Earth Stood Still tops at box office DEC. 15 | VARIETY BOX-OFFICE REPORT: Keanu Reeves sci-fi remake The Day the Earth Stood Still (pictured) delivered a much needed victory for 20th Century Fox in grossing an estimated $31 million from 3,560 runs to easily win the domestic box office race.
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Washington—Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin canceled the agency's Dec. 18 meeting, which he was hoping to use as the start of an effort to limit the negotiating rights of hundreds of TV stations and all cable programmers.
Even though NBC has been wracked by huge layoffs and a tanking economy, the network’s digital division will start shooting a pilot this week for an online late-night talk show, one of nine planned Web shows for 2009.
LONDON — Virgin Media, the Nasdaq-quoted U.K. cable operator, is hoping to put further blue water between itself and main rival BSkyB by launching a super-fast broadband offer.
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2008 Video Hall of Fame cocktail party The Video Hall of Fame cocktail party was held just before the gala event on Dec. 8 at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Photos by Lionel Cassini
Lisa Rinna gets Beautiful Lisa Rinna celebrated the DVD release of her Dance Body Beautiful fitness titles, Learn & Burn and Jive, Jump, Ballroom Bump, on Dec. 9 at Belle Gray in Sherman Oaks, Calif. The DVDs will be released on Dec. 16 from Warner.
Image retail conference Image held its first retail conference at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Dec. 9. The supplier reported a record fiscal year. Photos by Amy Graves
DISC DISH Samantha Clark, Managing editor and online editor, Video Business December 15, 2008 Canterbury's Law DVD
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DVDIALOG Laurence Lerman, Product Digest Editor, Video Business December 11, 2008 Dee Snider: Still Twisted
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THE DOWN LOW Samantha Clark, Managing editor and online editor, Video Business November 26, 2008 Netflix on Xbox live
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12/12/2008 OPINION: Standing out Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda DEC. 12 | Recommendation engines have long been a feature of online retail sites, from Amazon.com to Netflix to iTunes. Yet for the most part, they’ve been regarded as a tool for customer retention and improving the user experience. Rarely have they been the focus of a competitive arms race themselves. More
12/15/2008 OPINION: 3D—a new dimension for home entertainment? Marie Bloomfield is an analyst with Screen Digest DEC. 15 | The early success of digital 3D in cinemas has encouraged Hollywood to ramp up 3D production, but a lack of standards for bringing 3D to the home means studios are missing out on potential revenue in the video and TV release windows. More
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