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They won't be American. The balance of power has already shifted east. There are now more productions, more money and more facilities east of Madrid than west of it.

>>jmkd+(OP)
So the companies in charge of distributing the content are American-based multinationals; production leaks out of the US toward prettier places and more amicable laborers; if you’re American and want to tag along—in or behind the scenes—you’re going to need a passport or a visa.

Or something like that?

>>jmkd+(OP)
I haven't heard of any of them, which I am open to being because of my own ignorance. Can you give some examples?

>>jmkd+(OP)
> The balance of power has already shifted east. There are now more productions, more money and more facilities east of Madrid than west of it.

This is wild fantasy.

the global power centers of TV distribution, monetization, and intellectual property ownership remain overwhelmingly American.

>>jmkd+(OP)
Look I get how Ne Zha 2 was a big success and showed signs of good production quality, but lets be honest: The movie was boring. I'm sure the mostly Chinese audience that sat with me in the theater enjoyed it but I fell asleep halfway in.

The "east" has more work to do to capture that magic that the western imperial order (Hollywood) has wrought upon the world.

I will continue to watch and observe how things play out.

>>irl_ze+m4
Ne Zha 2 comes to mind. One of the largest box offices ever and it came out this year. In my opinion: Good attempt but I dont see them supplanting Western media yet.

Here is some history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2J0pRJSToU

>>petcat+d5
You might be referring to the remnants of broadcast television. I'm referring to the screen-based productions capturing the eyeballs of tomorrow.

One serious strand of America's whip of many thongs is the inability or refusal to acknowledge the rise in power and influence elsewhere.

As Gandalf - the last remaining talkshow host - gets pulled off the bridge into the abyss, he looks up to see a motley brigade of multi-cultural hobbits dashing for the surface with their wits and wallets thankfully intact.

Please excuse my excruciating reimagining of your wild fantasy metaphor.

>>jmkd+fn
American companies control:

* The largest global streaming platforms (Netflix/HBO/Max, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+)

* The largest content libraries by revenue

* The most extensive international distribution networks

* The vast majority of high-budget scripted shows (budgets > $5M/episode)

* The highest global licensing revenue streams

* The most valuable franchises (DC, Marvel, Star Wars, Harry Potter, LOTR rights distribution through Amazon, etc.)

No European or Asian company has anything close to this global reach.

>>petcat+wo
This a highly focussed western lens but is not representative of global media culture and business.

If you completely discount Tencent Video, iQIYI, Youku, Bilibili, Kuaishou and so on in this outlook then that is the whip of many thongs in action.

I realise some of these platforms operate behind a wall you can't see over but don't think for a minute that wall isn't coming down.

>>jmkd+jx
Something doesn't happen until it happens. And even when it happens, it might fail.

So far China hasn't broken down many walls, for example I'm fairly sure they can't do what TSMC does.

And for media... guess what, they need to open a lot of things up. There's a lot more freedom of speech in the US, so US media can be about a lot of things interesting to the rest of the world. The US even has a lot media catering to other countries (for example media targetting Chinese audiences).

I mean, China could try that, we have the examples of Japanese and South Korean media, but both of those are democratic, and even then, it took them a long time to develop. Plus neither of them are near the levels of influence US media has.

>>jmkd+jx
Its nothing to do with the wall they are behind, the market and companies are just smaller.

For example, Tencent Video ranks 4th largest streamer in the world by subscribers after Amazon, Netflix, and Disney+. All American companies.

Your argument doesnt really seem to hold water.

>>jmkd+jx
The things China does strictly within the walls of its own insular society is a very far cry from representative of "global media culture and business".

It is very much dominated by American media companies at every level. Funding, development, production, distribution.

>>jmkd+(OP)
Why on earth would Madrid be the dividing line between east and west?

>>senord+US
Because really we can split into three or more. US on one side, EU, middle and far east on the other.

East of Madrid is booming, West is in decline.

More accurately the line should be in Lagos but many are more familiar with EU film production centres.

>>jmkd+u41
> Because really we can split into three or more. US on one side, EU, middle and far east on the other. East of Madrid is booming, West is in decline.

But the EU is "the west". Europe is where "the West" started. It's bizarre you would group EU with the middle east and far east rather than with the US.

Your comments make no sense. India, China, Nigeria, etc may have their own film productions, but they all watch american films. But that's not true of indian, chinese, nigerian films which are consumed locally. Beyond film production, what is india, china or nigeria's equivalent to netflix or hulu or amazon prime?