Hollywood lightens the telco burden maybe

We hang our heads in shame at missing Ovum's report on how Hollywood is rethinking its dealmaking with Internet service providers and telcos. If you did too - get it now. Josette Bonte. Ovum's new vp content and IPTV says the broadband content revolution began 3 April 2006, the day the film studios agreed to release big titles for Internet download the same day they are released on DVD.

"This is the year the studios are discovering broadband," Josette told us when she stopped by our offices on a visit from LA where she is based.

If like us you sat up at Disney's move to stream episodes of prime time shows on ABC.com, well you were right it is important, but probably not as important as the studios' agreement. That matters because it changes the way film-makers will deal with telcos, and lets the telcos in on a revenue management model that has underpinned international film distribution for ever. If you want to know more, go here