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Sony launches first branded British TV channel March 15, 2011 Sony Pictures Television announced the lineup on Monday for its inaugural Sony-branded TV channel in Britain which launches on April 7. The channel, carried on Sky and accessible to regular Sky customers, kicks off with hospital drama "Hawthorne," starring Jada Pinkett Smith, who also executive produces.	TV Industry Taps Social Media February 21, 2011 By the time the first ballot is opened at the Academy Awards next Sunday, millions of people will be chatting about the awards show on the Internet. And ABC will be ready. Trying to exploit viewers’ two-screen behavior, the television network has built a companion Web site with behind-the-scenes video streams, so O ...	Disney posts 54% jump in profit February 17, 2011 The Burbank entertainment giant earned $1.3 billion on $10.7 billion in revenue in the first quarter. Aggressive cost-cutting produced dividends for Walt Disney Co.'s movie studio, as its operating income jumped more than 50% on moderate revenue growth for the quarter ended Jan. 1. The Burbank entert ...
Sony finalizing distribution and co-financing deal with MGM February 17, 2011 Newly relaunched Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is finalizing a deal for Sony Pictures to handle worldwide distribution of its movies and DVDs and for the two studios to co-finance upcoming films, according to people familiar with the situation. As part of the arrangement under discussion, Sony would fund half of MGM's next James B ...	Fox makes Super Bowl ad history with "Rio" promo February 02, 2011 Twentieth Century Fox will make Super Bowl history on Sunday when a 30-second spot for 3D toon "Rio" becomes the first ad to air during the game with an embedded code. The embed is tied to the popular smartphone app Angry Birds. It's the first time Fox has plugged a movie during the year's biggest televised event since "Jump ...	ABC's program chief eyes riskier TV shows January 11, 2011 ABC entertainment chief Paul Lee said on Monday he wanted to move away from "cookie cutter" television shows and take more risks with programing, even if that meant the occasional failure. Lee, appointed in July as entertainment president at the Walt Disney Co.-owned network, told journalists he wanted to empower TV producer ...
TV makers fumble towards the future January 10, 2011 Electronics makers are covering all bases as they rush headlong into a "smart" TV market deemed the next stage of evolution, trying to figure out just what will catch on with consumers using increasingly sophisticated displays in living rooms. From the industry's giants -- Samsung, Sony Corp, LG, Panasonic -- to upstarts lik ...	News Corp restructures Fox, CEO Vinciquerra out January 07, 2011 Fox Networks Group Chief Executive Tony Vinciquerra is quitting ahead of a management restructuring, its parent News Corp said on Thursday. Vinciquerra will leave the company on February 11 after serving as chairman and CEO of the group since 2002. Industry sources expected Vinciquerra to leave a year ago in an earlier manag ...	Sony beefs up content for 3D, pushes connected TV January 06, 2011 Sony Corp reaffirmed its commitment to 3D technology on Wednesday, saying it would provide more content and launch 3D cameras and camcorders. In a splashy presentation at which Chief Executive Howard Stringer appeared on stage in a car from the upcoming 3D action film "The Green Hornet," alongside the film's stars, the compa ...