Chalk up one more studio for Redbox.
Lionsgate has signed a five-year, estimated $158 million deal to distribute its DVDs to the kiosk operator on a film’s initial street date, according to an SEC filing by Redbox parent Coinstar. The output deal, which runs through August 2014, guarantees Lionsgate an approximately 7.4% market share in Redbox kiosks.
Viacom is the latest media company that wants to mine promotional, video-based tweets from its TV nets into silver nuggets. Media conglom announced a partnership with Twitter to sell advertising for…
Apple has gotten its hands on cable TV networks in a fashion — announcing that HBO Go and WatchESPN are now available directly on Apple TV set-tops — but the services are available only to…
Bedrocket Media Ventures, an Internet media firm and YouTube multichannel network operator, has taken a…
Mickey Mouse is ready to go mobile, with the Disney icon getting his own version of the company's…
James Franco is looking for $500,000 worth of backers via crowdfunding site Indiegogo to fund “Palo Alto…
LONDON — Amazon's VOD service LoveFilm has inked a deal with Disney to stream a host of the studio's pics on a branded on-demand service to auds in Blighty and Germany. Dubbed Disney Movies on…
Media portal Myspace, trying to regain cultural relevance, has inked a one-year pact with ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" to stream extended sets of latenight talker's musical guests over the Internet…
Dolby Atmos, the advanced theater sound system, is expanding into more theaters in the U.S. Regal…
In another twist in the battle over the rates that streaming music services pay publishers and artists…
On Kickstarter, talent should stick to what made them popular, not look for a departure.
