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• Old Warriors Never Die (Broadcasting and Cable)

  - 2008-03-24

  If Johnny Ferraro, the original series creator and executive producer of American Gladiators , were a contestant on his own show, his name would have to be Phoenix. Ferraro came up with the Gladiators concept in 1982, when he produced a show for charity...

  Tags: broadcasting, cable, Games, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, NBC Universal Inc., TVs

• Supremes Hint At Brand X, MGM Decisions

  - 2005-05-30

  With June approaching fast, so do expectations that the U.S. Supreme Court during the coming month may render its much-anticipated decisions in the Brand X Internet Services and MGM Studios cases that could impact legal and regulatory treatment, respectively, over cable TV telephony/competitive access rules and...

  Tags: brand, Branding, Cable, file-sharing, Grokster Ltd., INTERNET, MARKETING, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Progress & Freedom Foundation, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Here's the Rub, Sony

  - 2004-09-27

  It was a bold, down-to-the-wire move that would do Agent 007 proud. At the last minute, Sony elbowed Time Warner aside to win the bidding last week for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the studio that owns the James Bond movies, for $3 billion. The story line seemed clear: Sony gains MGM's prized 4,000-title...

  Tags: Cable, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, NETWORKING, Newsweek, Sony Corp., TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Sony pact for MGM finalised; Comcast joins consortium

  - 2004-09-24

  LOS ANGELES AFP — A consortium led by Sony Corp. that includes US cable television operator Comcast has finalised a deal to acquire MGM studios for around 4.9 billion dollars, an official said. The MGM board on Thursday approved the deal, which was tentatively sealed on September 13, closing...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Cable, Comcast Corp., consortium, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, NETWORKING, Sony Corp., TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Lion will roar: in bid for more content, Comcast joins the Sony-MGM party.(Metro Goldwyn Mayer)

  - 2004-09-20

  By joining the Sony-led party buying Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., Comcast will move up in the ranks of content players, gaining access to a huge pipeline of movie and TV shows that could spawn new cable channels. Sony Corp. last week topped Time...

  Tags: cable, Comcast Corp., Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, network, Sony Corp., VoD

• Bagging the Lion: Comcast's Disney deal may have been splashier, but the Sony deal looks smarter.(Headliners)

  - 2004-09-20

  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: * Comcast's derailed big for Disney would have given the cable company ABC and ESPN plus leverage in negotiating carriage fees with other program suppliers. * But with Sony, Comcast gets video-on-demand rights to...

  Tags: cable, Comcast Corp., Disney Corp., Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Sony Corp., VoD

• That's entertainment.

  - 2003-07-22

  Jul 22, 2003 (The Economist - ABIX via COMTEX) Vivendi is auctioning its US entertainment operations. A buyer will be selected in September 2003. The French conglomerate is cleverly giving the impression there is intense rivalry for the assets, which comprise a film studio,...

  Tags: Cable, entertainment, Liberty Media Corp., MARKETING, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, NBC Universal Inc., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Texas Pacific Group, TVs, Viacom Inc., Vivendi Universal

• MGM embraces VOD, in all forms; studio tests Internet, cable deals with four video-on-demand providers. (Headliners).(video-on-demand)(Brief Article)

  - 2002-08-26

  With the announcement this month that MOM Home Entertainment has teamed with In Demand to provide content for digital cable subscribers, the Lion has leaped ahead with a total of four partnerships in the burgeoning video-on-demand realm. Blak ...

  Tags: cable, Internet, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, VoD

• Intertainer nets MGM broadband deal.(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.'s video-on-demand distribution deal)(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Brief Article)

  - 2002-02-18

  Intertainer Inc. can now offer titles from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. on a video-on-demand basis under a distribution deal reached last week. But the VOD content aggregator has yet to reach a similar cable deal with the studio. ...

  Tags: broadband, cable, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, VoD

• MGM Exploring VOD Options

  - 2001-08-06

  While one major movie studio has signed up with In Demand to offer its films on cable video-on-demand systems, Metro Goldwyn Mayer is looking to go its own way. David Bishop, president and chief operating officer of MGM Home Entertainment Group, says he wants to invest in other video-on-demand...

  Tags: cable, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, video, VoD