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Viacom, Verizon CEOs talk Comcast, retrans
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:11:00 ESTViacom president and CEO Philippe Dauman expressed some concerns about a possible Comcast acquisition of a majority stake in NBC Universal.
TV Guide Network renews Comcast carriage deal
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:46:00 ESTTV Guide Network has reached a multi-year extension of a carriage agreement with Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable operator, the companies said Friday.
GE, Vivendi differ on NBCU valuation: report
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:25:00 ESTGeneral Electric and Vivendi are at least $1 billion apart in their valuation of the French group's stake in NBC Universal, the Financial Times said, dampening hopes of a swift sale.
Starz Ani strikes banking deal for tax credits
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:03:00 ESTStarz Animation Toronto has come up with a novel way to allow studio and indie producers to reduce their film financing needs as they pocket Ontario tax credit savings up-front.
Scripps takes majority NDTV Lifestyle stake
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:02:00 ESTScripps Networks Interactive has bought a 69% stake for $55 million in leading broadcaster New Delhi Television Group's lifestyle programming subsidiary NDTV Lifestyle, which operates NDTV's Good Times channel.
Intellectual property guru nears confirmation
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:59:00 ESTA Senate committee on Thursday confirmed the nomination of President Obama's nominee for the top intellectual property position in Washington.
Vivendi eyes NBC Uni exit: CFO
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:54:00 ESTVivendi could exit from U.S. media group NBCU Universal as it has no intention to be part of the future joint venture being discussed by Comcast and General Electric, its chief financial officer said on Thursday.
Cuts key to Sony strategy
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:46:00 ESTCutbacks at Sony are bearing fruit, but a second year of losses means there is "more work to be done," chief executive Howard Stringer warned Thursday at a pair of briefings for the media and investors.
Entertainment one posts mounting losses
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:03:00 ESTCanadian producer Entertainment One on Wednesday posted a widened pre-tax loss for the first half of the year on higher costs and one-off items, despite sharply higher revenue.
GIC buys Shanda Games stake
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:21:00 ESTGIC, Singapore's biggest sovereign wealth fund, has bought a 5.4% stake in Chinese videogames company Shanda Games, its second recent investment in a newly listed firm in the United States.
Comcast's video publisher expanding
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:01:00 ESTComcast's white-label video publishing firm thePlatform is expanding its client base and launching features designed to enable programmers to provide "TV Everywhere" capabilities on their Web sites.
ThinkFilm exec's calendar filled with lawsuits
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:00:00 ESTEven as producer David Bergstein plows ahead in the movie business, the lawsuits and judgments continue to pile on.
Graham King launches TV division
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:00:00 ESTGraham King is branching out. The Oscar-winning feature producer has launched a television division of his GK Films and tapped Lionsgate TV executive Craig Cegielski to run it.
NBC pacing behind in Olympics ad sales
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:27:00 ESTWith fewer than 90 days left before the Olympic torch arrives at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, NBC Universal still has a solid chunk of inventory left to sell.
Disharmony hits Hulu
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:32:00 ESTHulu is starting to show signs of why it's not easy to run a joint venture between competitors. Recently, the popular video site's various parents have sent mixed messages about Hulu's future business model -- and whether it will erect some sort of paid subscription wall.
Comcast, GE near deal
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:38:00 ESTComcast and General Electric have worked out almost all details of a deal that would see the cable giant take a 51% stake in NBC Universal, leaving the price tag on Vivendi's 20% stake in the entertainment company as the main issue left to be resolved.
Gary Ginsberg leaving News Corp.
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:50:00 ESTLong-time Rupert Murdoch confidante Gary Ginsberg will leave his position as News Corp.'s top communications expert at the end of the year.
Lenders let MGM chief guide auction
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:00:00 ESTIt's hardly surprising that an MGM auction is starting to unfold, but it's a measure of the quick respect established by MGM chief Stephen Cooper that he and not Lion lenders are controlling the process.
Lenders extend deadline for MGM payments
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:19:00 ESTMGM has gotten another reprieve from its lenders, who have extended the deadline by which it must resume making interest payments on its $3.7 billion debt to Jan. 31.
Online move tough for old media firms
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:34:00 ESTFor private equity players in the media space it's also tough slogging.
Canwest shares to trade on TSX exchange
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:01:00 ESTEmbattled Canwest Global Communications Corp. will start trading its stock on the Toronto Stock Exchange's junior exchange Monday after its shares are delisted from the main TSX exchange at the close of day Friday.
Liberty Global buys Unitymedia for $5.2 bil
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:20:00 ESTIt's second-time lucky for John Malone who has finally got himself a piece of the German cable TV market following the €3.5 billion ($5.2 billion) acquisition of Cologne-based cable group Unitymedia by Malone's Liberty Global Inc. (LGI).
Playboy stock rises after sale speculation
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:22:00 ESTShares of Playboy Enterprises soared Thursday on a report that the men's magazine publisher is in talks to sell its business to Iconix Brand Group.
Disney's quarterly net income rises
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:23:00 ESTDisney posted an 18% jump in net income to $895 million on revenue that climbed 4% to $9.87 billion.
Blockbuster loss exceeds $100 million in Q3
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:10:00 ESTBlockbuster, in a life and death struggle to withstand withering competition from Netflix and Redbox, reported a quarterly loss of $117 million on Thursday, five times bigger than its loss in the year-ago period.
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