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• Hollywood studios offer 'download to own' DivX movies online; Film Fresh the new iTunes?

  BNET - 2009-08-26

  Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 5:00 am Categories: Entertainment, General, Hollywood on Demand Tags: Hollywood Studios, DivXNetworks, Movie, Apple iTunes, RB, Andrew Nusca For the first time ever, movie titles from Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony and Warner Bros. will be available for download online in the DivX format. DivX, Inc. and...

  Tags: DivXNetworks

• The Pirate Bay Taken Offline By Swedish Authorities

  BNET - 2009-08-25

  Following the earlier court defeat for Fredrik, Gottfrid and Peter and the pending civil action taken by several Hollywood studios, the Swedish authorities have now ordered The Pirate Bay to be disconnected from the Internet. The site's bandwidth suppliers have been threatened with a large fine. The site is completely...

  Tags: authority, Site, Hollywood Studios

• RealNetworks DVD Copier Nixed

  BNET - 2009-08-12

  U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel issued the preliminary injunction against RealNetworks on Tuesday in San Francisco. The ruling prevents RealNetworks from selling its RealDVD software and any future products using the technology until its legality is determined in a trial. function showDescimg{ifelementelement.innerHTML = img.alt;}; Patel's decision means RealNetworks is...

  Tags: DVD, RealNetworks Inc., Marilyn Hall Patel

• RealNetworks Loses DVD Copying Decision

  BNET - 2009-08-12

  A preliminary injunction barring RealDVD from store shelves will remain in place, Judge Marilyn Hall Patel said, and the DVD CCA will also be entitled to injunctive relief. "The RealDVD products, by their very nature, open a veritable Pandora's box of liability for Real," the judge wrote. The decision marks...

  Tags: DVD, RealNetworks Inc., Marilyn Hall Patel

• DivX signs two Hollywood studios for its DRM technology

  Strategy Eye - 2009-08-03

  DivX has signed deals with Hollywood studios Paramount and Lionsgate to enable online retailers worldwide to offer their films in the DivX video format. The company announced similar deals with Sony Pictures and Warner Bros in 2008. DivX’s digital rights management DRM system allows consumers to access downloaded movies...

  Tags: Hollywood Studios, DivXNetworks, Digital-rights Management, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Tv & Home Theater, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Paramount Pictures, Editorial, DivX Inc.

• Labor issues boost filming

  - 2008-07-21

  Uncertainty created by contract negotiation between the actors union and the major Hollywood studios led to an increase in on-location filming between April and June. The number of days production companies worked on location increased in the second quarter to 17,375, a 26 percent boost over the same period...

  Tags: FINANCE, Hollywood Studios, TVs

• JetBlue signs deals with Hollywood studios and the Broadway Channel for in-flight entertainment

  - 2008-06-03

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  Tags: entertainment, Hollywood Studios, JetBlue Airways Corp.

• Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park.(ORLANDO)

  - 2008-05-01

  A new Walt Disney World attraction based on the TV series "American Idol" is set to debut ... A new Walt Disney World attraction based on the TV series "American Idol" is set to debut later this year at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park.

  Tags: Disney Corp., Hollywood Studios

• Hollywood studios aim to film with environment in mind

  - 2008-04-18

  LOS ANGELES AFP — Hollywood's major television and film studios on Friday unveiled a guidebook with rules they plan to follow to try to reduce their carbon footprint and workplace waste. In late 2006, university research here charged that the film industry was a major source of pollution in...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, environment, Hollywood, Hollywood Studios, MPAA, Strategy

• Microsoft stops HD DVD drives for Xbox 360

  - 2008-02-25

  SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Microsoft confirmed on Monday that it will no longer make HD DVD drives for its Xbox 360 video game consoles. The much-anticipated announcement comes in the wake of the format being abandoned by its creator, Japanese electronics giant Toshiba, as well as major Hollywood studios...

  Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, HD-DVD, Hollywood Studios, Microsoft Corp., Toshiba Corp.