Executives at Microsoft are fond of saying that its subscription gaming service, Xbox Live, should be thought of as a cable channel.
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For Microsoft and Xbox, Focus Shifts From Game to Video - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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The company is even producing shows for users: it is in the middle of the second season of “1 vs. 100,” an interactive version of a game show that was on NBC.The content ambitions do not end there. Microsoft has held in-depth talks with the Walt Disney Company about a programming deal with ESPN, according to people close to the talks, who requested anonymity because the talks were intended to be private.
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For a per-subscriber fee, ESPN could provide live streams of sporting events, similar to the ones available through ESPN 360,
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The XBox moves into cable TV turf. What does it mean for the industry?
Production plummets in L.A. in 2009 | Company Town | Los Angeles Times - 0 views
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Hardest hit was feature-film production, which had been steadily falling over much of the last decade as L.A. lost jobs to Canada and, increasingly, other states such as New Mexico, Louisiana and Michigan that offer lucrative tax credits and rebates to filmmakers. California's newly adopted film tax credit program helped to blunt the downturn, with production activity increasing by double digits in the second half of the year. About 50 productions have qualified to receive about $100 million in tax credits since the state program debuted this summer
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Discussion of decline in television and film production in Los Angeles area in 2009. Causes include the strike, fewer pilots, use of sound stages, etc.
Disney's 'Alice' Re-Writes DVD Rules - 0 views
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Disney is planning to release "Alice in Wonderland" a month earlier than typical DVD releases. They hope to capitalize on buzz from the theatrical release. Surprisingly, movie theaters are not protesting the plan, in spite of the money they could potentially lose from the film being pulled early from theaters.
ESPN Mobile TV Launches on Sprint TV - MarketWatch - 0 views
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""Mobile has become an invaluable screen to the digital consumer," said Matt Murphy, senior vice president, Digital Video Distribution, Disney and ESPN Media Networks. "To super serve sports fans, you have to provide live coverage on the go, and we are excited to be working with Sprint to provide this offering to its customers.""
Oscar showdown: Disney yanks ABC station off New York area cable homes | Company Town | Los Angeles Times - 0 views
Toy Fair looks to Hollywood to stay in the game | Los Angeles Times - 0 views
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"As Disney's Pixar prepares to release Toy Story 3 this summer, virtually every major toy maker -- including Barbie's Mattel Inc. -- has lined up to make dolls, action figures, construction sets, vehicles and board games based on the film. No fewer than 250 toys will begin appearing in stores before the movie's June 18 release -- three times as many as were made for Toy Story 2. And retailers are expected to clear shelf space for Buzz, Woody and pals, notwithstanding a recession that has slowed toy sales."
Daily News - Clear Channel Radio, Outdoor Platforms Break Innovative Ad Ground - TAXI: The Global Creative Network - 0 views
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Clear Channel has created mobile "roadblocks" with advertising displays on your mobile device while it is loading applications.
The Associated Press: Midnight deadline looms in Cablevision-ABC feud - 0 views
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"With a midnight deadline looming on a threat to pull the plug on Cablevision's 3.1 million customers in New York a day before the Academy Awards, there's still no word on whether ABC's parent company and the cable operator have reached a decision."
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"At first glance of Friday's Los Angeles Times, you might think the Mad Hatter has taken over the newspaper. Johnny Depp's colorful character in Disney's new film "Alice in Wonderland" dominates a faked front page, which includes the paper's traditional flag and two stories that appeared in the paper last month. Los Angeles Times spokesman John Conroy said the "cover-wrap" was an "unusual opportunity to stretch the usual boundaries and design an innovative ad designed to create buzz." Roy Peter Clark, a senior journalism scholar at the Poynter Institute, said tough economic times and lower ads sales have forced newspapers to tear down the ethics wall that separated a paper's front page from advertisers."
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