Paramount Tries Tighter Window Between Theaters And DVD
Paramount’s 88-day DVD window for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and one other film — a window that falls more than one month short of the studio’s historical average — draws fire from the National...
View ArticleParamount Renews With Technicolor; Business Impacted By Cost-Cutting
As part of a new multi-year agreement, Thomson's Technicolor unit will continue to provide Paramount Home Entertainment with services such as mastering, replication, packaging, distribution and returns...
View Article‘Transformers’ Moves 7.5 Million Disc Units
Paramount Home Entertainment reports that it sold a healthy 7.5 million DVD/Blu-ray units of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" in its first week of release. The figure includes sell-through and...
View ArticleAnalyst: Paramount’s Decision Date On Redbox Looms
Paramount Home Entertainment will by Dec. 15 decide whether to extend or opt out distributing new release DVDs via Redbox, according to Merriman Curhan Ford financial analyst Eric Wold. The parties’...
View ArticleParamount Sells Films On USB Drives, SD Cards
Paramount Digital Entertainment has signed a deal to deliver select movies on Kingston USB drives and SD cards. The announcement comes after the studio quietly debuted “Transformers” and “Transformers:...
View ArticleParamount Buys Into ZillionTV’s VOD Service
Paramount plans to supply content and take an equity stake in video-on-demand service ZillionTV. Zillion streams movies and TV shows directly to consumer televisions; viewers either pay for the service...
View ArticleParamount Unit To Finance ‘Micro-Budget’ Movies
Fresh off the stunning success of "Paranormal Activity" — a $15,000 thriller that has grossed more than $107 million in domestic release despite little paid advertising — Paramount Pictures is set to...
View ArticleParamount Postpones Redbox Decision
The studio has extended through June its trial agreement with the $1-a-night DVD kiosk company, which was set to expire Dec. 31. In a statement, Paramount Home Entertainment President Dennis Maguire...
View ArticleEpix Extends VOD Deal With Avail-TVN
Epix, the high-definition pay-TV and online streaming channel co-owned by Lionsgate, MGM and Paramount Studios, Jan. 21 said it extended a deal with digital media services company Avail-TVN giving the...
View ArticleDVD, Blu-ray Sales Lift Viacom Profits In Fourth Quarter
Viacom reported Feb. 11 a $214 million increase in fourth-quarter profitability for its filmed entertainment unit, reflecting among other things a higher year-over-year contribution from Paramount...
View ArticleViacom, YouTube Trade Jabs Over Copyright Infringement
USA Today teases out some choice exchanges between Viacom and Google from newly unsealed court filings in the entertainment company’s $1 billion lawsuit against the video site. Viacom alleges YouTube...
View Article‘Iron Man 2’ Leaks Online Ahead Of Stateside Debut
Paramount opened “Iron Man 2” overseas this past weekend to capture international audiences ahead of soccer’s World Cup. The premiere reportedly netted the studio more than $100 million in box office...
View ArticleViacom’s Dauman: Day-And-Date Rental Availability Has ‘Extremely Little’...
Home entertainment revenues at Viacom’s filmed entertainment category were down by 43% from 2009 during the company’s second quarter. But don’t fault the day-and-date DVD deal between Viacom’s...
View ArticleNetflix’s Streaming Deal With Epix Preserves Pay-TV Window
Netflix continues to expand its streaming library by embarking on a multi-year licensing arrangement with Epix, the major-studio-backed pay-TV channel. Under the deal, movies will begin streaming from...
View ArticleParamount Reorganizes Licensing and Direct-to-DVD Units
Paramount Studios is reorganizing its licensing/consumer products and film promotion divisions, according to an internal email first reported by The Wrap. The licensing and consumer products unit will...
View ArticleWith Holidays Behind It, Fox Film Unit Looks Forward to Premium VOD
News Corp.’s filmed entertainment unit reported operating income of $189 million during the company’s second fiscal quarter (ended Dec. 31), a 42% decline from the year-ago period. The decline, News...
View ArticleParamount Folds Digital Operations Into ‘Home Media Distribution’ Unit
Paramount established a dedicated digital entertainment unit years before DVD sales peaked. Now, amidst tapering physical media markets and consolidation of Hollywood’s home entertainment business, the...
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