News tagged with warner bros

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

Time Warner 4Q earnings edge up, beats Street

(AP) -- Time Warner Inc. got a boost from its movie studio and cable TV networks in the last three months of the year, and the company expects growth to continue in 2012 even with the end of its lucrative ...

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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

Hollywood flubs movie system launch, miffs users

(AP) -- Warner Bros. is learning a hard lesson about launching an ill-conceived product in the age of social media.

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created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Studios' view-everywhere system has soft launch

(AP) -- A Hollywood initiative that aims to revive home video sales by enabling you to watch your purchased movies on multiple devices had a soft start Tuesday as Warner Bros. released "Horrible Bosses" without ...

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created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Women drive boom at LatAm video game fair: organizer

The biggest video game fair in Latin American opened its doors Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro, with organizers expecting some 60,000 visitors and an ever-increasing number of women gamers.

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Warner Bros. launches show on Facebook

(AP) -- Warner Bros. is launching a Web series on Facebook that will personalize the show for viewers.

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Amazon teams with Fox ahead of tablet launch

Amazon is beefing up its movie and television catalog ahead of the expected launch of a tablet computer on Wednesday.

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Sony's 'Smurfs,' 'Friends' to be UltraViolet-ready

(AP) -- Sony Corp.'s movie studio said Tuesday that "The Smurfs" and "Friends With Benefits" will be the first movies it releases on home video that will be compatible with the UltraViolet view-anywhere system.

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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.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

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New Harry Potter project spellbinds cyberspace

Harry Potter fans were abuzz with excitement on Thursday after creator JK Rowling launched a mysterious web site counting down to the announcement of a new project.

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Warner Bros. first studio to offer VOD in China

(AP) -- Warner Bros. says it will become the first movie studio to launch a national video-on-demand service in China.

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Is new Warner Music buyer a sucker or savant?

(AP) -- Billionaire Len Blavatnik is spending $1.3 billion to buy Warner Music Group Corp. a decade into a steep decline in CD sales for the music industry.

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created May 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Warner Bros. to buy Flixster, Rotten Tomatoes

(AP) -- Warner Bros. says it will buy Flixster, a movie-discovery service on millions of smartphones, and the movie-review site Rotten Tomatoes.

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Holy download, Batman! 'Dark Knight' on Facebook

Warner Bros. is bringing movie rentals to Facebook, the first Hollywood studio to turn to the gigantic social network as a platform for its films.

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