Redbox has agreed not to rent movies from Universal and Fox until 28 days after the studios’ movies bow on DVD.
At the time, Redbox sued Universal after the studio told distributors not to sell DVDs to Redbox. Studios have felt threatened by cheaper rental services like Redbox, saying the companies hurt DVD sales, with consumers bypassing buying a disc if they can just rent the title for $1…
https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118018166.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
It looks like it’s going to be a quantum of silence for Bond fans.
Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions Ltd., producer of the long-running James Bond franchise, said Monday that development work on the next 007 film had been suspended…
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iffccd69245ce8f75cc045012fb4559f5
Lions Gate has broken ranks from the Hollywood opposition to movie futures trading, coming out in support Thursday to proposed markets based on box-office projections.
And apparently, Lions Gate isn’t alone…
https://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/congress-futures-traders-it-would-be-sheer-folly-16563
Forget 3D–holograms are the real 3D! Watch the videos.
https://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/coca-cola-augmented-reality-meets-holographic-illusion/
Samsung’s Australia office has issued a warning about the health risks of watching 3DTV. The dangers are not a small consideration, based on the caveat emptor…
What about headaches? Or are those considered safe?
Amid continued sluggish sales, now the rental business has dropped badly in the first quarter…
https://www.thewrap.com/article/other-disc-drops-moridbund-home-entertainment-sector-16367
It’s hard not to look around Hollywood these days and see an epidemic of cold feet.
Some might call it an excess of caution. Others will call it fiscal prudence…
https://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/hollywood-shut-downs-industry-gets-cold-feet-16188
Industry fears trading could create negative publicity
With federal regulators poised to decide whether to approve a film futures exchange, Hollywood studios, exhibitors and unions spelled out a new set of arguments against it, including fears that trading on potential box office receipts would create negative publicity in the weeks before a film’s release with “false, unreliable, and non-economic valuations” of its performance…
https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118017472.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
Consumer electronics dealers are not so sure about stocking up on 3DTV sets…
Today 15 new Assistant U.S. Attorneys and 20 FBI Special Agents were added to the U.S. Department of Justice’s intellectual property protection task force to expand its ability to respond to these crimes…
https://www.deadline.com/2010/04/doj-ups-intellectual-property-enforcement/