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Warner Home Video Signs Deal to Distribute Paramount and DreamWorks Animation Titles in China - Launching with the Release of "Transformers" and "Shrek the Third"
BURBANK, Calif. -- At a press conference today in Beijing Warner Home Video WHV announced it has signed an agreement with Paramount and DreamWorks Animation to distribute DVDs in China. WHV will leverage its distribution infrastructure and expertise to provide high quality, studio-authorized copies of these blockbuster films on DVD....
Films Insured by Fireman's Fund® Receive 58 Oscar® Nominations
NOVATO, Calif. -- If Heath Ledger had broken his leg herding sheep during the filming of Brokeback Mountain, or if overseas shooting in Malta posed international challenges for Munich, would the films have gone on to receive Oscar nominations? Fortunately, because these and other Oscar-nominated films -- including Good Night...
July movies: first-run VOD. (On Demand).(a list of the upcoming first-run and continuing movies in the video-on-demand window from major studios)(Illustration)
THE FOLLOWING TABLES LIST THE FIRST-RUN AND CONTINUING MOVIES IN THE VIDEO-ON-DEMAND WINDOW, FROM THE MAJOR STUDIOS THAT SUPPLY PRODUCT TO CABLE OPERATORS: SONY PICTURES, UNIVERSAL PICTURES, TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX, WARNER BROS., NEW LINE CINEMA, MET THE FOLLOWING TABLES LIST THE FIRST-RUN AND CONTINUING MOVIES...
Studios Squeeze, TV Hits 'Reality' - motion picture revenues - Statistical Data Included
Having steered through last year's rough movie seas only to again find choppy waters, studio marketing executives are pressing on this year toward the glistening, far-off shores of next summer and its promising roster of teen-tailored animation and action films. While movie ticket revenues climb each year, the 2000...
THE REAL DEAL.(Brief Article)
Executives at both companies spent Easter Sunday running back and forth from egg hunts and family gatherings to intense negotiations on the telephone. It had to be an interesting day on April 16 in the office of "Warren" Home Video. ...
DreamWorks heading to Warner.(Warner Bros.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
It appears DreamWorks will be leaving the Universal fold by the end of the year. Sources said last week there is only about a 20% chance that DreamWorks will renew its output deal now that the company appears close to signing an overall theatrical ...
Video in 2000: A $20 billion business.(Statistical Data Included)
Consumers spent more than ever on home video in 2000, with sales and rentals of VHS and DVD software hitting the $20 billion mark for the first time. Rental revenue was at an all-time high of $8.25 billion, according to VSDA...
Blacks Star In Summer's Top Money-Making Movies
Hollywood treated summer moviegoers to a slew of cinematic delights and audiences responded, shelling out millions on the season's hottest offerings. Most notable about the box-office bonanza is that films featuring predominantly Black casts or Blacks in main roles are among USA Today's list of top 20 money-making films...
DES, a Los Angeles-based media-application service provider whose clients include DreamWorks SKG, Paramount, Warner Bros. and Universal, has introduced the Global Media Engine.
DES, a Los Angeles-based media-application service provider whose clients include DreamWorks SKG, Paramount, Warner Bros. and Universal, has introduced the Global Media Engine, a proprietary process of combining media technologies, ... DES, a Los Angeles-based media-application service provider whose clients include DreamWorks SKG,...
Hollywood puts clicker on content.
