Would you pay $10 a month to rewatch Gilligan's Island? Warner Bros. thinks some people will, and launched a video service to do so.…
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Amazon gets West Wing, Fringe from Warner
Deal brings the Aaron Sorkin-penned political drama The West Wing and the Fox sci-fi/fantasy series Fringe exclusively to members of Amazon's Prime Instant Video service, as well as purchasers of its Kindle Fire tablet…
Read MoreIndustry Moves: Yahoo; Warner Bros.; Future Publishing
-- Yahoo: In a reorganization of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) EMEA, Marketing VP James Tipple and Marketing Director Andrew Cocker have left the compa……
Read MoreWhy UltraViolet Produced More Questions Than Answers At CES
The UltraViolet initiative left the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week with an important new retail channel in Amazon (NSDQ: A……
Read MoreUltraviolet Movement Picks Up New Backer: Samsung
Samsung has rolled out a new line of Blu-ray players that support Ultraviolet, thus joining the ranks of entertainment brands that support t……
Read MoreNetflix Faces Higher Prices For HBO, Agrees To Doubled DVD Delays From WB
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is facing changes to its DVD business with two Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) programmers after months of CEO back-and-forth a……
Read MoreLouis Vuitton Sues Warner Bros For Using Fake Bag In Hangover II
A studio that has been a champion of stopping piracy is now facing awkward accusations that it showed counterfeit luggage in a hit movie.…
Read MoreFacebook's Video Views Rising, But Mostly For Discovery
Consumers are increasingly using Facebook for video - but, despite studios and broadcasters hosting more of their content on the social netw……
Read MoreCW Cuts Another Streaming Deal: Current Season Shows To Hulu, Hulu Plus
Gossip Girl is headed to Hulu Plus. On the heels of a past-season, library deal with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) that could be worth as much as $1……
Read MoreIn Fight Over DVD Window, Warner Bros Cuts Off Blockbuster From New Films
Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) has refused to give DVD rentals chain Blockbuster (NSDQ: DISH) its latest films, including The Hangover Part II and……
Read MoreNetflix Goes For Fountain Of Youth With Full-Season CW Deal
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has locked in a full slate of teen angst from now through the 2014-15 season. The four-year pact covers full past seaso……
Read MoreTime Warner’s Bewkes: ‘Cordcutting Hasn’t Arrived’
Warned by an interviewer at today's Goldman Sachs conference hat he was about to talk about cordcutting, the subject that won't go away, Tim……
Read MoreAdfonic Raises £4.7 Million To Grow Its Mobile Ads Auction Business
If you think Android is a fragmented marketplace, take a look at mobile advertising: while there are clearly a few very big players like Goo……
Read MoreHulu Japan Launches With Movies, TV From CBS, Sony, Fox & More But No Ads
Hulu's first offering outside the U.S. is live: Hulu Japan, a subscription service with "hundreds" of films and thousands of hours of TV. Fo……
Read MoreMiramax Launching Multi-Title Facebook Movie App In U.S., UK & Turkey
Watching movies on Facebook isn't new -- Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX), Paramount and Universal each are trying variations on the theme. But toda……
Read MoreHotfile Fights Back-Says Movie Studio Abused Its Anti-Piracy Tool
Earlier this year, the MPAA kicked off the entertainment industry's battle against "cyberlockers" by suing Hotfile, a company it painted as……
Read MoreChina’s Youku Video Site Gets Warner Movies For Its Paid Service
Youku, the New York-listed "Chinese YouTube", has gained a license from Warner Bros Home Entertainment Group's CAV Warner Home Entertainment……
Read MoreHarry Potter Author Launches New Website — Could It Be An E-Bookstore?
Visit Pottermore.com and you'll see a magenta homepage, two owls, a "coming soon," and that's it...oh, except it's also launched by J.K. Row……
Read MoreHarry Potter Goes Legit In China: Warner Bros. Is The First To Ink VoD Deal
If one of the best measures against piracy is to make content more easily available in a legitimate format, then Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) ha……
Read MoreYouTube’s Movie Rentals Will Star Releases From Sony, Warner, and Universal
YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) has signed up Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures, Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX), and NBC Universal (NSDQ: CMCSA) to make some of thei……
Read MoreWarner Bros. Push For Digital Leadership Continues With Flixster Purchase
In a matter of weeks, Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) went from testing movie rentals via Facebook Credits to owning one of the top social conduits……
Read MoreTwo Studios Hold Out On YouTube Movie Rental Deal-Piracy Is The Issue
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 MoreYouTube On The Verge Of A Big Movie Upgrade?
There's nothing new about streaming movies on YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG). I have numerous legit choices right now. Nothing new either about YouTub……
Read MoreOut Now On Facebook: Five More Warner Bros. Films
Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) will let Facebook users stream five more of its titles, in a move that reinforces the view that the social network……
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