Teens: Entertain Us, But Do We Have To Leave The House?

“For decades, the movie business has followed an inflexible formula: Produce features, show them first in theaters, release them on video, then broadcast them on television.” But a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll shows that young people, though still hungry for films, aren’t interested in following the old rules about how and when they see them. “If teens and young adults are steering clear of movie theaters, where are they going? If you’re reading this story online, you’re staring at the answer: a personal computer.”