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Time Warner Consolidates Film Business; Puts New Line Under Warner; Bewkes Memo Says Layoffs Coming - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 28 Feb 2008 02:15 PM PST

Updated: So much for selling New Line Cinema .. instead, still-new Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes is making the studio a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment and New…

Short Film Distributor Cinelan Launches, Gets Funding From Arts Alliance - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 25 Feb 2008 01:51 PM PST

We missed this one earlier this month: Cinelan, a new New York City-based company hosting a library of professionally produced three-minute nonfiction short films, launched at the Berlin International Film…

Microsoft To Drop HD DVD Players For Xbox 360; Slashes Prices On Last Units - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 24 Feb 2008 09:39 PM PST

With the HD DVD format formally declared dead by Toshiba, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), once one of its head cheerleaders, is announcing its own plans: the company will stop production of…

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Amazon’s First Film Production Deal Going Ahead, Finally - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 22 Feb 2008 04:40 PM PST

Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN) is doing what its Seattle mate Starbucks hasn’t yet been able to pull off successfully: producing and promoting a movie. It is producing a movie with 20th…

Toshiba Makes It Official: Warner Bros. Was The Death Blow, A ‘Bolt From The Blue’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 19 Feb 2008 07:21 PM PST

Toshiba made official today what essentially has been reality since Warner Bros. announced just before CES that it was opting for Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) Blu-Ray over the HD-DVD format. NYT:…

It’s Official: Toshiba Gives Up On HD DVD; To Be Out By End Of March - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 19 Feb 2008 04:56 AM PST

The reports were right on: Toshiba is quitting the HD DVD business, leaving Blu-ray as the last format standing. The recent history is well known, as Blu-ray has racked up…

Studios Sue Google-Backed Chinese P2P Site Xunlei - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 17 Feb 2008 11:22 AM PST

The Motion Picture Association, which includes six movie studios, has filed copyright infringement suits in China against Shenzhen Xunlei Networking Technology, a popular P2P file sharing service. The suit alleges…

Toshiba To Withdraw Its HD DVD Format: Reports - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 16 Feb 2008 11:46 PM PST

Toshiba is about to give up on its HD DVD format after a string of major setbacks, reports Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) and WSJ, citing sources. Thus ends the grueling battle…

Writers Vote To End Strike; New Contract Still Must Be Ratified - 2 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 12 Feb 2008 08:40 PM PST

It ended right at the 100-day mark: 92.5 percent of the 3,775 members of the Writers Guild of America who cast their ballots today voted to end their work stoppage.…

Netflix And Best Buy Choose Blu-ray Over HD DVD - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 11 Feb 2008 07:04 AM PST

Updated below: Online movie renter Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is switching over to Blu-ray exclusively, following four major movie studios in selecting the Sony (NYSE: SNE) technology over the HD DVD…

@ Berlinale: HP/Wal-Mart Movie Income ‘Peanuts’, Netflix Staying At Home - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Sun 10 Feb 2008 03:18 PM PST

As Berlin buzzed to visits from stars like Penelope Cruz and Sir Ben Kingsley tonight, I was on Arts Alliance Media’s digital media panel debate during the European Film Market…

WGA Sets Strike-Ending Vote For Tuesday; Leaders Voted Unanimously For Deal Today - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 10 Feb 2008 02:39 PM PST

The governing bodies of the WGA unanimously approved the draft deal today but the strike remains in effect. The membership will vote on the proposed agreement Tuesday—and writers on strike…

Lovefilm Buying Two Of Amazon’s European DVD Rental Businesses - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 04 Feb 2008 04:16 AM PST

Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is selling its UK and German online DVD rental businesses to London-based Lovefilm for an undisclosed sum and making a cash investment that sees it become the…

Wal-Mart’s Digital Media Head Leaves; Joining Apple As Head of Movies/TV, International - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 01 Feb 2008 07:53 PM PST

Kevin Swint, the digital media head of Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has left the company, and is joining Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) from next week, heading movies & TV, international. The move…

Broadband Content Bits: AppleTV; mtvU; Break Media - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 30 Jan 2008 09:46 PM PST

-- AppleTV rental software postponed: Apple announced the software upgrade that will allow AppleTV to handle movie rentals, along with built-in music store, access to Flickr photostreams and .Mac Web…

Semel Looking At Buying Into New Line? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 27 Jan 2008 10:27 PM PST

We reported first earlier this month that former Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Terry Semel is boosting his investment firm Windsor Media, with the addition of three senior executives, two from…

Starz Expands Multi-Platform Movie, TV Offerings; Extends Deals - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 23 Jan 2008 08:26 PM PST

Eventually multi-platform movie and TV deals will be routine, not something to fuss over. We aren’t there yet, which is why Starz Entertainment’s announcement today about movie agreements with five…

Earnings: Netflix Q4 Revs Up 9 Percent And Income Up 6 Percent; 18 Percent Subscriber Growth - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 23 Jan 2008 02:06 PM PST

Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has reported Q4 revenue of $302.3, up 9 percent from $277.2 million in the year-ago period. Net income rose 6 percent, to $15.7 million from $14.8 million.…

European Patchwork A Possible Sticking Point For iTunes Movie Rentals - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 21 Jan 2008 10:54 AM PST

Us pesky Europeans… with our… separate countries and… distinct national jurisdictions! This NYT (FRB: 066570) piece nibbles at the likely reason Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) iTunes Movie Rentals won’t hit these…

Amazon’s IMDB Buys Indie Film Site Withoutabox - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 17 Jan 2008 01:21 AM PST

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), owned by Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN), has bought out the eight-year old indie movie distribution site Withoutabox. The financial details were not disclosed. The Los Angeles-based…

Jobs’ Macworld Keynote: More On Apple And Fox: iTunes Digital Copy, Movie Rentals - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 15 Jan 2008 07:00 PM PST

Twentieth Century Fox actually has two deals with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) that Steve Jobs announced today with Fox Filmed Entertainment CEO Jim Gianopulos. A lot is being made of the…

Toshiba Steps Up HD DVD Push Post-CES; Slashes Player Prices - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 14 Jan 2008 02:00 PM PST

Now, Toshiba is fighting back—a week after the death-bed stories, if not obits, in response, first, to Warner Bros.’s embrace of Blu-Ray from Sony (NYSE: SNE) and then to Universal’s…

Netflix Makes Its Unlimited Online Movie Viewing Official, Day Before Apple’s Expected Launches - 5 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 13 Jan 2008 01:44 PM PST

Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), which has been experimenting with making its online movie service unlimited with a few users, is now expanding it to everyone starting Monday, a day before Apple…

Wal-Mart May Be Looking To Relaunch Its Online Movie Service: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 11 Jan 2008 08:00 PM PST

Less than a month after closing its online movie download service, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) may be looking to start it again, in a different form, reports MCN, citing sources who…

IAC Close To Buying Movie Recommendation Site Flixster: Report - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 11 Jan 2008 02:00 PM PST

The Flixster deal talks have been going on for a while, and IAC (NSDQ: IACI) has been in and out of discussions with the movie recommendations site/application. Now WSJ’s Deal…