Less than 24 hours after ending discussions to place representatives on Lionsgate’s board, activist investor Carl Icahn March 12 issued a statement after the market close indicating a desire to acquire the Santa Monica, Calif.-based mini-major’s long-term debt.
Blockbuster Inc. said it would hold blood drives in select stores March 20 on the eve of the highly anticipated Blu-ray and DVD releases of teen vampire film Twilight from Summit Home Entertainment.
The number of mobile Internet devices, including smartphones such as iPhones, shipped globally will increase to more than 416 million by 2012, eight times the number shipped in 2007, according to new research from iSuppli Corp.
Data from a January NPD survey and from Redbox’s internal numbers show that Redbox customers will buy about 23 million DVDs after customers rent the titles from Redbox first.
TV.com, a unit of CBS Corp., March 12 said it had begun beta testing a high-definition video gallery that allows users to watch ad-supported repurposed network programming online in 1080p resolution.
