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Production for the Long Tail Steve Stough Hollywood Post Alliance Technology Retreat February 1, 2007
The Long Tail Hits Number of Views Indie, Art Films, New Media Relative Popularity
The Long Legs Theatrical DVD, PPV Hits Lonelygirl15 Number of Views per Month VoD, NetFlix Time Since First Release
Lockheed Martin • ~60,000 engineers – almost all in R&D • Build few things in commercial quantity • Aircraft • The rest is spun off to commercial companies • Major annual commitment to collaborative advanced research with GE Labs, Sandia National Labs, DARPA, universities • A receiver and licensor of advanced tech • Some past entertainment-related initiatives • 1980 – Present: Dozens of image analysis systems, 2D to 3D • 1984: First wide-stripe, high-speed image distribution RAID • 1990’s: Teranex video processing company • 1998: Secure image archive management system (now part of Ascent Media) • 1999 – Present: High-dynamic range 4k, 24p video camera • 2001: First power-efficient 40 Gbps fiber optic transceiver commercial company • 2003: VoD distribution switch components based on non-linear optical devices and materials • 2005: 3.2 Gbps recorder read/write head demonstrated. Capable of writing 4 TBytes to a 120 mm disk.
Production for the Long Tail Lockheed Martin Industry Consultant ARRI Stargate Films Imagica* EMC Steve Stough Marc Darr Kevin Irvin Sam Nicholson Darren Frankel Richard Antley Paul Swedberg * Cinema Events canceled due to medical reasons Stephen.A.Stough@LMCO.com