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• Sony hits funny bone: studio finds humor home on cable.(Sony Pictures Television developing comedy shows)

  - 2005-10-24

  Sony Pictures Television is developing eight comedy pilots for cable, the most the studio has ever taken on. And while Sony has long done business with cable, the abundance of comedies in development represents a departure for the last major indepe Sony Pictures Television...

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• Sony second studio in InDemand stable.(Sony Pictures and Universal Studios agrees to digital cable service)(Brief Article)

  - 2001-09-03

  Sony has joined Universal in granting video-on-demand rights for movies to cable pay-per-view/ VOD service In-Demand beginning Sept. 1. Universal was the first major studio to sign on to the digital- cable service last month. Both deals were d ...

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• Studios' digital deal.(Warner Bros., Sony Pictures agree to encryption)(Brief Article)

  - 2001-07-23

  Warner Bros., Sony Pictures agree to encryption; others may sign on soon Hollywood edged a little closer to cable operators' interactive video dreams as two studios last week agreed to encryption technology that protects their digital works f ...

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• Cable Television Laboratories, Sony, Canon, Pioneer, Sony Pictures; Cable Ready for Retail at CES '99

  - 1999-01-06

  LOUISVILLE, Colo.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 6, 1999--Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. CableLabs and several equipment manufacturers have organized a look at cable connected consumer products at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 7-10.

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• Sony Pictures grabs 25% stake in Super TV. (Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.)(Brief Article)

  - 1997-09-08

  Only days after announcing plans for the launch of Asian action/adventure channel AXN, Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired a 25% stake in Taiwan's Super TV. Super TV operates two Mandarin-language cable channels in Taiwan, which has a high cab Only days after announcing plans...

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• Two interactive game channels to debut on cable next year. (Sony Pictures Entertainment to introduce The Game Show Channel and International Family Entertainment Inc. to launch Game Channel on cable television in 1993)

  - 1992-06-26

  The first widespread instances of interactive TV could appear next year in the form of channels devoted to game shows if Sony Pictures Entertainment and International Family Entertainment have their way. The first widespread instances of interactive TV could appear next year...

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• Harris moves Sony into cable arena. (Mel Harris, president of Sony Pictures Entertainment)

  - 1992-02-17

  A few years back, Mel Harris boldly took Paramount Television where few had dared to go by launching a big-budget, first-run hour-length drama, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Now Harris is boldly taking another company, Sony Pictures Enterta ...

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