We had a wonderful holiday with family and friends. Steven got his passport and made it back to the airport, through security and met me at the gate with just a few minutes to spare! Lesson learned, from now on he will carry both passports with him! Dual citizenship has its benefits so long as the passports don’t get mixed up! The taxi driver, who spoke English, came to his rescue. He flew down the highway to get Steven to the campground, only to find the entrance gate was locked tight! He tried to squeeze through a side gate which woke the guard and caused a scene. The third one, however, was up for the challenge.
Steven dashed out of the airport to find a cab driver to take him there, only to be refused by the first two. But wait, he also has an American passport! Unfortunately, it was safely tucked away in Bijou, at a campsite 30 minutes north of the city. We had gotten to the airport in plenty of time, only to find out that Steven, who was traveling on his Irish passport, needed a visa to go to the U.S. Our first flight out of Lisbon to Heathrow was at 7:00 in the morning.
Unlike our trip to the states, our return travels went according to plan. It seems much longer because we’ve had a lot going on.
This begs the question as to how this more individualized approach will help or hurt more traditional outlets such as movie theatres and even indie outlets who financially depend on the support garnered by these outlets.We are back in Bijou now having arrived just over a week ago. But what it suggests for the consumption of media moving forward is that consumers can not only be more selective about what they consume, they can also be selective about when and how they consume as well. This is the latest trend in that transformation. Technology has been transforming the lives of everyday people since its early onset.
With the onset of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, movie theatres, and other public gathering spaces were forced to shut down, thus opening uncharted opportunity for streaming services to take full advantage of people staying at home and taking advantage of their platforms.Īccording to a 2021 Forbes article, “Post-Pandemic Media Consumption: Online Streaming Accelerates A New Content Experience”, “When the Covid-19 pandemic triggered stay-at-home orders and canceled social plans, consumers turned to online media streaming to fill the void…TV/video streaming services touted exclusive content and low prices to lure viewers, and by June 2020, 48% of US online adults had subscribed to at least one streaming service…in June 2020, 39% of US consumers liked the idea of seeing newly released movies on streaming services and planned to continue watching them at home rather than in movie theaters.” From music to films to television, streaming was already making waves through platforms such as Hulu, Netflix, Apple, Disney+, and Peacock. Streaming services have revolutionized every way possible on the consumption of media. Even after theaters reopened, some moviegoers have been reluctant to return to their seats… operators also are facing mounting competition from streaming services.” Cinemas were closed and film production halted for months.
“Beyond that, the ‘art-film dynamic is changing,’ said Andrew Brooks, Santikos’ executive director of marketing and sales… the theater industry as a whole was hit hard by the pandemic. The owner continued to cite the ever-changing dynamic of film distribution as another reason for the sudden closing of the theatre.