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Comcast Throws in the Towel on Time Warner Cable Acquisition Bid 24 Apr, 2015
Comcast April 24 officially ended its 14-month attempt to acquire Time Warner Cable for $45.2...More>>
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Report: Comcast Ending Time Warner Cable Acquisition Effort 23 Apr, 2015
Comcast reportedly is planning to drop its bid to acquire Time Warner Cable due to ongoing...More>>
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Sky CEO: Netflix Having Little Impact 21 Apr, 2015
Netflix launched service in six European countries in 2014 following bows in the United Kingdom and...More>>
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March Video Game Sales Decline 6% 16 Apr, 2015
Sales of new physical video games dropped 6% in March to $963.7 million, from $1 billion a year...More>>
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RLJ Entertainment Gets $15 Million Lifeline 16 Apr, 2015
BET founder and RLJ namesake Robert L. Johnson has purchased 15,000 shares of RLJ Entertainment for...More>>
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Netflix Adds Record 4.9M Subs, Tops 62M Globally 15 Apr, 2015
Netflix’s expected stock split may soon become a reality after the subscription streaming pioneer...More>>
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Lionsgate Chairman Mark Rachesky Selling 10 Million Shares 7 Apr, 2015
Lionsgate’s largest investor, Mark Rachesky, April 7 announced plans to sell 10 million shares of...More>>
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Analyst Expects 'Solid' Fiscal Quarter From Redbox 30 Mar, 2015
With the fiscal quarter of many corporations set to end March 31, Redbox’s Q1 financial results...More>>
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Best Buy Consolidates Canadian Operations 30 Mar, 2015
Best Buy Canada is closing 66 Future Shop locations, while temporarily shuttering an additional 65...More>>
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Dennis Maguire Leaving Paramount Home Media Distribution 13 Mar, 2015
Dennis Maguire, worldwide president of Paramount Home Media Distribution, is leaving the studio...More>>
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Gaiam TV Spin-Off Set for Sept. 30 12 Mar, 2015
Gaiam Inc. plans to complete transitioning Gaiam TV into a separate business unit by Sept. 30,...More>>
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Codeblack Films Inks Middle East Distribution Deal 10 Mar, 2015
Lionsgate subsidiary Codeblack Films March 10 announced it signed an output deal with Eagle Films,...More>>
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Inception Media Group to Sell Controlling Interest in Company 6 Mar, 2015
Inception Media Group, distributor of motion pictures and other video entertainment, has signed a...More>>
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Trans World Entertainment Q4 Profit Drops 5 Mar, 2015
Trans World Entertainment Corp. March 5 reported fourth-quarter (ended Jan. 31) net income of $11.7...More>>
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Best Buy Slows Entertainment Sales Decline 3 Mar, 2015
Best Buy March 3 reported a 1.8% decline in same-store entertainment revenue in the fourth-quarter...More>>
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GameStop Acquires Leases of Select Bankrupt Radio Shack Locations 2 Mar, 2015
GameStop, the nation’s largest video game retail chain, has reportedly acquired the leases of...More>>
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Home Entertainment Accounts for 95% of DreamWorks Animation Q4 Film Revenue 25 Feb, 2015
Packaged-media and electronic-distribution revenue from 'How to Train Your Dragon 2,' 'Mr. Peabody...More>>
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Weak Release Slate Drops Anchor Bay Q4 Results 25 Feb, 2015
Starz Distribution Feb. 25 reported that subsidiary Anchor Bay Entertainment generated...More>>
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Universal Q4 Financials Undermined by Lower Home Entertainment, Theatrical Revenue 24 Feb, 2015
Universal Pictures Feb. 24 reported a 60% drop in fourth-quarter (ended Dec. 31, 2014) operating...More>>
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Disc Sales Continue to Drive German Video Market 16 Feb, 2015
Despite the distraction of World Cup soccer (won by Germany) and the arrival of Netflix, the German...More>>
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