Juan Monroy — Motion Pictures

Development
- camera obscura,
- daguerrotype, 1839
- photographic rifle (Chronophotographe), 1882
- celluloid, 1887
- roll film, 1889
- kinetograph, 1891
- cinematographe, 1895
Entrepreneurial
- narrative, c. 1900
- nickelodeons, 1905–1912
- Motion Picture Patent Company, 1908–1915
- rise of independents, c. 1910
- production
  - feature films
  - star system
- distribution
  - block booking
- exhibition
  - first-run theaters
  - movie palaces
- vertical integration
  - oligopoly
Mass Market
- Big Five
  - Paramount
  - MGM
  - Warner Brothers
  - 20th Century-Fox
  - Radio Keith Orpheum
- Little Three
  - Columbia
  - Universal
  - United Artists
- studio system
  - mass production
  - contract system
- classical Hollywood cinema
  - narrative
  - genre
  - authors
- Fall of the Studio System
  - Hollywood Ten
  - Paramount Decision
  - suburbanization
  - television
Convergence
- home video
- exhibition windows
  - US theatrical
  - DVD sales and digital downloads
  - DVD rentals
  - pay-per-view and premium cable (“HBO window”)
  - digital rentals streaming
  - foreign theatrical
  - basic cable
  - broadcast TV
- revenues
  - US theatrical box office: 20%
  - DVD sales and rentals, digital downloads and streaming: 30%
  - pay-per-view, premium cable, network TV, basic cable
  - foreign markets
  - independent distribution
  - merchandising
- Big 6 Movie Conglomerates
  - Sony
  - Viacom
  - Time Warner
  - Disney
  - News Corp
  - NBC-Universal
  - Lionsgate and all other independents
- synergy
- digital distribution
  - iTunes movie sales, 2006
  - iTunes movie rentals, 2008
  - Netflix streaming
  - Hulu: NBC Universal, News Corp, and Disney
  - Comcast Xfinity video-on-demand
  - YouTube movie rentals
  - Amazon
  - Vudu (Walmart)
  - CinemaNow (Best Buy)