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• Controversial Black Diamond Pictures Release September Dawn, Documenting 1857 Mormon Massacre, Now Available on DVD Through Sony Pictures

  - 2008-01-16

  LOS ANGELES -- Black Diamond Pictures' release September Dawn, starring Jon Voight and Terence Stamp--which stirred controversy over the Mormons' role in an 1857 massacre in Utah--is now available to rent or own on DVD from Sony Pictures as it continues to play in select theaters nationwide. September Dawn garnered...

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• Papa John's Super-Hero XL3 Pizza Debuts in Alliance with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's DVD Release of Spider-Man™ 3

  - 2007-10-22

  Delivered in Uniquely Designed Box Featuring Spider-Man[TM] 3 DVD Image, Three-Topping, Extra-Large Pizza Arrives Just in Time for Halloween, One of the Three Busiest Days of the Year for the Pizza Brand

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• Peace Arch Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment Execute Agreement for International DVD, Television, Mobile and New Media Distribution for "The Tudors"

  - 2006-11-07

  Peace Arch® Entertainment Group Inc. (AMEX: PAE) (TSX: PAE), has announced that Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired the exclusive distribution rights outside North America for DVD, television, mobile and new media for the Company's original 10-part event television series "The Tudors." Showtime Networks holds US distribution rights to "The...

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• MGA Entertainment Awarded DVD Games License from Sony Pictures Consumer Products for Jeopardy and Wheel Of Fortune

  - 2006-09-19

  LOS ANGELES -- MGA Entertainment, Inc. announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with Sony Pictures Consumer Products to create DVD games based on the mega-hit shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.

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• Almodovar film fest to warm US crowds for 'Volver'

  - 2006-08-21

  LOS ANGELES AFP — A nationwide retrospective of Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's films will warm up American audiences before the US release of "Volver" in November, according to Sony Pictures Classics. Eight films will be screened in 50 US cities to pique interest in the auteur and pave the...

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• CinemaNow Launches First Secure DVD Download and Burn Service with Films from Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Lionsgate, MGM, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Others

  - 2006-07-19

  MARINA DEL REY, Calif. -- Revolutionary Technology Enables Customers to Download the Entire Contents of a DVD, Burn It, and Play It on a DVD Player

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• Digital, DVD one at Sony; Feingold heads units.(HEADLINERS)(Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. appoints Benjamin Feingold, David Bishop and Sean Carey)

  - 2006-04-17

  Sony Pictures became the second major studio to give its home video department a digital makeover last week, creating a new digital distribution division alongside its DVD arm and upping home entertainment president Benjamin Feingold to worldwide h Sony Pictures became the second major...

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• CinemaNow to Offer Download-To-Own Movies from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Lionsgate; Ground-Breaking Agreements Let CinemaNow Customers Download and Own Movies The Same Time They are Available on DVD

  - 2006-04-03

  MARINA DEL REY, Calif. -- CinemaNow Inc., the leading Internet provider of premium on-demand movies, today announced it has signed pioneering licensing agreements with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Lionsgate to offer movies for download-to-own purchase through its Web site (www.cinemanow.com). This will be the first time CinemaNow has provided...

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• Sony pegs Jeopardy for Nov. 8 debut on disc.(Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-08-29

  The answer is: Jeopardy! comes to DVD. The correct question: What happens on Nov. 8? With talk shows hosted by Oprah, Dick Cavett and others making their way to DVD, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will introduce ...

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• Battle lines drawn in movie war.(Brief Article)

  - 2005-04-18

  Apr 17, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) In Australia, the competition is fierce for the avid DVD viewer's dollars. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is hoping its recent takeover of MGM's Australian DVD operation will give it sufficient distribution clout to...

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