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• Lionsgate invests USD8.6m in joint TV venture

  Strategy Eye - 2008-11-12

  Movie production studio Lionsgate says it has so far invested USD8.6m in the new video-on-demand VoD channel it is launching next year with Viacom's Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM. Lionsgate's investment represents 28.57% of the venture, known as Studio 3...

  Tags: Channel, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, VoD, Viacom Inc., Lionsgate, Video On Demand (VoD), Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Broadband Internet, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Charlotte Eyre, Comcast, HBO, Lions Gate Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures, Time Warner, Viacom

• 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

• Doc Hollywood Studios Acquires Film Production Concern, NovelFilms; Company's Feature Film, OFFICER DOWN, Airs Tonight on Lifetime Television

  - 2005-08-01

  LOS ANGELES -- Doc Hollywood Studios has acquired Hollywood based feature film concern, NovelFilms, it was announced today by Doc Hollywood CEO Steven Saxton and NovelFilms. NovelFilms has been a successful production entity since inception in 2002. NovelFilms will now produce under the Doc Hollywood Productions label a slate of...

  Tags: affiliate, DoC, entertainment, Hollywood Studios, MARKETING, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, TVs

• 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

• 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

• New Releases.(new VHS/DVD releasesy)(Illustration)

  - 2003-03-03

  NEW RELEASES KEY DATA FOR ORDERING PRODUCT FEATURE FILMS ...

  Tags: Artisan, British Broadcasting Corp., Columbia, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Paramount, TVs, VP, women

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Licenses First 13 Classic Bond Films to the ABC Television Network in Major Exclusive Pact

  - 2001-01-10

  Business/Entertainment Editors SANTA MONICA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 10, 2001 Network Regains Television Rights to James Bond Titles Through September 2002 MGM Worldwide Television Distribution, a unit of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., and the ABC Television Network today jointly announced a multi-million dollar licensing agreement under which ABC will regain...

  Tags: ABC Inc., Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, network, TVs

• In the Air.(SportsWeekend)

  - 2000-11-17

  Remotely interesting: Let the ESPY hype begin. ESPN has set Feb. 12 as the date for its annual ESPY Awards ceremony, to be presented live on TV from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The Wolves' home game at the Allstate Arena at 7 p.m....

  Tags: Allstate Corp., ceremony, ESPN, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, TVs