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DivX, Film Fresh Get Studios’ Blessings For Download-to-Own Movie Service

Aug 26, 2009 9:07 AM

Funny how certain Hollywood studios have chosen to embrace certain new movie distribution strategies, and yet fight hard against the evolution of others. Warner Bros., Lionsgate, Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures and Paramount have all agreed to seed a new download-to-own movie store from DivX (NSDQ: DIVX) and film site Film…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, DVD, Technologies / Formats, Companies, Best Buy, Cablevision, Comcast, Disney, ABC, Playdom, Microsoft, MSN, NBC Universal, CNBC, Playboy, Spotify, Time Warner, Warner Bros., Warner Music Group, divx, paramount, sony pictures entertainment

Layoffs Hit Sony Pictures; Studio To Cut 300 Jobs

Mar 4, 2009 11:13 AM

Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures has been slashing costs recently, but apparently it hasn’t been enough. The studio is planning to get rid of 300 positions, primarily because of weak DVD sales, the LA Times reported this morning. The Times, citing sources familiar with the situation, said the layoffs could begin…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Jobs & Layoffs, Media & Publishing, Companies, Sony, layoffs, sony pictures entertainment

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