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Rough House, 20th TV Ink One-Year Pact

August 1, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 43 weeks ago

Founded by Danny McBride and his frequent collaborators, the nascent company grabbed its first network deal

  

Ex-MGM CEO Harry Sloan, Jeff Sagansky Launch Media Acquisition Company

May 18, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Sloan and Sagansky, former CBS Entertainment head, form Global Eagle Acquisition Corp. with $190 million IPO

  

Netflix, Miramax Ink Digital Deal

May 16, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Iconic films from studio's library -- like "Pulp Fiction" -- will be available to watch instantly for the first time

  

Cannes Deal Central: Marketplace Announcements

May 11, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

A list of project announcements in Cannes' Marche du Film marketplace, continuously updated

  

Cannes Deal Central: Marketplace Acquisitions

May 11, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

A continually-updated roundup of deals made at Cannes' Marche du Film marketplace

  

Cannes Deal Central: Official Film Festival Selections

May 11, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

A continually updated list of deals involving the films screening in the Cannes official selection lineup

  

'Glee' Comes to XFinity: Comcast Signs VOD Deal With ABC and Fox

April 27, 2011 By Dylan Stableford & Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Cable giant now has all of the Big Four networks under VOD contract; and it's still in talks with the movie studios to do premium VOD; meanwhile, satellite rival DirecTV looks at expanding its VOD offerings

  

Travel Channel Invests $7.5M in Hotel Booking Website

April 25, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Network buys "meaningful" minority stake in Oyster.com, hoping to tap into online travel revenues

  

IMAX to Install Even More Theaters in Russia

March 29, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

New 8-theater pact means company will have 46 operating in region by 2014

  

Netflix Close to $100M Streaming Deal With Miramax, Reuters Reports

March 27, 2011 By Reuters 1 year ago

Citing unnamed source, wire service says companies are nearing agreement worth "north of $100 million over five years"

  

Murdoch Sued; Shareholders Accuse Him of 'Paying for Nepotism'

March 17, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

News Corp. board accused of unfairly agreeing to acquisition of company run by his daughter Elisabeth

  

Jimmy Finkelstein Buys IWantMedia.com -- A Site He Once Left at the Altar

March 16, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

THR investor acquires media aggregation site from NYU professor Patrick Phillips

  

Investors Offer to Sell Stake in Universal Theme Parks Back to NBCU

March 16, 2011 By Bloomberg/Ronald Grover 1 year ago

Blackstone Group seeking to unload 50 percent stake in Florida properties

  

Sony Picks Up Rapaport's Tribe Called Quest Doc 'Beats, Rhymes & Life'

March 10, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Actor's directorial debut about legendary rap group screened at Sundance

  

CBS Acquires Clicker.com; Founder Named CBS Interactive Chief

March 4, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Jim Lanzone, ex-CEO of Ask.com, to oversee "oversee all of CBS Interactive's operations worldwide"

  

WGA and AMPTP Set to Start Talks on Thursday

March 1, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

With current agreement winding down, Writers Guild and producers alliance finally set a date to sit down at the bargaining table

  

Tribeca Film Acquires Nine Titles, Doubling 2011 Slate

February 28, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Year-old indie will distribute 26 movies this year

  

Mitchell Hurwitz Sets Up 'Boss of It All' at Universal

February 22, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

EXCLUSIVE: "Arrested Development" creator looking to direct a remake of a Norwegian Lars von Trier comedy; Brian Grazer and Ron Howard attached to produce

  

Stephen Colbert Rips Rupe, The Daily, Arianna & Launches 'Colbuffington Re-Post' (Video)

February 17, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Comedy Central host takes aim at two of the media industry's biggest personalities on same show

  

AOL Stock Slides for Third Straight Day After HuffPo Deal

February 9, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Company's stock has fallen 9 percent since Friday -- last day of trading before $315 million buy

  

Sundance Deals: Buzz But No Money Yet (updated)

January 22, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

The buyers are here - it's their market - but they haven't pulled out their checkbooks yet

  

Howard Stern Inks New On-Demand TV Deal

January 14, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Howard TV agreement renewed; 40 hours of programming each month

  

Comcast-NBCU: Democratic Senators Raise More Concerns With FCC

January 10, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Claire McCaskill, Jeff Merkley submit letters urging caution

  

News Corp. Gets Antitrust Approval for BSkyB Bid, But 'War' is Declared

December 21, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Commission vows support, but business secretary reportedly vows fight

  

Is Howard Stern Siriusly Close to a $600M Deal With Apple?

December 3, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Report: Shock jock close to ditching satellite for Steve Jobs, taking show to iTunes

  

News Corp. Buys Wireless Generation for $360M

November 23, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

After hiring NYC schools chancellor Joel Klein, Rupert Murdoch shows he’s serious about education business

  
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