Stars trot out Internet fare in wake of high-profile failures While early Silicon Valley-based entertainment Netcasters may have stumbled in their attempts at original programming on the Internet, a group of new high-profile dot-coms are suiti Stars trot out...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
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| Jeffrey Katzenberg | Principal Partner |
| Jheryl Busby | Head of Urban Music |
| Terry Rossio | |
| Paul G. Allen | Investor |
Jeffrey Katzenberg is a principal partner of DreamWorks SKG, which he founded in October 1994 with his partners, Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. Prior to that, Katzenberg served as chairman of The Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994. He began his career as assistant to the president of United Artists and moved on to Paramount Studios where he became president himself. Katzenberg serves on the boards of The Motion Picture and Television Fund, The Museum of the Moving Image, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, California Institute of the Arts, and The Simon Wiesenthal Center. He is co-chairman of both the Creative Rights Committee of the Directors Guild of America and the Committee on the Professional Status of Writers of the Writers Guild of America.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | CEO, Dreamworks Animation Skg | Current |
| DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| DreamWorks SKG | Principal Partner | Current |
| DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Motion Picture Company, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | Board of Directors | Current |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center | Board of Directors | Current |
| California Institute of the Arts | Board of Directors | Current |
| Museum of The Moving Image | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | Chairman | Former |
| The Walt Disney Studios | Chairman | Former |
Mr. Jheryl Busby serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of OneUnited Bank. Mr. Busby is currently the head of Urban Music at DreamWorks SKG and the principal and owner of Busby Holdings, a company engaged in artist and executive management, consulting and other businesses. Mr. Busby is a veteran of the music industry. He is best known for reviving Motown Records, creating the Urban Music department at MCA Records, and building the black music division at A& M Records. Mr. Busby has held senior executive positions with Stax Records, Cassablanca Records, Atlantic, CBS, A&M, MCA and Motown.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| DreamWorks SKG | Head of Urban Music | Current |
| One United Bank | Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors | Current |
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| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| DreamWorks SKG | Current |
Investor and philanthropist Paul G. Allen creates and advances world-class projects and high-impact initiatives that change and improve the way people live, learn, work and experience the world through arts, education, entertainment, sports, business and technology. He co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, remained the company's chief technologist until he left Microsoft in 1983, and is the founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc. and chairman of Charter Communications. In addition, Allen's multibillion dollar investment portfolio includes large stakes in DreamWorks Animation SKG, Digeo, Plains All American, real estate holdings and more than 40 other technology, media and content companies. In 2004 Allen funded SpaceShipOne, the first privately-backed effort to successfully put a civilian in suborbital space and winner of the Ansari X-Prize competition. Allen also owns the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League, the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association, and is part of the primary ownership group for the Seattle Sounders FC, Seattle's new Major League Soccer team. With lifetime giving totaling nearly $1 billion, Allen has been named one of the top philanthropists in America. Allen gives back to the community through the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, whose goal is to transform individual lives and strengthen communities by supporting arts and culture, youth engagement, community development and social change, and scientific and technological innovation throughout the Pacific Northwest. In 2003, Allen contributed $100 million to create the Allen Institute for Brain Science, a research facility dedicated to performing innovative basic research on the brain and distributing its discoveries to researchers around the world. In 2006 the Allen Institute completed its inaugural project, the Allen Brain Atlas, a Web-based, three-dimensional map of gene expression in the mouse brain which is freely accessible online. Detailing more than 21,000 genes at the cellular level, the Atlas continues to help lead scientists to new insights and propel the field of neuroscience forward dramatically. Allen is also founder of Experience Music Project, Seattle's critically-acclaimed interactive music museum; the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame; the Flying Heritage Collection, an assemblage of rare World War II aircraft restored to flying condition and shared with the public; and Vulcan Productions, the independent film production company behind the award-winning feature HARD CANDY; the Evolution series on PBS; The Blues, executive-produced by Martin Scorsese in conjunction with Allen and Jody Patton; the Emmy-award winning Rx for Survival A Global Health Challenge; and the Peabody award-winning Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Vulcan Productions | Chairman & Founder | Current |
| Vulcan Inc. | Founder | Current |
| Experience Music Project | Founder | Current |
| The Science Fiction Museum | Founder | Current |
| Allen Institute for Brain Science | Co-Founder | Current |
| Bickfordmovie.Com | Executive Producer | Current |
| Charter Communications, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Rx for Survival | Board of Directors | Current |
| DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Digeo, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| DreamWorks SKG | Investor | Current |
| Oxygen Media, LLC | Investor | Current |
| Microsoft Corporation | Chief Technologist | Former |
| Charter Communications, Inc. | Founder | Former |
| Microsoft Corporation | Co-founder | Former |
| Vulcan Inc. | Chairman | Current |
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