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Good Morning Hollywood, July 28: No Futures

July 28, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

“Get Low” gets high marks, but the future for movie futures was always bleak

  

Obama Signs Financial Reform -- Including Movie Futures Trading Ban

July 21, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Appears to finally end any chance for trading of box office receipts

  

Obama to Sign Financial Reform -- Including Movie Futures Trading Ban -- on Wednesday

July 19, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Media Derivatives still has yet to say for certain whether it will move forward

  

Senate Puts Final Nail in Coffin of Movie-Futures Trading

July 15, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Approves financial reform legislation that includes ban on box office futures trading; bill now goes to Obama for signing

  

Cantor Fitzgerald's HSX Lays Off Its Staff (Updated)

July 1, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Facing movie futures trading ban, Cantor axes analysts

  

Cantor Exchange Backs Away From Hollywood

June 28, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Shortly after federal commission approves its plan, Cantor says it expects Congressional action to prevent any movie futures trading, is assessing other, non-movie options

  

House Adds Movie-Futures Trading Ban to Financial Reform

June 24, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Language was in original Senate bill, but not in House version -- courts may have to decide issue

  

Media Derivatives Chief Pushes on Congress, Attacks MPAA

June 22, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Makes final push to get Congress to drop ban on movie-futures trading in upcoming financial reform package

  

Feds Delay Decision on Movie Futures Trading

June 7, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Commodities Future Trading Commission puts off for up to a week a request by Media Derivatives

  

Why Hollywood Should Embrace Movie Futures Trading

April 28, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 3 years ago

Analysis: In today's arid film-funding climate, a little legalized gambling might not be such a bad thing

  

What You Need to Know About Movie Futures Trading

April 28, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 3 years ago

Where it stands, how it works, what can and can't trade

  

Movie Futures Trading Ban Inches Closer in Senate

April 26, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 3 years ago

Ban included in combined Wall Street reform bill that reached Senate floor Monday

  

Cantor Fitzgerald Gets U.S. Approval on Movies Future Trading

April 20, 2010 By Daniel Frankel & Ira Teinowitz 3 years ago

2nd group to get trading commission's OK -- but the issue still faces big hurdles

  

As Film-Futures Trading Clears One Hurdle, New Battle Flares

April 16, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 3 years ago

Senator makes move to ban it just as trading commission approves Media Derivatives plan

  

Key Approval Appears Likely for Movie Futures Trading

April 14, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 3 years ago

Despite strident Hollywood dissent, new box-office financial products are expected to clear important hurdle on Friday

  

MPAA, DGA Win Delay on Futures-Trading Decision

April 9, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 3 years ago

Firestorm over trading markets based on movie box office heats up even more

  

H'wood: Don’t Just Delay Movie Futures -- Reject It

April 8, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 3 years ago

The industry says markets are "harmful"; Wall Street calls that criticism "hyperbole"

  

New Opposition to Movie Futures Trading: Congress

April 6, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 3 years ago

EXCLUSIVE: Senators Boxer and Feinstein among the legislators calling for delay of regulatory approval

  

MPAA Lobbies Against Futures Trading on B.O.

March 25, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 3 years ago

Letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission calls them the "economic equivalent to legalized gambling on movie receipts"

  

Exclusive: Futures Exchange Unveils First 40 Movies for Investment

March 14, 2010 By Brent Lang 3 years ago

From "Iron Man 2" to "Inception," film futures market offers shares in performance of tentpoles

  

The H'wood Stock Exchange, With Real Bucks

February 23, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 3 years ago

Cantor Fitzgerald set to launch online box-office futures trading service

  

The Rise & Plunge of Movie Futures Trading

December 31, 1970 By Daniel Frankel 43 years ago

A decade and millions of dollars in the making, how a plan to create a film derivatives market lived through 9/11 but couldn't survive the MPAA