Veteran home entertainment executive Dennis Maguire has been named president of Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment Worldwide, replacing former president Kelley Avery, who left the studio in May.
Warner Home Video has signed a multiyear distribution deal with Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind the venerable children’s television program “Sesame Street.”
Netflix has partnered with venerable B-movie producer Roger Corman and director Joe Dante (Gremlins, The Howling) for the original horror online series “Splatter,” which launches Oct. 29 at www.netflix.com/splatter.
Sony Corp. Oct. 15 said it would introduce a high-capacity PlayStation 3 video game system beginning Nov. 3, capable of storing high-definition content delivered over the Internet.
