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The Motley Fool August 18, 2006 Steven Mallas |
DVD: Devalued Disc? Even though many of the free movies British newspapers are giving away might be antiquated, there's no question that such a marketing move does corrupt the image of the disc as a premium commodity. Why do studios allow this to go on? |
The Motley Fool May 31, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Disney's Download Deal CinemaNow and Disney team up to digitally distribute more movies. |
The Motley Fool January 4, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
An Upcoming Wave of Hits Trends in the box office point to more smash hits rather than more choices. |
BusinessWeek July 11, 2005 Ronald Grover |
What's Driving The Box Office Batty Hollywood is pushing movies to DVD and video faster -- and theaters are feeling squeezed. And with the price of cinema tickets skyrocketing, this gives movie fans new clout. Clearly, some big script changes are in store. |
The Motley Fool February 5, 2008 Anders Bylund |
Foxy News From News Corp. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp's quarterly results look pretty good; more importantly, the company is ready for the future, and starting from a well-balanced position today. |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2006 Steven Mallas |
Box-Office Blues Banished The summer should provide a lot of opportunity for the various motion picture studio operating segments to bring in the bucks. Investors, now's the time to shop. |
The Motley Fool April 4, 2011 Anders Bylund |
Has Hollywood Seen the Digital Light? A consortium of big-name movie studios has come up with a bold, new digital distribution plan for new movies. |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2007 Alyce Lomax |
Hybrids Are Where It's At In the battle between Blu-ray and HD-DVD, increasing moves towards hybrid technologies should help consumers become adopters. |
InternetNews October 3, 2005 Clint Boulton |
Battle For DVD Format Unfolds Film studio Paramount Home Entertainment said it would embrace the Blu-ray format backed by a group led by Sony. |
InternetNews October 21, 2005 Clint Boulton |
Warner The Latest on Blu-ray Bandwagon Warner becomes the fifth of the six major movies studios to back the Blu-ray DVD format, casting a pall on HD-DVD. |
The Motley Fool April 17, 2007 Steven Mallas |
Lions Gate Gets Religion Lions Gate to exploit the faith-based marketplace to augment growth. Tapping this particular demographic should lead to good business opportunities for the studio. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek May 3, 2004 Grover |
What's Next, Free Popcorn? Hollywood is scrambling to find new ways to market its summer blockbuste movies. |
InternetNews January 14, 2008 |
Toshiba Cuts HD Player Prices in Blu-ray Fight Toshiba is slashing prices of its HD DVD format players by between 40 to 50 percent as major Hollywood studios move to embrace Sony Corp's Blu-ray format high definition DVDs. |
InternetNews January 4, 2008 |
Game Over? Warner Bros To Back Blu-ray Exclusively The latest development in the DVD format war is a big win for Blu-ray over rival HD DVD technology. |
InternetNews January 4, 2006 Clint Boulton |
Blu-ray Building Arsenal Major film companies brace for the release of Blu-ray devices, announcing movies based on the format. |
The Motley Fool May 9, 2005 Steven Mallas |
Murdoch Must Outfox Costs News Corp. has a great asset in Fox Broadcasting -- if it can rein in the programming expenses. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool May 26, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Great X-pectations for Marvel The comic book giant is banking big on a strong showing of X-Men 3. Marvel needs superhero films to matter. It's not just about the theatrical runs and the eventual DVD sales. Investors, keep watch. |
HBS Working Knowledge August 17, 2011 Kim Girard |
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood Despite a thriving movie industry in India, Hollywood studios have experienced difficulty making much money there. Researchers discovered a complicated mix of piracy and plagiarism. |
The Motley Fool July 8, 2005 Steven Mallas |
Disney's Summertime Blues Disney's movies are slumping at the box office -- along with the industry as a whole but investors needn't worry. |
Fast Company December 2005 Scott Kirsner |
Maverick Mogul Broadcast.com founder Mark Cuban is questioning everything about the film business - and naturally ticking a lot of people off. |
The Motley Fool August 24, 2007 Steven Mallas |
Viacom, Blu-ray, and Michael Bay The format wars continue. Backlash from Viacom's recent decision to produce its Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation movies only in HD-DVD format. |
The Motley Fool September 1, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Holy DVD! The Passion of the Christ is a hot DVD, even if the film studios were cast as doubting Thomas' understudies. |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2004 Steven Mallas |
Disney Mousy About Movies Disney reiterates its reluctance to play the big-budget movie game. Good call, there's a better way. |
The Motley Fool October 1, 2004 Steven Mallas |
Cheaper Movies Paramount for Viacom Management might favor lower-budget films. Shareholders should hope so. |
The Motley Fool January 6, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
