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...One thing to start: Donald Trump’s plan to take his media business public is in jeopardy after shareholders failed to approve a motion that would allow their blank-cheque acquisition company to keep pursuing...
...The lease was signed by a company named BSREP III Nero LLC, a possible allusion to the emperor who was blamed for the burning of Rome....
...Sidewalk says its systems would blur identifiable information, label pictures either “pedestrian” or “vehicle”, then enter it into a “public data trust”....
...On Saturday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the body that gives out the Oscar awards, expelled Mr Weinstein from its ranks — a symbolic but significant rejection of the producer whose studios...
...“We went from not existing theatrically to releasing 15 movies and having seven Oscar nominations,” says Jason Ropell, Amazon’s worldwide head of motion pictures....
...During the past quarter, revenues from its motion picture segment fell 13 per cent year-on-year to $440m, as films like Tyler Perry’s Boo!...
...It also alleged that the body, the Motion Picture Association of America, was behind an attack on the company by Mississippi attorney-general Jim Hood, using its own law firm to draft a critical letter that...
...Even so, a picture of long-term muted returns may be what the jigsaw pieces add up to after all....
...A merger with The Weinstein Company would marry its production pipeline with Miramax’s film library of more than 700 motion pictures, which generates cash flow of $120m a year....
...picture production, an iconic library of movies and television programming, the leading music publishing business, and an exciting array of international cable networks....
...Michael O’Leary, head of global policy at the Motion Picture Association of America, said the MPAA was optimistic that Google’s actions would steer consumers to legitimate sites rather than “rogue cyberlockers...
...Presented for the first time in 1929 and voted for by the 6,000-plus members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Oscars are the oldest, best-known and most commercially significant film...
...Barely two months after announcing it had opened for business and inviting other companies to license its technology, MobileMedia launched patent suits against Apple, HTC and Research In Motion, maker of...
...“Our current strategy for Walt Disney Studios is to focus on the development of great motion pictures under the Disney, Pixar and Marvel brands,” said Robert Iger, president and chief executive of Disney...
...The other two members of the CEO group are Bedi Singh, chief financial officer, and Mary Parent, chairperson of MGM’s worldwide motion pictures group who was hired by Mr Sloan to restart the company’s film...
...“iDon’t have a real keyboard …run simultaneous apps …take 5-megapixel pictures …allow open development …have interchangeable batteries,” say the advertisements, ending with: “Everything iDon’t, Droid does...
...I believe our slate of upcoming motion pictures is the best in our history”. The departure was a surprise to Mr Cook’s friends and colleagues....
...In addition, there has been a “30 to 40 per cent fall” in the number of new films being approved for production, according to Ronnie Screwvala, chief executive officer of UTV Motion Pictures, which has produced...
...Details of the plan, the biggest single motion picture deal attempted by an Indian company, have yet to be released, with Reliance on Wednesday declining to comment....
...“To my view, it’s only a matter of time before we see Beatles songs that are the original recordings in motion pictures, in television work, and yes, maybe even one day in a commercial,” said Mr Bandier,...
...Overall, revenue from e-mail, text and picture messaging, and other non-voice services accounts for about 17 per cent of total wireless revenues....
...The specification arrives nine months later than expected, but WirelessHD’s backers have had to convince the Motion Picture Association of America that the technology offers content protection and can be...
...TCI also set in motion events that led to the break-up of ABN Amro after the London-based fund built a stake in the Dutch lender this year and called for an end to its acquisitive strategy....
...Video and picture content have flourished on newspaper websites, with readers often being able to submit stories and pictures, strengthening the bond....
...“It could be an early sign,” says Mr Daniels, “that we’re going to go through a big change in the fundamentals of the motion picture industry.”...
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