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69 Articles match "Company","Fox"
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George Lucas sends cease-and-desist letter to Hong Kong company claiming new high-tech product looks to much like famed Star Wars lightsaber. Fox tells FCC the recent indecency inquiry into the television show “American Dad&# is unconstitutional.
JetLawBlog
- Monday, July 12, 2010
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Fox lawsuit wonders why studios ever buy insurance
By Eriq Gardner Fox Entertainment wants to know if there's really any point in taking out insurance on a movie. The company has filed a fascinating lawsuit against Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, saying the insurer sold Fox coverage that was.
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Cat Fight in the Fox’s Den
1), when a deal was reached, Fox was threatening to black out its channels, most notably Fox broadcast, from Time Warner Cable (TWC) unless TWC anted up a subscriber fee of reportedly $1 per subscriber per month. TWC apparently offered Fox only $0.30, but the terms of the deal they reached are undisclosed and most likely higher.
Digital Media Law
- Friday, January 1, 2010
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Fox Searchlight's Crazy Heart Acquisition Marks Changing Market
In one of the first acquisitions since Peter Rice left Fox Searchlight to run Fox TV, Searchlight co-presidents Nancy Utley and Steve Gilula acquired worldwide rights to rookie director Scott Cooper's Crazy Heart , which stars Jeff Bridges as an aging country star and Maggie Gyllenhaal as a young reporter. There's more to it than that.
Thompson On Hollywood
- Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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FOX Near-Blackout Calls Attention to Cable Regulation
Last week, Fox Broadcasting Company threatened to drop its signal from Time Warner Cable and Bright House on the eve of some of the nation’s most anticipated college bowl games. The ban would have also affected Fox’s cable channels, such as the Food Network. Hell hath no fury like a Gator scorned. 8211; Abbey Morrow.
JetLawBlog
- Wednesday, January 6, 2010
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Redbox Settles With Fox, Universal Over DVD Rentals
From the National Law Journal, news that Redbox, the movie rental company, has agreed to settle its antitrust dispute with Twentieth Century Fox and Universal. Under the settlement, the company will wait 28 days before putting the studios' newly released
Media Law Prof Blog
- Tuesday, April 27, 2010
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Hawaii Offers Generous Tax Credits to Film Production Companies
December 20, 2002 In This Newsletter: Hawaii Offers Generous Tax Credits to Film Production Companies Hawaii recently enacted some very impressive and generous tax incentives. In order to qualify, companies need to stay in business in Hawaii for at least five years, and should have some copyright ownership of the picture. 171 F.Supp.2d
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Sundance Watch: Are SAG Waiver Films An Issue?
Heading into the worst seller's market in years at the Sundance Film Fest, at least one AMPTP studio specialty arm, Fox Searchlight, may not be allowed by its parent company to acquire films shot under a SAG waiver while the Guild lacked a contract for the past seven months. The other company that may have an issue is Disney/Miramax.
Thompson On Hollywood
- Thursday, January 15, 2009
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News Corp. Empire Under Duress
Kim Masters lays out what's at stake for Rupert Murdoch's empire, asking : (Isn’t it odd that while Sumner Redstone can’t push his children out of his company fast enough, Murdoch seems to have trouble drawing his children in?). Tags: Moguls Rupert Murdoch News Corp Peter Chernin Rupert Murdoch Twentieth Century Fox
Thompson On Hollywood
- Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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Jimmy Wales, Fox, Square Off Over Porn Hostings Allegations
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and its offshoots, including Wikimedia, has responded via general counsel Mike Godwin to charges that the company is in "chaos" after co-founder Larry Sanger alleged Wikimedia Commons makes some pornographic images available and requested an
Media Law Prof Blog
- Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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Sony sues Fox over prime mega-billboard space near 405 freeway
487,500 for six months, according to a contract attached to a lawsuit filed today by Sony Pictures against 20th Century Fox and others. The Sony deal was to begin on April 27 but the complaint says Worldwide Rush, which previously rented the space to Fox, mistakenly granted Fox a conflicting option on a second year.
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