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MarketWatch’s Jon Friedman on the success of “The Avengers” and Oprah’s television problems at OWN.
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Jon Friedman from MarketWatch -- join in the company a job I've got three stories -- -- I don't wanna go to festival the avengers.
It's had a box office record as you know two -- a million dollars in the weekend.
Does this make off of a flaw named Hong Kong -- also from -- to a very large degree yes.
John Carter was of a big on the way to -- -- the Hollywood but the avengers -- to positive.
Force for now for the future of -- with sequels and tie -- the people willing to say.
Let's cut in the avengers for for if it's not John Carter OK it's a franchise them milk it going fully -- second a new report says Oprah's O and OW and a unit net look may have lost a whopping 330 million boxes -- launched -- 08.
This of wrath by if Oprah -- is in effect so far it's a failure Oprah.
Is so resourceful and Smart and popular and successful we can count -- route.
And the more hope we have of the show the video -- -- so -- -- on behind the scenes of Opel from the camera is looking wanna see in the missing work that future is not.
330 million -- law is that did she doesn't have the money in the get you know that's not.
But she's still a billion the late I -- so.
Let's hope let's hope so you've -- -- finally there's the Spanish language network Univision.
It's gonna team up with ABC and it's got its Spanish language network but it's gonna offer English program want earlier this is a brilliant idea because.
People who.
Hispanic Americans who want to watch the shows an English will now some deterrent to -- -- their identity is being Hispanic Americans as well was learning English you know.
And that would -- but English language communications which is great to brilliant idea I think is that -- -- It's too far in -- is this too long coming this this -- along time ago so basically Univision is extending the franchise yes that's what is there an ABC is capitalizing on this as well as it's a win win for -- for both the networks I believe okay.
What's -- that media consumption for Spanish language in their -- and a huge -- -- both fiscal -- an aggressive they say -- -- voters as far as consumers and so people everywhere in the market and now you're giving -- a new -- which it's very Smart idea you know how many million viewers they go -- on a regular basis -- don't have the exact number at my fingertips it's in the millions.
That this is a young demographic because systemic Hispanic immigrants tend to -- younger than the established a little -- demographic is is that the -- anyone to attract young -- -- -- as caucasians Hispanics -- anybody -- you know.
Eddie and the ethnic group they wanted to attracts young people -- -- do it here.
And it entered new wrinkle to -- idea he likes it everybody here likes it isn't like an answer if I had -- -- -- wanna see here it's great that's the -- Wrong demographic.
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