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Source: money.cnn.com --- 11 days ago
In April, Paramount Pictures walked away from a deal to air its movies on pay-TV channel Showtime. Instead, it announced a plan to start up a rival channel with two other longtime Showtime suppliers, MGM and Lionsgate. To the uninitiated, that might have appeared a nugget of passing interest, as in: Great, another movie channel ... I guess. ... Source: www.nypost.com --- 2 days ago
VIACOM should sell its Paramount Pictures movie studio to Time Warner. At least that's what analyst agitator Richard Greenfield of Pali Capital thinks. Selling the Brad Grey-led studio is just one of Greenfield's recommendations in a scathing... ... Source: losangeles.bizjournals.com --- 14 days ago
Springs Creative Products Group has inked a licensing deal with Nickelodeon & VIACOM Consumer Products. (VIA) ... Source: jam.canoe.ca --- 6 days ago
LOS ANGELES - VIACOM Inc.'s Paramount Pictures will globally distribute the next five movies made by Marvel Entertainment Inc., including "Iron Man 2" and "Thor" in 2010, the companies said Monday. ... Source: www.prnewswire.com --- 13 days ago
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Source: www.moreover.com --- 35 days ago
SmartBrief Aug 30 2008 6:41PM GMT ... Source: www.paidcontent.org --- 11 days ago
To add to the confusion about industry consortiums, another new advocacy group called Arts+Labs has been formed by heavyweights in the entertainment, technology and telecom spaces to lobby for enhanced content on secure and reliable networks, fair compensation for content creators and to steer consumers away from spyware and spam. VIACOM, NBC Universal, the Songwriters Guild of America, Cisco Systems, *AT&T and Microsoft* are all part of the new organization that bills itself as "a collaboration between creators and innovators who regard the internet as a vibrant town center where all consumers can safely choose from a vast array of digital products, entertainment and services", essentially a tech meet Hollywood kind of consortium. Missions include consumer awareness of "legal, safe, affordable and innovative entertainment content on the internet" and of "net pollution, which includes viruses, malware, hack attacks, spam, illegal file trafficking and other activity that threatens to degrade consumers' internet experience." Of course, net management is a central issue, although underplayed for now. Then again have all of these companies and organizations been fully behind the concept of the web not tilting in favor of one application, technology or thought over another? Web-filtering technology is another area the group is expected to work on intently. The group will be co-chaired by Mike McCurry, former White House press security ... Source: www.techdirt.com --- 25 days ago
While Disney is quite often painted as the leader of the pack when it comes to ridiculous and draconian copyright-related proposals, much of that can be attributed to former CEO Michael Eisner, who helped push for the Bono Copyright Extension Act to "protect" Mickey Mouse. Eisner, famously, loves to talk about the history of intellectual property law -- though, he's almost entirely wrong , attributing much of copyright law to Abraham Lincoln, who had nothing to do with it. After Eisner left, Robert Iger took over, and for a while, it seemed as if he might actually understand that he needed to learn how to embrace new technologies and not treat users as criminals. Apparently Iger doesn't fully believe that, though. Joining with previous statements made by the folks in charge of NBC Universal and VIACOM , Iger was recently in London saying that ISPs should ban users who are caught downloading unauthorized material . While UK ISPs have agreed to send out industry warning letters, so far they've resisted banning users from the internet. Iger, however, thinks that's not enough: "We are simply asking for people who are downloading illegal files to get a warning initially then to get their service cut off." He then falsely suggests that ISPs are effectively relying on their content to be effective. This is the lie that Big Content likes to tell itself. That it's really Hollywood content that gets people online, rather than communication ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 27 days ago
Morningstar.com Sep 8 2008 8:26PM GMT ... Source: www.variety.com --- 5 days ago
Profiles: Featured Player: Doug Herzog -- Let's get it out of the way -- Dave Chappelle is history. The comic flamed out last year, leaving Comedy Central holding the bag on its marquee show. Next month, the cabler will fondly bid him adieu by airing the remnants of the unfinished third season. ...
