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Studios/Suppliers

Image, Nyx delay merger close until April 20
By Susanne Ault – 04/07/2009
APRIL 7 | $1 million in funds to be given to DVD supplier for immediate use More

MOD companies poised to pounce on business
By Susanne Ault and Jennifer Netherby – 04/10/2009
APRIL 10 | CreateSpace, Allied Vaughn, others bet studios will follow Warner Archive More

Sony acquires Obama election documentary
By Susanne Ault – 04/08/2009
APRIL 8 | Film will be released in theaters before DVD More

Comedy Central preparing stand-up comedy DVD series
By Susanne Ault – 04/07/2009
APRIL 7 | Jeff Dunham, Christopher Titus among featured comedians More

Dick Cook, Hollywood want piracy fix
By Dave McNary of Variety – 04/07/2009
APRIL 7 | FROM VARIETY: Disney chairman addresses Wolverine leak More

Fast wins weekend with $72.5 million
By Dave McNary and Pamela McClintock of Variety – 04/06/2009
APRIL 6 | VARIETY BOX-OFFICE REPORT: Universal pic makes box office history More

Retail

In recession, used discs fly faster
By Jennifer Netherby – 04/10/2009
APRIL 10 | Smaller retailers say business has grown to one-third or more of revenue More

Blockbuster offers online discounts for DVD sales
By Danny King – 04/09/2009
APRIL 9 | Used copies of Superbad, Yuma among titles promoted on Twitter page More

Movie Gallery promotes Sand to merchandising chief
By Danny King – 04/08/2009
APRIL 8 | Executive joined Game Crazy unit in 2002 More

Netflix’s Hastings got 14% raise for 2008
By Danny King – 04/07/2009
APRIL 7 | Executive’s pay to be little changed this year More

Blockbuster auditors cite ‘doubt’ in continued operations
By Danny King – 04/07/2009
APRIL 7 | Planned refinancing doesn’t guarantee necessary liquidity More

Redbox executives promoted at Coinstar
By Danny King – 04/06/2009
APRIL 6 | Kaplan, Harvey to be president, CFO at parent company More

High-Def

Stores expect slow Blu-ray player sales
By Susanne Ault – 04/10/2009
APRIL 10 | Retailers to discount older set-tops More

Rentrak adds audience-measurement deals
By Danny King – 04/07/2009
APRIL 7 | Mark Cuban’s HDNet is among newest clients More

Technology

OPINION: French digital revolution
By Paul Sweeting – 04/10/2009
Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda
APRIL 10 | When it comes to mixing high political drama and low comedy, it would be hard to beat the French Parliamentary battle over a proposed measure to punish illegal online file-trading by cutting off Internet access for repeat offenders.  More

Starz will release Pandorum-based mobile game
By Danny King – 04/08/2009
APRIL 8 | Application co-developed by Artificial Life More

VOD/Downloads

Funimation to stream Toei cartoons
By Mark Schilling of Variety – 04/07/2009
APRIL 7 | FROM VARIETY: Anime unit inks deal for online content More

Starz expands VOD inventory, distribution
By Danny King – 04/06/2009
APRIL 6 | Liberty Media unit invests in growing market More

Netflix goes live with South Park, SpongeBob streams
By Danny King – 04/06/2009
APRIL 6 | iCarly, Dora also are part of agreement with Viacom’s MTV Networks More

Analysis: Hulu gets traction as Web video go-to
By Claire Atkinson of Broadcasting & Cable – 04/06/2009
APRIL 6 | FROM B&C: Despite exclusivity debate, talks with Disney help site cement status More

Cable players make push for online
By Daniel Frankel of Variety – 04/06/2009
APRIL 6 | FROM VARIETY: Aggressive initiatives bring shows to internet More

Videogames 

Videogames, kids electronics sales lifted holidays
By Danny King – 04/09/2009
APRIL 9 | Nintendo, Apple, Sony top gaming, electronics brands for children More

Amazon launches Xbox Live site
By Danny King – 04/08/2009
APRIL 8 | First company other than Microsoft to sell platform’s game downloads More