Blockbuster posts loss but sees rise in revs
Blockbuster Entertainment posted a broadened third-quarter loss of $224.9 million on Tuesday as the homevid retailer took heavy charges for inventory management.
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Nets in pick-up mode as dramas, laffers ordered
The trickle of fall pickups turned into a flood Tuesday, as seven frosh skeins snagged official back-nine orders.
Lucre for Lucas
"Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" has set a new first-week sales record, with an estimated 2.2 million DVD units purchased by consumers since the title was released on Oct. 16. That sales…
No wind in sales for indies o’seas
Total overseas film and TV revenues of independent sales companies dipped 6% to $2.62 billion for the year ended Dec. 31, 2000 -- the first decline in six years -- according to the annual AFMA…
Fox’s ‘Undeclared’ enrolled for season
Fox has declared its love for "Undeclared," giving the frosh laffer a full-season order. Net has picked up nine additional episodes of DreamWorks TV's Judd Apatow-produced college comedy, bringing…
NeTune nabs ‘Potter’ sequel
NeTune Communications has landed Warner Bros.' "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," the sequel to November's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," as a client for its digital post-production…
Meet mulls fests’ future
Toppers of the world's leading film festivals will meet Dec. 1 for a landmark conference to discuss the future role of festivals. While the Berlin confab had been set up prior to the events of Sept…
Blockbuster revamps revenue-sharing
Paul Sweeting: Backend
Review: ‘The Shop on Main Street’
The first fruit of the 1960s "Czechoslovak Film Miracle" to register in the West, 1965's foreign film Oscar winner "The Shop on Main Street" now leads the charge to DVD of what came to be known as…
Sony side of street
Digital video recording service TiVo has landed a deal with Sony that will put the service in millions of the latter's consumer products. TiVo stock closed up 21.76% Thursday to $5.54 on the news.
