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• Studios to Take on Hulu with EpixHD.com

  BNET - 2009-08-11

  NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It is a dash of Hulu and a sprinkle of YouTube, features a crystal clear picture, can rewind or fast-forward at lightning speed, and doesn't require a download of any special software. But epixHD.com, the soon-to-launch video website, will have its success dictated more by...

  Tags: Thomson Reuters Corp., movie, movies, studio, YouTube Inc.

• JAKKS Pacific® Pumps-Up Boys Action Portfolio With Master Toy License for American Gladiators

  - 2008-03-31

  MALIBU, Calif. -- JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAKK) today announced that it signed an exclusive worldwide Master Toy License with MGM Consumer Products for American Gladiators[R], the hit competition-based television program that airs on NBC. JAKKS[R] expects to launch a line of American Gladiators toys and related products in Spring 2009,...

  Tags: Jakks Pacific Inc., Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, NBC Universal Inc., programming, TVs

• 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

• NBC Interested in MGM.

  - 2004-06-08

  By Phyllis Furman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Phyllis Furman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

  Tags: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, NBC Universal Inc.

• NBC Universal interested in MGM if up for sale

  - 2004-06-07

  MARRAKESH, Morocco AFP ? NBC Universal chief executive Bob Wright said Monday his media company would be "interested in looking at" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer if the film studio came up for sale. "It is a very good library, it's well marketed, and if it were for sale, we would certainly be...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, NBC Universal Inc.

• NBC Finalizes $14 Billion Deal for Universal.

  - 2004-05-13

  By Jerry W. Jackson, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 13--General Electric's NBC claimed a place among the media giants Wednesday by absorbing the entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal in a multibillion-dollar deal that includes Universal Orlando and...

  Tags: Disney Corp., General Electric Co., Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, NBC Universal Inc., TVs, Universal Studios, Vivendi Universal, Williams

• Daily News, New York, Media Column.

  - 2004-05-06

  By Phyllis Furman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 6--Jane Pauley is ringing up mega bucks for NBC. Her syndicated talk show doesn't go on the air until Aug. 30, but the famous newscaster formerly of "Dateline" and "Today"...

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

• Kermit and the gang.(MGM Home Entertainment plans several videos for the Christmas season)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-08-18

  The Jim Henson Company's first made-for-TV movie from the Muppets made its TV debut last holiday season on NBC and comes to video this year, to be followed by another TV airing. The DVD from MGM Home Entertainment is a special edition that includes ...

  Tags: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, video, home entertainment, TV, NBC Universal Inc., entertainment

• 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

• And then there were five: Liberty, MGM, NBC, Viacom and Bronfman still in the running for VUE assets.(Vivendi Universal S.A. announces the five bidders left for its Vivendi Universal Entertainment assets)

  - 2003-07-07

  Vivendi Universal S.A. pared the field of bidders for its Vivendi Universal Entertainment assets to five last week, eliminating one bidder and asking the others to come back with better offers. According to sources, Vivendi rejected one bidder Vivendi...

  Tags: Vivendi Universal, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, asset, NBC Universal Inc., Viacom Inc.