Netflix and studios working on a deal for new release rentals to be delayed for 30 days after home video release.
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Nickelodeon Buys the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise has been purchased by Nickelodeon and Viacom.
Disney is Set to Acquire Marvel
The Walt Disney Company is buying Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion.
Vivendi nabs rights to Palisades Tartan catalogue
Vivendi Entertainment buys home video distribution rights for Palisades Tartan’s Asia Extreme and International Art House product lines.
Fox ending its advertising experiment
Fox is ending its reduced advertising experiment that was used for Fringe and Dollhouse.
Pixar’s opening a new studio in Vancouver
Pixar’s opening an expansion in Vancouver to create short form videos using their library of characters.
Disney/ABC set to join Hulu
Disney/ABC join Hulu with a 30% stake.
Lots of movies coming to the Warner Archive
Warner Bros. has launched The Warner Archive, an on-demand DVD manufacturing service for old movies and television shows.
Watchmen settlement reached
Finally the question of Watchmen‘s fate has been decided… out of court. The settlement won’t be publicly disclosed, but it’s said to involve a chunk of cash upfront along with a percentage of the film’s gross. If you’re not up on what this was all about, it boils down to Fox claiming it had a [...]
Netflix subscriber adds nothing to queue; complains
A Netflix subscriber claims to not want anything they offer and calls to complain about not receiving any movies.
Champion of film… by omission
Harvey Weinstein’s personal successes while committing crimes against cinema should not be praised or glorified.
