movie futures trading

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

  

Why Movie Futures Trading Is a Bad Idea

Movies
 June 22, 2010 By Chris Davison 2 years ago

Creatively it devalues art, while on the business side it increases the possibility of market manipulation

  

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

  

Movie Futures Trading a Go for Media Derivatives, MPAA Squawks

Movies | Box Office
 June 14, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 3 years ago

Trading commission OKs plan; Cantor Fitzgerald decision due by Jun. 28

  

40 Congressmen: Keep Ban of Movie Futures Trading

Movies
 June 10, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 3 years ago

Bipartisan group wants ban kept in reconciled financial reform package

  

Feds Delay Decision on Movie Futures Trading

Deal Central
 June 7, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 3 years ago

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

  

Movie-Futures Trading Hearing Set for May 19

Movies
 May 12, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 3 years ago

And Hollywood group files opposition to Media Derivatives' plan

  

Movie Futures Trader to Senate: Remove the Ban

Movies
 April 28, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 3 years ago

Letter to Congress comes as 10 more members of the House come out in opposition

  

Lions Gate Goes Rogue on Movie Futures Trading

Movies
 April 22, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 3 years ago

In Congressional testimony Thursday, studio backs controversial box-office exchanges

  

Roadblock: Now Congress to Vote on Movie Futures Trading

Deal Central
 April 21, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz & Daniel Frankel 3 years ago

Part of Wall Street transparency act, it could be voted on as early as tomorrow

  

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

  

How Movie-Futures Trading Could Bring (Gasp!) Truth to Hollywood

 April 19, 2010 By Peter McAlevey 3 years ago

You can lie to the press, to your actors, to your wife ... but this could send you to jail

  

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

  

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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