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• Warner Home Video Signs Deal to Distribute Paramount and DreamWorks Animation Titles in China - Launching with the Release of "Transformers" and "Shrek the Third"

  - 2007-11-07

  BURBANK, Calif. -- At a press conference today in Beijing Warner Home Video WHV announced it has signed an agreement with Paramount and DreamWorks Animation to distribute DVDs in China. WHV will leverage its distribution infrastructure and expertise to provide high quality, studio-authorized copies of these blockbuster films on DVD....

  Tags: DreamWorks SKG, Paramount, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• The Duke turns 100.

  - 2007-03-05

  By Cindy Spielvogel Suppliers, retailers celebrate John Wayne's legacy with special promotions, collections With a legacy of leading roles in more than 100 movies, along with appearances in countless other works, John Wayne would have be...

  Tags: Paramount, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• Syndication Takes Ratings Hit.

  - 2007-01-01

  By Jim Benson Programmers retreating for '07 The syndication business is reluctant to roll out new shows for 2007, and it's not hard to understand why. Five genres, including talk, court and off-network sitcoms,...

  Tags: JUDGE, PARAMOUNT, syndication, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• High-def to get limited launch: Sony, Warner movies headed to stores with players.(Warner Home Video and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment plan to limit video release)

  - 2006-02-13

  With only a small number of high-definition players expected to reach the market at launch, Warner Home Video and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment are planning to limit the release of HD DVD and Blu-ray discs, respectively, to those retailers also With only a...

  Tags: disc, entertainment, HD-DVD, home entertainment, Paramount, retail company, Sony Corp., Sony Pictures, video, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• First-run features.(new movies box office report)(Illustration)

  - 2006-02-06

  First-Run Features The following tables list upcoming first-run and continuing movies in the video-on-demand window from the major studios that supply product to cable operators: Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner B First-Run Features The following...

  Tags: Paramount, Sony Corp., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• Questions of faith: the studios have only encouraged the hardware camps to get more committed to their technologies.(Paramount, Universal City Studios Inc. Universal Television Div., Warner Bros.)

  - 2005-10-10

  With last week's announcement that Paramount will straddle the high-def fence, presumably to be followed in short order by Warner and Universal, the studios abandoned any pretense of influencing the future direction of their business. The res With...

  Tags: Blu-ray disc, Earnings, hardware, HD-DVD, Paramount, Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• First-run VOD.(Video-on-demand box office)

  - 2005-06-06

  The following tables list the first-run and continuing movies in the video-on-demand window from the major studios that supply product to cable operators: Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros., New Line Cinema, Metr The following tables list the first-run and continuing...

  Tags: PARAMOUNT, Sony Corp., VoD, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• ET tops competition.(Syndie Insider)(Entertainment Tonight)(Paramount)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-08-30

  Paramount's Entertainment Tonight remained the No. 1 magazine show in the week ending Aug. 15, holding steady at 4.5 in households, while growing 8% in women 18-49. King World's Inside Edition was up 3% to 3.3 in second place, and Warner Bros.' Ext Paramount's...

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• Ready for takeoff: networks order pilots, many primed with star power.(Top of the Week)

  - 2004-05-17

  The networks are getting ready to place their bets. A sign they may be risk-adverse: Many of the upcoming comedies and dramas are rife with recognizable TV names. Here is an overview of how broadcast prime time is stacking up for fall and beyond. ...

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• Cold weather, hot ratings. (Sweeps).(bad weather helps increase ratings for syndicators)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-02-10

  Cold weather helped syndicators for the week ended Jan. 26, as people stayed indoors to avoid the freeze that hit the eastern half of the U.S., and stayed at home to keep warm on Martin Luther King Day. As a result, TV usage levels and ratings shot...

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