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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.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wal-Mart to bridge online gap with disc-to-digital

(AP) -- Wal-Mart pledged to help introduce Hollywood's emerging online movie locker system to its customers, many of whom have never owned anything digital in their lives.

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created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Kodak -- and film -- saying goodbye to the Oscars

(AP) -- Each year at the Oscars ceremony, Hollywood says goodbye to stars and filmmakers who've died. This year, the award show will bid adieu to the Kodak Theatre.

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created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Amazon in streaming video deal with Viacom

Amazon announced a deal with entertainment giant Viacom on Wednesday, building up its arsenal of television shows as it takes on video streaming market leader Netflix.

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Viacom 1Q earnings shredded by 'Rock Band'

(AP) -- Viacom Inc., the owner of Paramount Pictures, MTV and Comedy Central, on Thursday posted a 65 percent drop in net income for the latest quarter, as it took a charge related to the "Rock Band" series ...

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Viacom 4Q earnings, revenue up on 'Transformers'

(AP) -- Viacom says it turned the success of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" into a pile of money in its latest quarter, as earnings tripled and revenue grew 22 percent.

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Canon offers new camera for Hollywood filmmakers

(AP) -- Four decades after winning Academy Awards for its cinema lenses, Canon Inc. was back in Hollywood on Thursday, unveiling a new high-end digital video camera before an audience of some of the world's ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (10) | comments 2

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

Digital studios mature by adopting 'old media' ways

Nine studio executives sat in a glass-enclosed conference room in Beverly Hills, Calif., discussing potential snowy locales for filming later this year.

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created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

mSpot streaming Hollywood movies to mobile phones

US mobile entertainment company mSpot on Tuesday began offering full-length movies for streaming to mobile phones.

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created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Paramount in trial deal to supply DVDs to Redbox

(AP) -- Movie studio Paramount Pictures is following the lead of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and Sony Corp. by agreeing to supply films to $1-per-night DVD rental kiosk company Redbox.

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