The line between information and entertainment has never been as sharp as some intellectuals imagine, and it is becoming increasingly blurred.

信息和娱乐之间的界线不是某些知识分子想象中那么清晰的，反而变得越来越模糊。

youdao

"Imagine if you went to Wal-Mart to buy a new DVD player and then found that your DVDs from Best buy didn't work on it," says Mitch Singer, chief technology officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment.

“想象一下，如果你去沃尔玛买新的DVD播放器，然后发现你从百思买那里买的DVD却没法播放”索尼娱乐的首席科技官员Mitch Singer说。

youdao

Hollywood hitmakers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard of Imagine Entertainment plan to turn the Rich saga into a movie, based on the 2009 book by Swiss journalist Daniel Ammann, The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich.

FORBES: Glencore IPO Pushes Ex-Fugitive Billionaire Marc Rich Out Of The Shadows

The company bought Bollywood music channel Imagine Showbiz this year from Turner General Entertainment India, a division of Turner Broadcasting.

FORBES: Did Ambani's Reliance Broadcasting Get Into India TV Too Late?

It is strange that we imagine our gadgets as either business machines or entertainment machines.

FORBES: Technology's Domestic Origins. Plus: 4 Great Kitchen Gadgets Without Touchscreens