been confirmed.

First of all, it is abc.

This public television network owned by Daenerys has experienced a small trough this year, and there is only one main project left, "American Idol".

And it's already season six.

For reality shows, phenomenal works are often at their peak around the third season, and the sixth season is usually a turning point. "American Idol" did not escape this rule. After the previous fourth season hit a peak of 38 million viewers on average, in the fifth season last year, the data shrank slightly, but it also held the 35 million threshold.

The latest season started broadcasting on September 13, and the number of viewers in the first episode still reached 36 million. However, based on the average data of the previous 4 episodes, the average number of viewers in this season of "American Idol" will be around 32 million. .

Maybe next year it will turn to the 30 million threshold.

The average viewership data of 30 million is of course still phenomenal, which means that "American Idol" is enough to last ten seasons easily, but, for the project itself, it is obvious that the peak moment is about to pass .

Furthermore, the reason why this year is a trough is mainly because, apart from the reality show "American Idol", ABC has no phenomenal dramas that also support the ratings.

ABC's previous TV series was "Seinfeld", but unfortunately, after the actor completed the ninth season two years ago, he was too tired of this project and did not renew his contract. The other two dramas produced by Daenerys are also phenomenal. This year, they are both "Friends" and "Emergency Room Stories" in the seventh season. The broadcasting rights are on NBC and CBS, neither of which

Letting go means, moreover, abc has not been able to cultivate other popular dramas to succeed "Seinfeld" for a while.

Thus created the trough situation this year.

Having said that, Simon is not too worried about this.

The reason why abc is like this is caused by Daenerys' overall TV operation strategy. Simply put, in recent years, Daenerys has been more inclined to develop cable TV business. Of course, wireless networks will not be ignored, but after all, there is no As fancy as ever.

At least Simon himself, if he wants, can easily provide abc with several phenomenal dramas.

Simon didn't do this. On the one hand, he wanted the abc team to perform on their own. After all, the boss needed to do everything, and so many employees needed to do something. Simon, on the other hand, doesn't have enough energy after all.

However, let abc play by itself, and want to make a phenomenal project, more depends on luck.

In the past two years, luck has obviously been bad.

Simon is not in a hurry, he plans to take another look, if it doesn't work, he will do it himself.

The main reason is that the development of the cable business has given Daenerys, including Simon, enough confidence.

The key, of course, is the paid cable network dho.

It has only been launched for two years. With its own strong content advantages and promotion capabilities, dho can almost be said to have developed explosively. So far, only in North America, dho has already had 16 million subscribers, almost catching up with the last two years. The 18 million local data of the direct rival hbo, which is desperately invested.

Hbo's current advantage is only the huge overseas user base accumulated over the past ten years since its launch.

dho has also begun to deploy overseas.

In general, in addition to the high-quality content resources accumulated over the years, the reason why dho has been able to expand rapidly is inseparable from the two phenomenal TV series launched at the same time last year, which are naturally "The Sopranos" and "House of Cards".

Speaking of which, since the two episodes of "The Sopranos" and "House of Cards" were launched last year, there has been almost overwhelming discussion heat, which is inseparable from the extensive marketing of Daenerys on TV, the Internet and newspapers. However, the two The quality of the series itself is absolutely impeccable.

Whether it's dho or hbo, most of the content is still movies.

However, compared with movies, phenomenon-level TV dramas with a wide range of topics can obviously attract more audiences' attention, which in turn triggers continuous subscription consumption by the public.

In the past, hbo’s rapid rise after 2000 was based on a large number of movie content, but several phenomenal TV dramas such as "The Sopranos" and "Sex and the City" helped this paid cable network to become famous and attract attention. . Later, as a streaming media giant, Netflix actually benefited from the same strategy.

This time, dho is considered a cut-off.

Of course hbo has also followed up, but it's a pity that whether it's a public TV network or a paid cable network, if you want to create a phenomenon-level drama with a super hot topic, you need luck.

Obviously, this time, hbo's luck is not so good.

All in all, with the phenomenon-level topic effect caused by the two dramas, in just two years, at least in the North American local market, dho will catch up with hbo, and it may be within the next year.

After all, the pay TV market is limited. When dho overtakes hbo, and then, it is very likely that one will ebb and flow rapidly. Hbo may not completely decline, after all, it is backed by the huge General Electric Group, but it is hard to say whether it will become a second-tier like Showtime once did.

