News tagged with entertainment media

Rovio to launch new game after 'Angry Birds' success

Finnish entertainment media company Rovio, creator of the global hit game "Angry Birds", said Friday it will launch successor "Amazing Alex", a remake of an existing idea, this year.

Technology / Software

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Virgin Media to launch Spotify service for subscribers

Virgin Media said on Wednesday it had agreed a deal with Sweden's Spotify to offer music streaming services for the British company's television, mobile phone and Internet subscribers.

Technology / Internet

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News Corp. buys videogame news sites from Hearst

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. announced Thursday the acquisition of Hearst Corp.'s UGO Entertainment, expanding its reach over online videogame news.

Technology / Business

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State tax incentives for filmmakers has opposite desired effect

Providing tax credit incentives to the movie industry to attract filming to non-traditional locations actually has a negative impact on state revenues, according to a study in the latest issue of the Journal of Planning Ed ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

GE, Vivendi deal paves way for NBC sale to Comcast

(AP) -- General Electric Co.'s agreement to buy out the rest of NBC Universal paves the way for it to sell control of the TV and movie company to Comcast Corp. in a deal that promises to reshape the entertainment ...

Technology / Business

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Liberty Media CEO says DirecTV sale 'possible'

(AP) -- The chief executive of Liberty Media Corp. said Friday that a sale of DirecTV to a phone company is possible after its planned spin-off.

Technology / Business

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