Plant twirls the microphone stand, and deploys his primal snakeskin howl with restraint, at times almost with delicacy. Even so, he has enough raw power in his voice to burn up a fleet of Ferraris and Bugattis.
One outfit is steadily gaining ground. Netflix, which rents DVDs through the post, has been amassing subscribers: 15m so far. It is gradually moving into online distribution, and is becoming popular on connected TVs. It will be built into the new Apple TV. Netflix has a pot of money to spend on rights, and wants to acquire some content exclusively. Although it stayed quiet this week, it is the company to watch—and, if you are a television or film executive, to worry about.
Roadside Attractions said it had acquired Ondi Timoner’s documentary “Cool It,” about the Danish statistician and writer Bjorn Lomborg, for release in the United States, just before that film is to make its make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.