There is also Showtime. At the beginning, Daenerys wanted to acquire this paid cable network as the basis for the development of paid cable channels, but failed, so she decided to start DHO from scratch.

Now, the two powers are fighting for hegemony. According to various common practices, there is no doubt that the unlucky one is the third.

So is reality.

In the past two years, the most difficult thing in the paid cable industry has been Viacom's Showtime TV station.

In other words, the situation of Viacom as a whole is not good.

The Viacom Group controlled by Summer Redstone, under the influence of the big butterfly Simon, made several successive attempts in this time and space, but failed to snatch a major studio after all.

Large studios that mainly produce content often play the role of a locomotive in media groups.

Lacking a powerful locomotive, large capital groups under the background of media integration have a natural competitive effect on small and medium-sized capital. Viacom, in recent years, has gone from bad to worse.

After all, just like showtime, Redstone refused to sell. Daenerys founded dho by herself, and her strength was not at the same level. The impact of crushing competition on showtime can be imagined. The simplest one is also to broadcast movies for Lord, now, it is absolutely impossible for Showtime to get the copyright from Daenerys and the alliance MGM and Fox, and Warner Bros. is obviously the same. This means that most of Hollywood has closed the door to Showtime.

Besides mtv, everyone can't get it, and naturally Viacom won't let Viacom monopolize the music TV market for nothing.

Both Time Warner and Daenerys have invested in related fields in recent years. Naturally, this not only divided up the mtv market, but also, whether it was Warner Records or

It was Daenerys Records, as the world's top music giant, its own content resources naturally closed the door to mtv to a certain extent.

Due to marketing and other reasons, the major record companies can still provide enough content to mtv. However, it is conceivable that once mtv gradually loses the platform advantages accumulated over the years, it will only be a matter of time before the door is completely closed.

This is business competition.

In addition to the rapid rise of DHO, Daenerys' achievements in the field of basic cable TV are also the envy of other media giants.

Among them, there are mainly two major TV stations, ESPN and USA.

After reaching an exclusive broadcast agreement with the American Football League with a huge sum of US$9 billion four years ago, in the face of various doubts inside and outside Daenerys, ESPN has been surging all the way, while its share of cable TV platforms continues to increase. , Subscribers are still increasing at a rate of more than 20% per year. At present, only North America has 110 million subscribers.

The effect of the exclusive broadcast is so remarkable that ESPN has gradually turned its attention to basketball, baseball and other fields.

The once so-called ESPN tax has now taken shape again.

Then there is USA, a basic cable network specifically targeting female audiences. Last year, it completed a "Desperate Housewives" as its flagship. "City" and other hits, the attention of TV stations is no less than that of several major public TV networks.

In North America, the number of subscribers of USA has also exceeded 100 million, and surpassed ESPN, reaching as many as 130 million.

At the same time, the share that USA gets from the limited operating platform continues to rise. Compared with the initial 15 cents per user per month, this figure has now risen to $1.25, becoming a rare share among many basic cable networks in the United States. A TV station with a ratio of more than $1.

This means that USA only earns 160 million US dollars every month from subscriptions.

Not only that, the basic cable network, unlike the paid cable network, can also place advertisements, and the subscription share and advertising revenue are about 50-50.

Daenerys' financial report for the 2000 fiscal year has basically been calculated. Among them, only the USA TV network, the revenue in the past four quarters reached 3.79 billion US dollars, and the annual net profit was 530 million US dollars.

Compared with Daenerys as a whole, this data does not seem to be too conspicuous. However, if you compare it with the same kind, well, except for your own ESPN, there is no other basic cable network that can be compared with USA. You can only use public TV networks. Currently It can be regarded as CBS among the four major TV networks. Currently under Westinghouse Electric, after gradually getting out of the adjustment period of being acquired by Westinghouse, in the latest fiscal year, CBS's annual net profit was only 590 million US dollars.

Although CBS ranks last among the current four major public television networks, USA, relying on the strength of a cable network, can reach the same profit level as a long-established public television network like CBS. One can imagine how brilliant this basic cable network is .

And USA, after all, is only a part of Daenerys' huge TV business territory, and at the same time, the TV business is only a part of the entire Daenerys Entertainment's many business territory.

Daenerys Entertainment has confirmed that it will announce its full-year financial report for the past fiscal year on October 19.

Even if the outside world already has various high or low expectations, no matter what, if you only watch one US TV station, there is no doubt that this super media giant dominates in the same field.