Left Field.
The author reflects on the closing of Video City, an independently owned DVD rental store in the Notting Hill neighborhood of London, England, noting that streaming video services are putting such stores out of business and saying he will miss the film recommendations made by the store's knowledgeab...
| Publicado en: | New Statesman Vol. 144; no. 5270; pp. 34 - 35 |
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New Statesman Ltd.
7/10/2015
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| Sumario: | The author reflects on the closing of Video City, an independently owned DVD rental store in the Notting Hill neighborhood of London, England, noting that streaming video services are putting such stores out of business and saying he will miss the film recommendations made by the store's knowledgeable staff. He notes that automated recommender systems used by Internet streaming video companies cannot suggest genres a viewer does not already watch. Trends in the film industry are discussed. |
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