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...Unlike many films released this year, Spider-Man was released solely in cinemas, meaning that fans who wanted to see the Zendaya and Tom Holland-led film had to do so in person....
...Amazon’s new attitude might help them, but Apple, Warner and Disney are all about to launch their own equivalents, which, depending on the strategy each chooses to take, could further reshape the relationship...
...Then in 1977 came two Supreme Court decisions, first Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat and then Continental TV v. GTE Sylvania....
...Facebook v YouTube: contrasting approaches The music business has been intermittently at odds with technology platforms for decades, since digital piracy ravaged the sector’s traditional business model....
...(Reuters) Apple v WeChat The biggest rival to Apple’s flagship smartphone in China is a messaging app that allows users to pay for food, hail cabs, stream video and more....
...Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as well as Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice....
...RatPac-Dune signed a multi-year co-financing arrangement with Warner Bros in 2013 for up to 75 movies, that have included: Gravity, The Lego Movie, American Sniper, Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, Kong...
...Directed by Zack Synder, 2016 Warner Bros The themes come thick and fast — the morality of power, democracy — but Batman v Superman skids across the surface, leaving characters and notions underdeveloped...
...The dramatic US presidential race has lifted advertising revenues across pay-TV networks this year, boosting earnings for companies including Time Warner and 21st Century Fox....
...YouTube musical discord Over the coming months, Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Warner Music are each due to negotiate new licensing deals with the Google-owned video platform, with each appearing...
...To take a recent example, ticket sales for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice dropped by an astonishing 68.4 per cent on its second weekend, as comic-book fans returned to their dens....
...Also: AR v VR Do you like your reality augmented or completely virtual? Augmented reality has seen little progress with no sign yet of Google bringing out the next generation of Google Glass....
...Music streaming has passed digital downloads At least in revenues for Warner Music Group....
...Among their investors are Time Warner, 21st Century Fox, Google Capital, the National Hockey League and NFL owners Robert Kraft and Jerry Jones....
...This article has been amended since first publication to show correct figures for the chart labelled “Traditional v online TV”. Back to the top of the page...
...The net neutrality debate has taken on a David v Goliath flavour....
...Time Warner released separate financial figures for HBO for the first time on Wednesday, prompting comparisons with Netflix which famously overtook HBO in US subscribers in November....
...(FastFT) Comcast “submitted a lengthy document to federal regulators to justify its $45 billion proposed purchase of Time Warner Cable....
...Time Warner Cable, for instance, is in a prolonged and public battle with CBS, the broadcaster, over the costs to carry CBS programming....
...– but the downloads are a different matter: the singer is suing Warners for $2m....
...asked Harry Warner, one of the Warner Brothers in 1927....
...It continues to offer music and films for download from a website with a Swedish domain name with, for instance, the current number one US album – Chapter V by Trey Songz – available....
...Rival Time Warner’s shares initially jumped as much as 2.5 per cent, but reversed gains to trade 0.1 per cent lower at $44.05....
...Companies including UPS, Time Warner and Toyota have pledged money to the Red Cross and other organisations....
...with a warning from Centrica that a subsidy scheme is illegal - Cowdery in £1bn bid for Dutch fund Robeco: The insurance tycoon Clive Cowdery is ready to grab an Asset Manager put on the block by Holland...
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