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• Layoffs, but DVD helps TW profit: cuts could affect Warner Home Video.(SUPPLIERS)(digital versatile discs)(Time Warner Cable)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-11-07

  Even as corporate belt-tightening prompted a round of layoffs at Warner Bros., solid gains in film and TV operations helped parent Time Warner post an 80% jump in third-quarter profit to $897 million. Revenue rose 6% to $10.5 billion, with off ...

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• Warner, Uni pact to fight overseas piracy; studios use each other to release in China, Russia.(SUPPLIERS)(Universal Pictures International)

  - 2005-10-03

  Warner Home Video and Universal Pictures International are tag-teaming on home entertainment distribution in China and Russia in an effort to thwart piracy. In February, Warner Home Video and China Audio Video formed CAV Warner Home Entertain Warner...

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• Warner ups pricing on barebones DVDs: rental market OK with move.(SUPPLIERS)

  - 2005-08-29

  Warner Home Video has raised the suggested retail price on single-disc movie-only DVD releases for some of its top titles. Batman Begins and The Polar Express both will be offered in movie-only DVD versions priced almost equal to the special e ...

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• Kapow! Retailers hyping Batman catalog titles: even if Warner Home Video is not.(SUPPLIERS)

  - 2005-06-20

  Retailers are going batty over the June 15 launch of Batman Begins--even if Warner Home Video isn't. Warner has already put out the franchise's four previous films, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever and Batman and Robin, on DVD. And than ...

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• Mattel motors to Warner to distrib Hot Wheels titles: Cartoon Net to fuel AcceleRacers promos.(Suppliers)

  - 2005-02-14

  Mattel is revving up a four-title distribution deal with Warner Home Video. Warner will bow Hot Wheels AcceleRacers: Ignition on March 22. The Speed of Silence, The Challenge and The Ultimate Race will roll out through 2005. ...

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• Cheaper Warner TV titles to bow: move sparks range of reactions.(Suppliers)(Warner Home Video)

  - 2005-01-10

  DVDs of TV shows have offered cushy profit margins for studios and retailers alike, but Warner Home Video is set to release a slew of bargain-priced sets aimed at enticing buyers to lower-profile titles. Bowing Feb. 8 at $29.98 SRP are first...

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• Trollz proves a doll for Warner: studio to bring toys to DVD premiere series.(Suppliers)(Warner Home Video)

  - 2004-08-02

  Looking to raise some hairs, Warner Home Video is launching a series of titles based on the Trollz doll characters. WHV is licensing rights to the classic property--best known as colorful, fuzzy pencil and pen toppers--from DIC Entertainment. ...

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• Warner releases seven Hitchcock films on DVD: titles to be included in nine-film deluxe box set.(Suppliers)(Warner Home Video)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-06-07

  DVD consumers can stop biting 'their nails. Seven films from Alfred Hitchcock, the iconic Master of Suspense, will be available on DVD for the first time Sept. 7. DVD consumers can stop biting 'their nails. Seven films from Alfred Hitchcock, the iconic...

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• WHV walks dog to big screen: video division to develop more theatricals.(Suppliers)(Warner Home Video to produce the first animated theatrical film)

  - 2004-03-22

  Talk about the tail wagging the dog. Clifford is making his big-screen debut courtesy of Warner Home Video. The studio video division has quietly worked with Scholastic Entertainment during the past couple of years to finance the production o ...

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• A rifle start to Reloaded.(Suppliers)(Warner Home Video enjoys strong initial sales of 'The Matrix Reloaded' on DVD and VHS)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-10-20

  First-day sales of Warner Home Video's highly anticipated second installment of The Matrix trilogy' sold about 4 million combined DVD and VHS units, according to industry sources. Best Buy officials projected The Matrix Reloaded to be their b ...

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