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Blockbuster: Confusing Moves
Blockbuster made a bid out of nowhere for Circuit City, and when they hesitated, Blockbuster took it public. After prodding, Circuit City has finally opened its books to the impudent movie retailer. But that still doesn't answer the main question – what exactly does Circuit City have that they want?
Tags: britney, nyse, nasdaq, invest, investing, stock stock exchange, stocks, wallstrip, julie alexandria, howard lindzon, analysts, onion, run dmc, sloth, lewinsky, clinton, mel gibson, film, circuit city, blockbuster, netflix, electronics, rental, movies, Retail, Blockbuster Inc., Circuit City Stores Inc.
Videos 2008-06-04
Netflix: Keeping Snail Mail Relevant
Since Blockbuster backed down and Wal-Mart wimped out, Netflix has made a comeback as the supreme DVD service. But will the new brawl be with Apple and Tivo over the downloadable movie market?
Tags: Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, NetFlix Inc., Home Entertainment, netflix inc, nflx, mail box, mail order, dvd, movies, movie, on demand, super bad, jaws, rock, revenge of the nerds, star wars, simpsons, norbit, blockbuster, animal house, web video, cbs, cbs news, cbs.com, howard lindzon, closing bell, julie alexandria, wallstrip, wallstreet, stocks, stock market, stock exchange, money, finance, investing, invest, nasdaq, nyse, cash, business, warren, buffet, berkshire hathaway, day trade, trends, cnbc, trading, market, jim cramer, britney
Videos 2008-03-21
Chuck Davis: Employing Multiple Revenue Streams
Chuck Davis is CEO of Fandango, the nation's largest online movie ticketing provider and a top movie content website. In just two years at his post, he has grown Fandango to record size in both revenue and traffic. Davis discusses his success and the necessity of multi-faceted revenue generation in...
Tags: movies, online purchasing, retail, revenue, Chuck Davis, Fandango, entertainment
Videos 2008-03-08
Fox Files Motion To Dismiss Redbox's DVD Lawsuit
Twentieth Century Fox has filed a motion to dismiss what it calls the “meritless” lawsuit that DVD rental kiosk company Redbox filed against it in August. Redbox is suing because Fox wants to impose release delays—essentially, giving itself time to sell more DVDs before the kiosk company rents them...
Tags: Lawsuit, Antitrust, DVD, Redbox, Fox, TooRedbox, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Entertainment, Movies, Legal, Companies, News Corp., Tameka Kee
External links 2009-10-01
DivX, Film Fresh Get Studios' Blessings For Download-to-Own Movie Service
Funny how certain Hollywood studios have chosen to embrace certain new movie distribution strategies, and yet fight hard against the evolution of others. Warner Bros., Lionsgate, Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures and Paramount have all agreed to seed a new download-to-own movie store from DivX (NSDQ: DIVX) and film site...
Tags: DivXNetworks, Sales Strategy, Sales, Entertainment, Movies, DVD, Technologies / Formats, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-08-26
Paramount To Test Rental Rev-Share Deal With Redbox
The Hollywood/Redbox saga continues, though Paramount has added an interesting twist. The Viacom-owned movie studio is testing out a new rental revenue-sharing deal with Redbox, which is different than the wholesale deals the DVD kiosk company currently has with Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures and Lionsgate. The LAT reports that...
Tags: Studio, Paramount, Redbox, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Entertainment, Movies, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-08-25
Redbox Tries For Trifecta, Sues Warner Bros. Too
Maybe Redbox’s lawyers get a bonus when they hit a certain number of lawsuits but this is getting to be a bit much. Yes, like Chris Albrecht at NewTeeVee, we knew this was coming: Redbox couldn’t sue Universal and Fox over their new vending machine windows, then ignore Warner...
Tags: Warner Bros Inc., Redbox, Home Entertainment, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Movies, Legal, Companies, Time Warner, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-08-20
Industry Moves: Starz CEO Clasen To Retire, Liberty Starts Search; Time To Split Company?
Robert B. Clasen is retiring as chairman and CEO of Starz, LLC,  after six years at Starz and 40 years in the industry. But he’s not going anywhere yet—Clasen will stay on while Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) searches for his successor. The estimated time is around the end of...
Tags: Starz, Liberty Plc., Industry, Robert B. Clasen, Malone, Advertising & Promotion, Taxes, Marketing, Financial Planning, Finance, Entertainment, Movies, Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-08-19
Judge Rules For Universal But Lets Redbox Antitrust Claim Stand
DVD rental biz Redbox took a big hit in its efforts to sue several Universal Studios units over a policy withholding new releases from vending machines for 45 days. After a months-long delay, U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler dismissed two counts in the suit late Monday, in a 13-page...
Tags: Universal Studios, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Entertainment, Movies, Legal, Companies, NBC Universal, News Corp., Fox, Vivendi, Universal Music Group, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-08-18
Warner Bros. Throws DVD Rental Gauntlet Down At Redbox?And Netflix
The battle between the movie studios and new movie rental services (like Redbox and *Netflix*—but not Blockbuster) is quickly evolving into a full-blown war. Warner Bros. has joined Universal and Fox in trying to keep movies out of Redbox kiosks until about a month after their release date—but it...
