News tagged with movie studios

Home video spending in US falls 2 percent in 2011

(AP) -- Home video spending in the U.S. fell 2 percent to about $18 billion in 2011. A surge in the popularity of movie streaming services like Netflix Inc. and gains in Blu-ray disc sales helped offset some of the drop ...

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created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Warner Bros. to impose 56-day delay on DVD rentals

Prepare to have your patience tested if you prefer to rent DVDs rather than buy them.

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created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Warner looks beyond movies to find game success

"The Dark Knight Rises" doesn't hit movie theaters for nine months, but Batman is at the heart of what may just be Warner Bros.' most important release of the fall.

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created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple in talks for iCloud for movies (Update)

Apple Inc. is in talks with Hollywood studios about offering a system that would allow people to buy movies on iTunes and watch them on multiple Apple-made devices without the need to transfer or save files, according to ...

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created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Startup tries to put sociability back into movies

Streaming movies might not yet have the equivalent of a theater experience, with roaring crowds crunching on popcorn, but they are getting more social.

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created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hollywood studios sue online film service Zediva

Hollywood studios went to court to derail a startup that sidesteps paying film licensing fees by streaming movies online from "rented" DVD players.

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created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zediva taps loophole, offers new movies online

A California startup is making new hit movies such as "The Fighter" available for instant viewing online through a loophole: It lets customers rent a DVD and a player that are actually located in the Silicon Valley.

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created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Clash' of 3-D movies to hit underprepared cinemas

(AP) -- Movies in 3-D are becoming such big moneymakers that Hollywood studios are cramming them into the nation's theaters, even though there aren't enough screens available to give each film its fullest ...

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created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

YouTube to offer online movie rentals

YouTube is considering streaming movies for rental, a move that would see the free video-sharing site charging for content for the first time, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Details scant in venture with IAC, NBC's Silverman

(AP) -- A new venture that NBC Entertainment co-chairman Ben Silverman is leaving the network to form with Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp promises better integration of ad campaigns by involving advertisers ...

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created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AT&T to start sending copyright warnings

(AP) -- AT&T Inc., the nation's largest Internet service provider, will start sending warnings to its subscribers when music labels and movie studios allege that they are trafficking in pirated material, according to an ...

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created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0