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• Video industry continues steady growth: but studios see challenges for this year.(2004 Research Report)

  - 2005-01-10

  Even though none of the biggest box office hits set any new DVD benchmarks last year, the overall home video market still had a healthy 8.5% gain to reach a record $24.1 billion in consumer spending. Warner Home Video, which was in...

  Tags: DVD, Fox, home entertainment, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Sony Corp., Universal Studios, video, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• What's eating you?(Features)(preview of upcoming DVD, video releases from MGM, Warner Bros.)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-10-06

  MGM's newest bogeyman is back in Jeepers Creepers 2, taking a munch our of video shelves on Dec. 23 (prebook Nov. 25) on VHS ($33) and DVD ($26.98). On the special edition disc menu are deleted scenes, storyboards including a scene that was never s ...

  Tags: DVD, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, video, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• Retro DVD - What's Hot - Warner Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment will release older films on DVD to appeal to older DVD owners - Brief Article

  - 2003-02-10

  With DVD players now in more than 40 million homes in the United States, the typical DVD owner is just as likely to be a retiree as a recent college graduate. And to meet the demands of a graying audience, the studios are digging into their vaults to release special...

  Tags: DVD, entertainment, home entertainment, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• EUROPEAN TELEVISION MOVIE RIGHTS : Most deals have some time to run.(ITV Digital signs 3-year TV broadcasting deal with Nationwide Football League)(International Pages)(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2002-05-01

  Movies, like sport, are a mainstay of television programmers for which competitive bidding has driven up prices in recent years. The television sports rights market, which we reviewed two months ago (see 2002/85-92), has run into problems that have led broadcasters as well as analysts to...

  Tags: British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc., iTV, Mediaset, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Miramax Modern Times Group, RTL Group S.A., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• Japan B.O. scorching in summer.(film box office receipts)(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2001-08-27

  TOKYO The end of summer shows no signs of cooling off in Japan, where scorching B.O. totals have lit up distribs. After a continuous decline in cinema attendance during the first six months, the estimates for July and August range between 150% and 170% higher than last...

  Tags: Fine-Line Inc., Imax Corp., Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• Studios Squeeze, TV Hits 'Reality' - motion picture revenues - Statistical Data Included

  - 2001-06-04

  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...

  Tags: brand, Columbia Pictures, Computer Associates International Inc., Disney Corp., DreamWorks SKG, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, movie, New Line Cinema, Paramount, revenue, Sony Pictures, TV, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Home Video Negotiate Early Termination of Video Distribution Agreement

  - 1999-03-15

  SANTA MONICA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 15, 1999--

  Tags: agreement, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, termination, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• Pay for play: Warner, MGM will offer rebates for catalog packs. (Warner Home Video; MGM Home Entertainment)

  - 1998-10-19

  CHICAGO - Warner Home Video and MGM Home Entertainment will offer retailers a financial incentive to merchandise catalog sellthrough product throughout 1999. At a presentation to key distribution and retail executives here last week, Warner and M CHICAGO - Warner Home Video...

  Tags: entertainment, home entertainment, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• Warner claims right to sell Orion product. (Warner Home Video; Orion Home Video tapes)

  - 1997-11-03

  Warner Home Video is challenging MGM Home Entertainment's plan to self-distribute Orion Home Video tapes. Warner sells MGM product under a distribution deal that began in 1990 and runs until 2003. Following the acquisition of Orion parent Metrome Warner Home Video is...

  Tags: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• MGM, Warner joint rental promo.(MGM/UA Home Entertainment Group Inc. and Warner Home Video join forces to market video rentals)(Brief Article)

  - 1996-10-28

  BURBANK, Cal. -- MGM/UA Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video have joined forces to promote nine new releases in a rental promotion. BURBANK, Cal. -- MGM/UA Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video have joined forces to promote nine new releases in a rental promotion.

  Tags: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, video, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.