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Theaters, Studios at Odds Over Reported DirecTV Deal

Theaters, Studios at Odds Over Reported DirecTV Deal

Movie-theater owners responded with outrage to a report that four Hollywood studios signed on with a new video-on-demand proposition from DirecTV, offering movies to rent only 60 days after being released in theaters.

 

FCC paves way for studios to push movies into the home, rattling theaters

Federal regulators have granted a controversial waiver to the Hollywood studios that clears the way for them to show first-run movies in the home shortly after -- or even during -- their release in theaters.

 

Hollywood expecting record $10 bil year

Film boxoffices were poised on Wednesday to eclipse 2007's record $9.68 billion in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales with Hollywood eyeing more than $10 billion this year as audiences flocked to theaters during the recession.

 

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