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Hulu Sale Is Debated (The Wall Street Journal)

Dish Network Corp., Amazon.com Inc. and Google Inc. remain in the mix but have all proposed different arrangements, the people said. Yahoo Inc., which made the initial approach to ... More

Hollywood Post Alliance to Honor EFILM’s Steven J. Scott and Testronic Labs (The Hollywood Reporter)

The Hollywood Post Alliance will honor Testronic Labs and Steven J. Scott of EFILM with its Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation in Post Production at its HPA Awards Ceremony... More

Technicolor Strengthens Digital Production Team (Technicolor)

Technicolor announces the addition of three key staff to strengthen its animated content development and production team. Robert Winthrop assumes the role of Vice President of Anim... More

Time to Shine for UltraViolet? (Home Media Magazine)

On Oct. 11 Warner Home Video streets "Horrible Bosses," the first title enabled with the digital movie storage and retrieval system....... More

Netflix To Offer Streaming For AMC’s ‘Walking Dead’ Show (The Wall Street Journal)

Neflix Inc. said it will offer exclusive viewing of prior seasons of the AMC Networks Inc. TV show “The Walking Dead” starting Friday. Future seasons of the TV show as well as ... More

Death of Jobs Leaves Hollywood Chiefs Without Trusted Silicon Valley Envoy (Bloomberg)

Steve Jobs’s death leaves Hollywood without the trusted technology envoy who helped push the film, TV and music industries into the digital age....... More

Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Whether To Restore Many Copyrighted Works To Public Domain (The Hollywood Reporter)

The United States Supreme Court today (Oct. 5) considered arguments in Golan v. Holder, one of the most important copyright cases in the country's history and a case that will deci... More

MPAA Taps Henry Hoberman To Oversee Global Legal Affairs And Intellectual Property Protection (MPAA)

Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA), today named Henry Hoberman, a veteran entertainment industry attorney, as the associ... More

‘Tower Heist’ to Hit Video-on-Demand Three Weeks After Theatrical Debut (Los Angeles Times)

In an audacious move that could shake up the way Hollywood has done business for decades, Universal Pictures plans to make its upcoming Eddie Murphy action comedy film “Tower Hei... More

Phones Fuel and Frustrate Film Auds (Variety)

Cell phones can both be a nuisance and a helpful way to get more moviegoers into theaters, ticket sellers and exhibitors said at Variety and Stradella's Film Marketing Summit on Tu... More

BBC Cuts: Digital To Get £40 Million Annual ‘Innovation Fund’ (paidContent)

Today’s big round of cuts announced by the BBC — it will cut some 2,000 jobs, order relocations for others, and make big changes to the programming schedule in order to cut 20 ... More

Universal and Cinram Share Logistics Award (Cinram)

The Golden Pallet Award, which recognizes excellence in the field of logistics, was presented by internet retailer Amazon to Cinram’s client, Universal Pictures GAS during Amazon... More

Judge Suggests DMCA Allows DVD Ripping If You Own the DVD (Ars Technica)

A Monday ruling suggests that educational institutions are entitled to stream legally purchased DVDs on campus without the permission of copyright holders. A federal judge dismisse... More

Disney Plans 3D Re-releases of ‘Little Mermaid,’ ‘Nemo’ (Los Angeles Times)

In the wake of the success of “The Lion King 3D,” which has earned $80 million in the U.S. in the last three and a half weeks, Disney has announced theatrical re-releases for f... More

Hulu Is Also Making a Play for the ‘Arrested Development’ Mini-series (Vulture)

In a move to outflank fierce rival Netflix, Hulu has jumped into the bidding war to exclusively distribute a new batch of Arrested Development episodes, greatly increasing the chan... More

Why the Disappointment Over the iPhone 4S Launch Means Nothing (paidContent)

The iPhone 4S is better than the iPhone 4, right? Maybe it’s not as advanced as some had hoped (LTE support is probably the most notable omission), but nor is it a step backward.... More

EMI Takeover Bids Said to Likely Come in Lower Due to Tight Credit Markets (Bloomberg)

Citigroup Inc. may receive lower bids than expected for EMI Group Ltd. due to tight credit markets, and may be forced to break up the record label or halt the sale, several people ... More

Best Buy Sells Napster to Rival Rhapsody (Los Angeles Times)

Best Buy Co. has given up on the increasingly crowded digital music market, selling its struggling Napster online music service to competitor Rhapsody in exchange for a minority st... More

Downloading Entertainment Content Is On the Rise Among Kids (The NPD Group)

For every dollar kids (ages 2-14) spend on entertainment content, $0.79 goes to physical format content and $0.21 goes towards digital format content. This is a noticeable shift to... More

Your Guide To Some Key Copyright Cases On The Docket This Week (paidContent)

While patent law has hogged the headlines in the last year, copyright law is making a splash this week with two cases at the Supreme Court and a third in California that could shak... More

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