Tribeca: Joe Roth Suggests Movie Studios Should Start Buying Theaters
5:12 PM PDT 4/27/2011 by Georg Szalai
The producer says studios should take action to get a bigger share of the profits from the "first window of opportunity in theaters."
NEW YORK -- While he believes that the current conflict between studios and exhibitors over premium VOD will soon blow over, producer Joe Roth argued Wednesday that movie studios themselves should own theaters.
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