Source: www.jossip.com --- 17 days ago
In New York, if the criminals aren't kicking your ass and taking your wallet, the businessmen are, and they're doing it while staying well within their legal rights. That's why, when looking for real estate, New Yorkers have learned to eat shit and like it. Not even very rich and powerful Manhattan-based companies are above [...] ... Source: www.engadgethd.com --- 21 days ago
Filed under: Industry , New content Although VIACOM, Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM pitched in together to form a premium movie channel a while back , the group is now trying to secure itself a place more towards the digital-basic service level to the hefty tune of $1 - $2 per subscriber, per month. Even with market exclusivity and considerable studio marketing muscle on the table, though, we doubt there will be much traction among MSOs at this price point; and honestly, we'd hate to see the content chopped up with ads, um, ad nauseum. Worst of all, though, is that we imagine HD could be one of the first items to get the axe if this service is a digital-basic offering. Don't get us wrong -- we're not looking to spend more money every month -- but we are willing to pay for a quality experience. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments ... Source: www.observer.com --- 18 days ago
Greg Hughes, chief financial officer for New York City's largest commercial landlord, SL Green, said this morning that VIACOM, which has leases for 1.5 million square feet at 1515 Broadway, most of which expire in 2010, is likely to renew. "We’re have ongoing negotiations with VIACOM for what seems like five years now," Mr. Hughes said, while giving a presentation at the Merrill Lynch Global Real Estate Conference. "There is a renewal option that comes up that they have that they need to exercise in December of this year. I think if you talked to them they would tell you they like the building very much…" "They’ll likely exercise their renewal and then there’ll be a spirited discussion over what fair market value reps," Mr. read more » ...
Source: www.boxxet.com --- 31 days ago
- The company has more than 18.5 million subscribers and hundreds of channels of commercial-free music, as well as talk, entertainment, news, ... Original story at MarketWatch . Related stories include: Jamie Foxx Goes Live on SIRIUS from the Democratic National Convention - MarketWatch , SIRIUS XM Radio Joins Stand Up To Cancer Campaign with Live ... - Biloxi Sun Herald View all 3 related news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: XM Satellite Radio . ... Source: www.fibre2fashion.com --- 13 days ago
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Microsoft, VIACOM and NBC Universal have joined a new lobby group designed to help web users find the best legitimate and legal content online ... Source: www.therealdeal.net --- 18 days ago
Commercial landlord SL Green says VIACOM will most likely renew its lease for 1.5 million square feet at 1515 Broadway in Times Square, in December. VIACOM pays about $50 per square foot in rent at the building. SL Green recently launched a $160-million renovation of the 54-story building which will include replacing its limestone facade, extending its glass curtain wall, converting it to silver LEED-qualified, and building out a new lobby. ... Find more results for VIACOM on RSSMicro.com |
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Paramount Pictures, the VIACOM-owned movie studio, has made its first gaming related acquisition: it has bought Seattle-based game developer ScreenLife , the creator of the popular DVD game "Scene It?". Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but last week SeattlePI first broke the story and mentioned that the deal is "for less than $100 million". Screenlife will continue to operate as a standalone company, but will report into Paramount Digital Entertainment. Scene was launched in 2002 as a series of video-based trivia games..it has since sold about 15 million titles on the DVD, mobile, VOD and video game platforms. The company has over 25 DVD game titles on the market. Screenlife raised $7 million in angel financing in 2003, and a total of about $10 million. For Paramount, this is part of the trend as gaming is becoming a big part of movie studios including Warner Bros and Disney ( NYSE: DIS ). In March, Paramount announced the expansion of its interactive unit to include games, and appointed two executives in charge of the unit. In February, the studio formed Paramount Mobile Entertainment, to develop the studio's mobile opportunities and alternative distribution models. It just announced developing a series of comics based on films from its catalog. Related Paramount Developing Mobile Comics Based On Films Paramount Pictures Is Making A Play In Games Paramount Pictures Creates New Mobile Entertainment Unit; Interview: ...
Filed under: General Electric (GE) , Time Warner (TWX) , Walt Disney (DIS) , VIACOM (VIA) , Sony Corp ADR (SNE) , Film VIACOM (NYSE: VIA ) scored over the weekend at the domestic box office. Ever since I saw the trailer for the movie Eagle Eye back in the summer, I had a feeling this was going to turn out to be a hit. According to Boxofficemojo , the thriller took in $29 million since opening on Friday as of early estimates. In fact, I can't understand why Eye wasn't placed in a summer slot. I suppose there are some legitimate reasons, such as the density of releases during the season, but this one begged to be competing in the busy time period. Steven Spielberg served as executive producer on this one, and VIACOM's Paramount distributed it on behalf of the DreamWorks brand. Of course, Spielberg and DreamWorks will be departing from the VIACOM fold, perhaps heading to General Electric 's (NYSE: GE ) Universal to set up a distribution deal. Coming in second was Time Warner 's (NYSE: TWX ) Nights in Rodanthe . It was a distant second at an estimated $13.5 million. Got to be honest, I didn't hear of this movie before I started writing this piece. Sony 's (NYSE: SNE ) Lakeview Terrace was in third place with $7 million. Last week, Sony was on top with that picture. Continue reading VIACOM sets its eye on box-office fortune Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments ...