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Good Morning Hollywood, July 28: No Futures

Movies
 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

Movies
 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

Movies
 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

Movies
 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)

Movies
 July 1, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Facing movie futures trading ban, Cantor axes analysts

  

Cantor Exchange Backs Away From Hollywood

Movies | Box Office
 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

Movies | Box Office
 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

Deal Central | Movies
 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

Deal Central
 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

Movies
 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

Movies
 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

Movies
 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

Deal Central
 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

Movies
 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

Movies
 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

Deal Central | Movies
 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

Movies
 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

Movies
 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.

Movies
 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

Movies
 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

Deal Central
 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

Movies
 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

  
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