Tags: NetFlix Inc., Warner Bros Inc., Mail-order, Movie, Blockbuster Inc., Kiosk, DVD, Redbox, Sales Channel, Sales, Entertainment, Movies, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-08-14
Earnings: Blockbuster's Revs Slip Amid Tough Competition, Lowers Guidance
*Blockbuster* is trying to do everything it can to stay relevant—from brokering deals to get its OnDemand streaming service in Samsung TVs, to rolling out rental kiosks, to renting films through *TiVo*—but judging from its Q2 earnings performance, rivals like *Netflix* and Redbox continue to chip away at its...
Tags: Blockbuster Inc., Kiosk, Earnings, *Blockbuster*, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Entertainment, Movies, DVD, Money, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-08-13
Redbox Adds Fox To Legal Targets
Add Twentieth Century Fox to the list of studios being sued by Redbox for imposing delays on new releases. The DVD vendor sued the studio Tuesday—the same day it announced a 5-year, estimated $158 million deal with Lionsgate.  (Via Video.Business.com) Redbox is waving the consumer flag, saying it wants...
Tags: NYSE Euronext, Studio, Redbox, Sales Strategy, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Home Entertainment, Sales, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Movies, Legal, Companies, News Corp., Fox, Staci D. Kramer, Sony Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
External links 2009-08-12
Boxee Adds $6 Million Second Round; Aims To Take On Microsoft, Apple In Living Room
Browser-based streaming media service Boxee has raised $6 million in a second round of funding. General Catalyst Partners led the round—managing director Neil Sequeira is joining the board—with previous backers Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital also participating. Boxee has raised $10 million in funding since its soft launch...
Tags: Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Streaming Media, Boxee, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Media, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Movies, Media & Publishing, TV, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-08-12
RealNetworks Loses First Round In DVD Software Lawsuit
Not the biggest shock ... A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) Tuesday, prohibiting the company from manufacturing and distributing its RealDVD software. The injunction follows a temporary restraining order issued last October at the request of movie studios owned by Disney (NYSE: DIS), Sony...
Tags: Marilyn Hall Patel, Software, Lawsuit, NYSE Euronext, Preliminary Injunction, RealNetworks Inc., RealDVD, Real, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Entertainment, Movies, Legal, Digital Rights Management, Companies, RealNetworks, Staci D. Kramer, The Walt Disney Co.
External links 2009-08-12
Global Gaming's Pirate Bay Deal Approved By Shareholders
The new Pirate Bay is born: Global Gaming Factory X’s long-running and controversial attempt to buy the infamous and often outlawed Torrent-tracking site has been approved by the company’s shareholders. It’s against all the odds: key investors pulled out of the the SEK60 million (£5.1 million) deal in the...
Tags: Game, Shareholder, Acquisition, Stock, Investor, Stock Market, Pirate Bay, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Entertainment, Gaming, Movies, DVD, Music, Technologies / Formats, P2P, Countries, Europe, Sweden, Patrick Smith
External links 2009-08-27
Blockbuster Spins Off Irish Unit Xtra-vision For Up To $45 Million
Saddled with debt and struggling to maintain sales amid competition from the likes of Netflix and Redbox, Blockbuster has spun off Xtra-vision—its chain of nearly 200 retail locations in Ireland—to drum up some cash. The deal, potentially worth $45 million (?32 million), will give the company some much-needed “liquidity,”...
Tags: Blockbuster Inc., Corporate Communications, Sales Strategy, Investment, Marketing, Sales, Finance, Entertainment, Movies, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-08-28
Marvel-ous Future For Disney?
In the works for roughly three months, the Disney (NYSE: DIS) deal to acquire Marvel Entertainment (NYSE: MVL) has analysts fretting about premiums—and comics fans freaking about a future of Captain America Meets Tinkerbell. We’re likely months away from a close or from anything that might affect the Marvel...
Tags: Disney Corp., NYSE Euronext, Ike Perlmutter, Lionsgate, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Business Operations, Finance, Entertainment, Gaming, Animation, Movies, Companies, Disney, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-09-01
Pirate Bay Acquisition Deadline Passes; Still No Sale
There seems to be as much chance of Global Gaming Factory X buying the Mary Celeste as it buying The Pirate Bay. The company’s shaky, non-specific and uncertain SEK60 million (£5.38 million) attempt to buy the Swedish P2P tracker has been well documented, but now the game may finally...
Tags: Asset, Acquisition, Calamity, Advisor, Entertainment, Hans Pandeya, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Asset Management, Corporate Law, Investment, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Finance, Operational Planning, Marketing, Movies, Music, Technologies / Formats, P2P, Countries, Europe, Sweden, Patrick Smith
External links 2009-10-01
Warner Bros. Tests VOD Release Of Some New Movies Before DVD
Warner Bros. may be trying to keep its new DVD releases away from Redbox and Netflix until it’s had about a month to sell them in stores, but the studio isn’t against giving cable subscribers access to new releases before the DVD even comes out. In an Atlanta-based trial...
Tags: Warner Bros Inc., Video On Demand (VoD), Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, DVD, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Entertainment, Movies, Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-09-29
Akamai Rolls Out HD Video Network For Flash, Silverlight And iPhone
People continue to increase the amount of time they spend watching full-length movies and other premium content online—so shouldn’t they be able to watch more of it in HD quality? That’s the premise behind the launch of Akamai’s new HD video network today; the content delivery company has built...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Microsoft Silverlight, Akamai Technologies Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Entertainment, Movies, High Definitiion, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-09-29
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