"Most major television producers, including CBS, NBC, ABC, Warner Bros, and Sony Pictures, aren't part of the 99-cent rental deal. Nor are powerhouse cable networks Showtime and HBO. Each has a vested interest in protecting their existing businesses, which brings billions of dollars into the TV industry through cable and satellite subscriptions and advertising revenue."...

"Some books reach a cultural saturation point, where everyone -- great aunts and frat boys, baristas and coffee patrons, defense attorneys and police officers -- seems to be talking about them or has read them, or is planning to read them. It's no surprise that these books, with broad and engaged reader interest, attract the attention of Hollywood."...

"Two-thirds of people agree with the government's stance on cutting arts funding and increasing reliance on private cash, a survey has suggested. And a fifth of the 2,022 British adults questioned said visual arts should not be given any government funding."...