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Rainbow buys Sundance Channel (May 07 2008 23:33 GMT) - Front Page: Deal worth $496 million -- Cablevision's Rainbow Media, which already owns AMC and the Independent Film Channel, is adding yet another specialty film asset by acquiring the Sundance Channel for $496 million. |
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'Grand Theft Auto IV' sets record (May 07 2008 23:33 GMT) - Front Page: Game has biggest opening week ever -- "Grand Theft Auto IV" has surged past "Halo 3" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" to set the record for the biggest opening week of any entertainment product. |
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Comedies high on TV ratings (May 07 2008 23:33 GMT) - Front Page: Shows holding onto audiences -- As the broadcasters limp to the finish line this season, there is at least some comic relief from the overall meager Nielsen numbers generated in this strike-interrupted frame. |
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Jonas Brothers get 3-D concert film (May 07 2008 23:33 GMT) - Front Page: Bruce Hendricks to direct Disney feature -- Disney is giving the Jonas Brothers the 3-D treatment on the bigscreen, readying a concert pic that it hopes will spark with tweens the same way that "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour" did earlier this year. |
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Ellen Page takes on 'Jane Eyre' (May 07 2008 23:33 GMT) - Front Page: 'Juno' actress to star in BBC Film's adaptation -- Ellen Page is set to play one of English literature's most famous characters, the eponymous heroine of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre." |
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SAG-AMPTP talks end without deal (May 07 2008 23:33 GMT) - Front Page: Guild talks end sans pact; next up, AFTRA -- SAG has run out of time to make a new feature-primetime deal with the majors and has been pushed aside in favor of AFTRA -- probably until late May. |
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When Massholes internalize their anger (May 07 2008 23:33 GMT) - The West Roxbury Transcript reports on an accident at Centre Street and the West Roxbury Parkway in West Roxbury this past Saturday: ... Numerous officers responded to a motor vehicle accident in the Holy Name rotary in which a woman fighting with her friend allegedly lost control of her car and hit a police cruiser and a police van. ... |
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HP brings YouTube to MediaSmart connected products (May 07 2008 23:33 GMT) - Filed under: Displays, Media streamers, Other hardware, Set-top boxes, Internet As YouTube slowly but surely sneaks its way into the connected home, we just keep telling ourselves it'll support high-def content one day. If and when that day ever arrives, owners of HP MediaSmart connected entertainment products will definitely be ready to take full advantage, as a recent announcement has brought the internet video king's content to Hewlett-Packard wares. The deal will enable MediaSmart TV owners and those that purchase the forthcoming MediaSmart Connect digital media receiver to simply login to their YT account via the remote, but there's really no details beyond that. If you're cool with pixelated video blown up to 50 or more inches, give it a go and let us know how it turns out. |
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