The studio behind the famous Godfather trilogy is asking a court to make the franchise’s literary heirs an offer they can’t refuse. Read More »
Tom Lesinski, who has headed digital at Paramount (NYSE: VIA) as long as it’s mattered, is out in a major reorganization that folds the Para… Read More »
Mobile Lowdown 5-23-11: Foxconn; iPhone 5 Curve; Rooted Android; Paramount
By Ingrid Lunden
May. 23, 2011, 3:23pm
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Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: more details on the Foxconn factory explosion; reports of a curvaceous future for the i… Read More »
Word leaked earlier this week that YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) was going to start renting out premium movie content, putting it in a position to co… Read More »
Will Congress Push Google To Tweak Its Algorithm To Punish Pirate Sites?
By Joe Mullin
Mar. 15, 2011, 7:37am
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Judging by today’s hearings, some members of Congress are willing to consider radical measures to rid the internet of “rogue” websites accus… Read More »
Google Poaches From Paramount Again, But Why?
By Andrew Wallenstein
Mar. 8, 2011, 12:30am
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They may be embroiled in a legal fight to the death, but that doesn’t mean Google (NSDQ: GOOG) can’t be admiring of Viacom’s employees. Alex… Read More »
Viacom’s Paramount Home Entertainment will provide Redbox with its new releases on the same day they go on sale, under a long-term agreement… Read More »
Another win for fledgling premium net Epix HD: a deal with Dish Network to offer the service to those of its 14.1 million customers who subs… Read More »
Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) and Redbox have extended their trial rental rev-share agreement by six more months. The two companies fir… Read More »
Swedish VOD Provider Voddler Raises $2.2 Million; Inks Deals With Disney, Paramount
By Tameka Kee
Oct. 29, 2009, 9:51pm
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Voddler, a Swedish VOD tech and content provider, has raised $2.2 million in funding, per an SEC filing. The company is backed in part by De… Read More »
Last month, Viacom (NYSE: VIA) CEO Phillipe Dauman confidently said he expected new premium network Epix to add more distribution partners b… Read More »
DivX, Film Fresh Get Studios' Blessings For Download-to-Own Movie Service
By Tameka Kee
Aug. 26, 2009, 6:07pm
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Funny how certain Hollywood studios have chosen to embrace certain new movie distribution strategies, and yet fight hard against the evoluti… Read More »
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The Hollywood/Redbox saga continues, though Paramount has added an interesting twist. The Viacom-owned movie studio is testing out a new ren… Read More »
By Rafat Ali
Jul. 1, 2009, 3:15am
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Update: A source has confirmed that the talks are ongoing, but are preliminary (not advanced, as FT reported), and include the other studios… Read More »
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 »
Back when I started writing about cable programming, if a wannabe network couldn’t get distribution on cable, it tried satellite in the hope… Read More »
By Matt Kapko
Dec. 18, 2008, 3:21am
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