Disney’s investment and joint-venture partnership with ad-supported streaming video site Hulu, will seriously impact existing players like Google’s YouTube and Apple's iTunes service.
Arun Muthirulan, 02 May 2009
SCi Entertainment Group has raised £60m ($119 million) in additional funding from real estate tycoon Robert Tchenguiz and Warner Bros., which already owned 10 percent of the company. Following this investment, Tchenguiz, through his Thorson investment vehicle, will control 22 percent of the...
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Reiko Uchida, 28 April 2008
Blue-ray is now set to become the industry standard for High Definition DVDs after Toshiba withdrew its HD-DVD format following decisions by the majority of the Hollywood studios to back Sony's format. The industry hopes this will lead to a surge in DVD sales but High Def currently accounts for...
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Reiko Uchida, 19 February 2008