The latest Warner Studios news stories, articles, and updates.
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Warner Trims Staff 13 Jun, 2011
Warner Bros. is cutting 50 employees, or 1% of its 5,500-person global workforce, at its Burbank, Calif.-based studio due to sluggish sales in packaged media.More>>
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Six Questions: Thomas Gewecke, President of Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, and Flixster Co-founder Joe Greenstein 6 May, 2011
'Home Media Magazine' talked to Flixster co-founder and CEO Joe Greenstein and Thomas Gewecke, president of Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, to find out more about the transaction.More>>
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Warner Readying ‘Digital Everywhere’ App 15 Apr, 2011
Warner is starting tests on an app that would allow consumers to buy and store moves and television programs on a cloud-based virtual locker system.More>>
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Sony Teams with Warner for DVD on Demand 13 Apr, 2011
Select, classic catalog titles from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment now are available via the Warner Archive Collection DVD manufactured-on-demand service, Sony and the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group announced.More>>
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Japan Earthquake Halts CE Production 14 Mar, 2011
As Japanese authorities and relief workers continue to search for victims of the March 11 earthquake and subsequent tsunami, the country’s vibrant consumer electronics industry March 14 has all but ground to a halt.More>>
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Bewkes: ‘We Don’t Understand’ an HBO-Netflix Content Deal 11 May, 2011
Time Warner Inc. CEO Jeff Bewkes May 11 dismissed any notions there might be a content license deal forthcoming between subsidiary HBO and Netflix — a scenario many believe would cement the online disc rental pioneer as a “must-stream” behemoth. More>>
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Time Warner CFO: Social Media Could Dictate Warner Movies 8 Mar, 2011
Time Warner Inc. might be bearish toward subscription-based video-on-demand, or VOD, but it’s apparently bullish about social media — to the point the medium could influence the type of movies Warner makes going forward.More>>
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Warner First to Offer VOD in China 15 Jun, 2011
Beginning this summer Warner Bros. will offer new-release and catalog titles on demand to consumers’ TVs in the People’s Republic of China, making it the first studio to do so.More>>
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Warner Home Entertainment Group Acquires Flixster/Rotten Tomatoes 4 May, 2011
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group May 4 said it had agreed to acquire Flixster.com and its popular Rotten Tomatoes movie ratings service. Purchase price and terms were not disclosed. More>>
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Bewkes: Discs Improve on High-Def and 3D 2 May, 2011
Time Warner Inc. CEO Jeff Bewkes remains bullish on physical media, notably Blu-ray Disc and 3D movies, despite also being a long-time cheerleader for lower-cost digital distribution such as video-on-demand.More>>
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