Hollywood studios lose landmark download case
Top Hollywood film studios Friday failed in their attempt to stem the flow of illegal downloads when they lost a landmark appeal against an Australian Internet provider.
Internet
Apr 20, 2012
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Paramount to add 500 films to YouTube rentals
(AP) -- YouTube and Paramount Pictures have reached a deal to make nearly 500 films available to rent online, even while their parent companies continue to feud over a $1 billion lawsuit.
Internet
Apr 4, 2012
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Amazon gets on board with UltraViolet movie system
An Amazon.com executive said Tuesday that the retailer has signed a deal with a Hollywood studio to sell movies that can be downloaded from an online "locker" system five studios have put together.
Internet
Jan 11, 2012
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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 ...
Business
Jan 10, 2012
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Movie studios win lawsuit against Zediva
The nation's biggest movie studios have won a copyright infringement lawsuit against video-streaming startup Zediva.
Business
Oct 31, 2011
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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.
Business
Oct 20, 2011
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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 ...
Business
Oct 13, 2011
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Miramax films stream to Facebook
Hollywood studio Miramax on Monday began making some of its films available for online viewing as rentals at social networking powerhouse Facebook.
Internet
Aug 22, 2011
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Pay TV industry loses record number of subscribers
(AP) -- The weak economy is hitting Americans where they spend a lot of their free time: at the TV set.
Telecom
Aug 10, 2011
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Judge tells Zediva to stop web streaming of movies
(AP) -- A federal judge in Los Angeles issued a preliminary injunction favoring the Motion Picture Association of America in its copyright infringement lawsuit against video-streaming startup Zediva.
Business
Aug 2, 2011
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