Fox Keeps Its Enemies Close The studio spies on Redbox kiosks' new-release quotas. |
BusinessWeek May 5, 2011 Michael White |
This Summer, Hollywood Could Use a Hero Hollywood will roll out big-budget movies almost weekly this summer in an effort to erase a $500 million box-office deficit so far in 2011. |
CRM December 2011 Eric Barkin |
The Monday Morning Numbers on Movie Marketing How international growth, social media, and a decline in DVD sales are changing the film industry's marketing strategies. |
InternetNews August 14, 2006 Clint Boulton |
Movies, TV For Download Through Fox Fox Interactive Media and Twentieth Century Fox today inked a multi-year deal to offer consumers movies and television shows to download from sites on MySpace.com and other sites on the FIM network. |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2007 Steven Mallas |
Lions Gate: Cash Flow King Lions Gate Entertainment bagged some good numbers. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews October 20, 2005 Clint Boulton |
Can Blu-ray, HD-DVD Meet in The Middle? Blu-ray supporter Hewlett Packard asks the Blu-ray Disc Association to support technologies that underpin competing HD-DVD format. |
The Motley Fool February 5, 2007 Steven Mallas |
Lions Gate Loves Jigsaw's Puzzles "Saw III" hacks its way to the top spot in home video. Investors, take note. |
Fast Company December 2005 Alan Deutschman |
Building a Better Movie Business It's the iconic American industry. But audiences are vanishing, piracy is soaring, and new technology is treacherous. Can Tinseltown innovate its way out of trouble? |
The Motley Fool December 9, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Holy Celluloid Disney takes the spiritual path to marketing enlightenment with its latest live action film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. |
The Motley Fool August 19, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Nixing Netflix Would Be a Huge Mistake Time Warner wants to delay releases to Netflix or charge more. Either way, Time Warner loses. |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2005 Steven Mallas |
DVD Wars: Episode IV -- Breakdown A recent report suggests that, for now, a unified DVD format -- Blu-ray vs. HD DVD -- does not seem feasible. It will be interesting to see which of the two formats eventually comes out on top. |
The Motley Fool March 8, 2005 Steven Mallas |
Disney High on Diesel The Pacifier, starring Vin Diesel, brings success for Disney's studio division despite large production costs. |
Home Theater January 4, 2008 Mark Fleischmann |
Warner Goes Blu Warner Bros., which until now has released titles on both Blu-ray and HD DVD, will release Blu-ray-only from now on. |
The Motley Fool January 15, 2008 Anders Bylund |
Quick Take: HD-DVD, the Headless Chicken Blu-ray now commands about 70% of the high-definition DVD market, and it's only a matter of time before Viacom's Paramount and General Electric's NBC Universal leave the HD-DVD camp, too. |
Entrepreneur January 2008 Farnoosh Torabi |
Investor's Cut Get your shot at the silver screen without setting a foot in Hollywood. |
The Motley Fool February 3, 2010 Anders Bylund |
A Tale of Two Hollywoods News Corp and Time Warner show how it was the best of times and the worst of times. |
The Motley Fool July 17, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Movie Download Dreams and Dilemmas Digital downloading of feature-length movies may be an idea whose time has come. While the party may have started, there's still a lot of work and planning left to do. |
Home Theater August 20, 2007 |
Paramount, DreamWorks Dump BD for HD DVD Two major studios have announced that they're dumping Sony's Blu-ray format for Toshiba's HD DVD. It looks as though both formats are likely to be around for the foreseeable future. |
The Motley Fool April 3, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Want Movie Downloads? Pay Up! Digital movie downloads? Good. Paying $30 a pop? Not so good. Given the fees and the limitations involved, it seems that this development mostly pays lip service to the nascent digital downloading industry. |
InternetNews November 17, 2005 Clint Boulton |
More Skirmishes in DVD Format Battle The battle between two next-generation DVD formats is creating such a stir that some companies are threatening to support both technologies if they don't get their way. |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2007 Steven Mallas |
CBS Digs DVDs Investors are still waiting to see whether CBS will benefit from its recent split with Viacom. |
InternetNews February 11, 2008 Andy Patrizio |
Double Dose Of Bad News For HD DVD Best Buy and Netflix have turned their back on HD DVD. |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2005 Rich Duprey |
A Blu-ray Compromise? Is Sony really ready to give in on the next generation of DVD formats? |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Hollywood's Failure Formula The Passion of The Christ was turned down by major movie studios, but it's still a hit. |
The Motley Fool October 9, 2007 Steven Mallas |
WWE Wrestles With Hollywood World Wrestling Entertainment Films has a new leader, and a new plan to produce direct-to-video projects. |
BusinessWeek October 8, 2009 Grover & Lowry |
Squeezing Every Dime from DVDs With consumers flocking to low-cost Netflix and Redbox, Hollywood wants a bigger share of the profits. |