"Television: the revolution," ([1944])

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90 TELEVISION: THE REVOLUTION the most part to national coverage; at any rate, the new industry will be so vitally concerned with improving markets at home that there will be little interest in going afield for some years. On the other hand, post-war Hollywood will be movie-maker for the planet. Every theatre in the world is a potential buyer for the output of American films. Distribution by air to all of the world's entertainment markets is a certain direc- tion of post-war growth and expansion. Tele- vision will be so preoccupied with technical and economic problems at home that the lucrative world markets will be left almost entirely for motion picture servicing. Well, there are the salient differences. Let us add them up, and see what course seems most logical for each branch of visual entertainment to follow. Wisdom calls for the leaders of each industry to capitalize on the peculiar values of their individual equipment and methods, heightening and exaggerating the differences between the visual services delivered by motion pictures and video. In this regard, post-war picture producers may very well place a greater emphasis on "A" and "Super-A" budget pictures. Movie-makers