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Netflix adds Disney Junior and Disney XD shows
Netflix has reached an agreement with the Disney/ABC Television group to become the only subscription streaming service to offer the popular children's shows "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" and the animated "Tron: Uprising." The multiyear licensing...
Tags: Star Wars (movie), Pixar Animation, Lucasfilm Ltd.
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Netflix's Ted Sarandos: Disney deal a 'game changer'
Netflix's day-old deal to be the exclusive pay-TV home for new movies from Walt Disney Studios is a "game changer" for the streaming video company and was "the highest value deal" possible for the entertainment giant, executives from the two companies...
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service
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Netflix takes Disney pay-TV rights from Starz
Netflix has acquired the exclusive U.S. rights to movies from Walt Disney Studios films, beginning in 2016, in a three-year deal that catapults the Internet video-on-demand service into direct competition with pay-TV giants such as HBO and Showtime. The...
Tags: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Entertainment, Pocahontas (movie), Los Angeles Times, Joe Flint
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Nickelodeon strikes deal with Hulu
Viacom's Nickelodeon has struck a deal to sell its programming to Hulu Plus, the subscription arm of the online video platform Hulu. Starting today, recent episodes of Nickelodeon shows such as "iCarly" and "SpongeBob SquarePants" and its much-...
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Nickelodeon (tv network), iCarly (tv program), SpongeBob SquarePants (tv program), Los Angeles Times
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Bob Hope Airport scores with film production companies
Movie and television production at Bob Hope Airport has generated roughly $100,000 during the past six months for the airfield as studios use it as a backdrop — one TV series even transformed it into three airports, including one in Mumbai, India....
Tags: Companies and Corporations, John Wayne, Economy, Business and Finance, Arrested Development (tv program) , Paris Hilton
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Netflix hires Warner marketing executive
Continuing to add more Hollywood talent to its executive ranks, Silicon Valley giant Netflix has hiredWarner Bros.' veteran Kelly Bennett as its chief marketing officer. Bennett worked for nine years at the Burbank studio, most recently as vice president...
Tags: Marketing, Los Angeles Times, Ben Fritz, Online Advertising
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Film jobs for screenwriters fall for second year
Screenwriting jobs and wages in Hollywood declined for a second straight year, reflecting the broader pullback in production by the major film studios, according to the Writers Guild of America West. The WGA, which represents about 12,000 writers,...
Tags: Writers Guild of America, Los Angeles Times, Online Media Industry
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Netflix joins Redbox to defy Disney's new DVD policy
Netflix is joining Redbox in defying Walt Disney Studios' attempt to stop DVD rentals for four weeks after the discs go on sale. Disney recently decided not to provide its discs to the nation's largest rental companies until 28 days after they hit...
Tags: DVDs, Los Angeles Times, Walt Disney, Rentals, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
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Disney sells to Amazon, renews with Netflix
Walt Disney Co. has gotten on the Amazon gravy train. Looking to acquire content for its video streaming service Prime Instant, Amazon has struck a deal with Disney's ABC broadcast network as well as its cable channels including Disney Channel, ABC...Tags: Entertainment, Television, Television Industry, ABC Family (tv network), Disney Channel (tv network)
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Burb's Eye View: A library's role in the 21st century
When touring Burbank’s central library a few months ago, I was shown many areas that “used to” be something. “Over here used to be where we’d keep the archives for the Warner Bros. collection.” “This used to...Tags: Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Media Industry, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., California, Amazon Kindle
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Disney to cut 200 jobs
Roughly 200 positions are expected to be eliminated by the Walt Disney Co., most to be absorbed by the company’s Burbank headquarters, in a round of layoffs next week, according to a company source. Some of the positions to be eliminated currently...Tags: Entertainment, Companies and Corporations, Gaming, Gaming Industry, Unemployment
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New library gets another $100K
A planned $53-million replacement of the Central Library inched closer this week after Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) announced he had secured $100,000 for the project. While officials acknowledged that it was a relatively small sum compared with the...Tags: Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Science and Technology, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Adam Schiff, Amazon.com Inc.
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