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By Rafat Ali
Mar. 6, 2009, 10:07pm
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The high-profile premium movie JV from Viacom (NYSE: VIA), Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate, now called Epix, is still optimistic on getting a d… Read More »
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10-Q Watch: Studios Sink About $34 Million Into Premium Movie Channel JV; Investment Could Climb
By Rafat Ali
Nov. 12, 2008, 3:50am
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So much has been written about the new premium movie channel that is supposed to be launched jointly by Viacom (NYSE: VIA) with MGM, Lionsga… Read More »
Frozen out of most of mainstream full length content, YouTube’s repository is beginning to thaw a bit, as traction among competitors such as… Read More »
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It was leaked weeks ago but the players involved in the new premium network wouldn’t confirm officially: Mark Greenberg is president and CEO… Read More »
One sign that a company is ultra serious about a new venture: when the CEO of a major media company does press calls on a Sunday afternoon.… Read More »
Semel Looking At Buying Into New Line?
By Rafat Ali
Jan. 28, 2008, 11:27am
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We reported first earlier this month that former Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Terry Semel is boosting his investment firm Windsor Media, with the… Read More »
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Oct. 25, 2007, 9:56pm
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Not that a lot of people are interested in Movielink’s fate anymore, after it got sold to Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) earlier this year, but if… Read More »
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