From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

COVID-19 has buffeted the entertainment industry, and we're checking in on a couple of major challenges,

how to release big budget pictures and how to manage awards season.

First, we talk with Lightshed Partners media analyst Rich Greenfield

on Warner Brothers' decision to release Tenet exclusively in theaters in the midst of the pandemic.

As the studio did it, the insistence of filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

I mean, I sort of think of Chris Nolan kind of walking around Paradise Park,

like the little engine that could, like, I think I can,

I think I can, I think I can.

Greenfield also discusses Disney's role of the dice as the studio offered another pricey picture,

Mulan on its streaming service for those willing to pay 30 extra bucks to watch.

And we talked to my Hollywood reporter colleague Scott Feinberg about the weirdness of the

award season.

The Oscar ceremony pushed to April?

Will there even be enough Oscar caliber movies to go around?

But first on the news banter, media execs talk up good news about their streaming services

and you might get dizzy from the spin.

Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

Hi, I am joined by my partner in banter, Matt Bellany. Hello, Matt.

Hi there.

So we've had a week of executives from the various giant media companies

boasting about their streaming services at conferences.

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