Chinese VOD operator YOU on Demand adds Paramount titles
The government-licensed operator of cable-based VOD and PPV services in China now has four of Hollywood’s six major studios in its portfolio.
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Paramount to rent movies through YouTube and Google Play
Google has reached an agreement with Paramount Pictures to rent studio titles including Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Captain America and Hugo…
Shakeup At Paramount Claims Digital Vet Lesinski; Maguire Gets Home Media
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…
Mobile Lowdown 5-23-11: Foxconn; iPhone 5 Curve; Rooted Android; Paramount
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…
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Netflix Brings Paramount Films Online in Canada
Netflix is adding more content to its streaming library in Canada, striking a deal with Paramount Pictures for first-run access to movies in the pay TV window. So movies like Iron Man 2 won’t show up on Canadian cable channels, but will appear on Netflix instead.
Google Poaches From Paramount Again, But Why?
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…
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Paramount COO: Three Strikes Won’t Stop Piracy
Three strikes and you’re out used to be the entertainment industry’s favorite approach against P2P piracy. However, with more and more people moving towards one-click hosters, Paramount COO Frederick Huntsberry is now calling three strikes ineffective, instead calling for laws to have ISPs block pirate websites.
New Epix Deal With Dish Gives Premium Net A Shot At Critical Mass
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…
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Paramount Begins Licensing Clips Online, With Help from Digitalsmiths
What do you do when your DVD business starts to show serious signs of decline? If you’re Paramount (s VIA), you look…
Vid-Biz: Time Warner, Comcast, Google
Time Warner Sales Dropped 6% to $7.1B in Q3; company’s networks including Turner and HBO saw growth with revenue up 5 percent…
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New Premium Net Epix Pushing To Add Distribution Partners Before Oct.30 Launch
Last month, Viacom (NYSE: VIA) CEO Phillipe Dauman confidently said he expected new premium network Epix to add more distribution partners b…
Paramount COO Blames Drop.io, Boxee and Mininova for Piracy
Mike Masnick of Techdirt this week points us to a presentation made by Paramount COO Frederick Huntsberry, who was invited by the…
Paramount Considering Merging Some Or AlI Of DVD Division With Other Studios
Update: A source has confirmed that the talks are ongoing, but are preliminary (not advanced, as FT reported), and include the other studios…
Premium JV Movie Service Still Optimistic On Cable Distribution; Online-Only Fate?
The high-profile premium movie JV from Viacom (NYSE: VIA), Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate, now called Epix, is still optimistic on getting a d…
With No Pay TV Distribution Lined Up, Premium Movie JV Epix Will Launch On Broadband
Back when I started writing about cable programming, if a wannabe network couldn’t get distribution on cable, it tried satellite in the hope…
10-Q Watch: Studios Sink About $34 Million Into Premium Movie Channel JV; Investment Could Climb
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…
Buy A Dell, Get A Copy Of ‘Iron Man’ — For $20 More
Or you could just keep your existing PC/Mac and shell out $15 for the iTunes download… In its first step towards setting up a digital cont…
Paramount Taps Millennial Media For Fall Release Of ‘Eagle Eye’
As Paramount unravels its tumultuous arrangement with DreamWorks SKG founders following the $1.2 billion investment they got from Reliance t…
The Godfather Available for Digital Download
For the first time ever, “The Godfather” trilogy will be available as a digital download, starting Sept. 23.
Viacom-Owned Paramount Buys Game Developer ScreenLife
Paramount Pictures, the Viacom-owned movie studio, has made its first gaming related acquisition: it has bought Seattle-based game developer…
Paramount Developing Mobile Comics Based On Films
Paramount Pictures is adding another feather to its mobile cap with a series of comics based on films from its catalog. Angus, Thongs and Pe…
Industry Moves: Mark Greenberg Confirmed To Head New Premium JV From Viacom-Lionsgate-MGM
It was leaked weeks ago but the players involved in the new premium network wouldn’t confirm officially: Mark Greenberg is president and CEO…
Motorola And Paramount Building Online Movie Store
Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and Paramount are building an online store for downloading films to mobile phones, reports NMA.co.uk, citing an unnamed…
Studio JV: Interview: Philippe Dauman, CEO, Viacom: ‘Distribution Both Linear And Online’
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.…
Fox, Paramount Testing New-Release Downloads At iTunes
Something unusual happened for iTunes users when Juno made its DVD debut this week: the Fox movie was also for sale as an iTunes download fo…
Broadband Content Bits: NBCU; Yahoo; Adobe-Viacom; Paramount-VooZoo
— *NBCU* to offer original webisodes of its primetime shows: NBC Digital Entertainment will release original web content based on its exist…
Paramount Pictures Is Making A Play In Games
Paramount Pictures said this year it will be expanding its interactive department to publish video games, focusing in particular on casual,…
