Cablers make play for gamer demos
On paper, a TV channel dedicated to videogames made a lot of sense. With gaming rapidly stealing young male eyeballs from TV over the last few years, network heads have sought to create programs…
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Hill’s bill seeks to chill kills, thrills
Two decades ago, it was the sounds of heavy metal acts like Iron Maiden and rappers like 2 Live Crew who were shaking Congress. Today, lawmakers say the fault lines lay along violent, sexually-themed…
Movie-based games play up plot
The days of movie videogames that play like a low-res repeat of the movie itself have gone the way of Atari's infamous "E.T." release. Today, movies are only a starting point for games that take…
Biz hopes ride on new toys
For leaders in an industry that declined 5% last year and is down 8% so far in '06, videogame publishers are awfully optimistic about their future. While execs in most traditional areas of the…
Duo get ‘Paws’ on toon pitch
Vanguard Animation and Nash Entertainment are taking a ruff look at Christmas. U.K.-based animation studio has preemptively bought producer Bruce Nash's pitch "Santa Paws," about a stray dog that…
WB sails with tech pirate
Warner Bros. has become the first studio to play nice with BitTorrent, the company behind the most popular technology used for online piracy. Warners has signed a deal to sell and rent its movies and…
Congloms curry young dudes with Xbox Live
With the in-game advertising market projected to swell to $350 million in 2007, media execs now see "out-of-game" online services like Xbox Live as a useful way to reach young male demos as well.
Multiplayer titles amass multimillion-dollar might
With the bow of Internet-connected vidgame consoles like Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the burgeoning business of massively multiplayer online games is poised for massive growth.
Brave new ‘World’
"World of Warcraft" is heading to the world of film. Warners-based Legendary Pictures has picked up film rights to adapt the hugely popular fantasy videogame franchise and will develop the project…
Satcaster lures gamers
DirecTV is set to launch a professional videogaming sports league. Satcaster has linked with a series of partners, including IGN Entertainment, Microsoft's Xbox, Mountain Dew, Fox Interactive Media…
On-demand bowing
Eurocinema, the first on-demand video service specializing in European and international film, bows in Canada this month.
