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The Business

Gaming Goes Casual; Pilot(Less?) Season

Hosted by Claude Brodesser-Akner Mar. 17, 2008 Entertainment
Video games are an $18 billion business in the US, and they just keep growing. Will Hollywood studios get in on some of that interactive action? Plus, will TV's increasingly pilotless way of making shows crash and burn?

Video games are an $18 billion business in the US, and they just keep growing. Plus, TV's pilotless way of making shows.

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Gaming Goes Casual; Pilot(Less?) Season

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Host:

Claude Brodesser-Akner

Producer:

Matt Holzman

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