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The top films at the North American box office
ReutersJune 16 (Reuters) - Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the three-day weekend starting June 14, led by "Man of Steel," according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. 1 (*) Man of Steel.......................... $113.1...Tags: Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., The Internship (movie), Star Trek into Darkness (movie)
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Theme parks seize on Potter's success to peddle new must-have items
At Universal Orlando, visitors can buy mugs of butterbeer pulled straight from the pages of the "Harry Potter" books — or eat Krusty Burgers made infamous by "The Simpsons" television show. At Walt Disney World, they can sample LeFou's Brew or The...
Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Fiction, Islands of Adventure, Walt Disney World Resort, Bars and Clubs
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CORRECTED-'Man of Steel' producer shops for new Legendary studio partner
Reuters* Legendary's distribution deal with Warner expires Dec 31 * Legendary chief Tull has met with rival studio heads (In 12th paragraph, deletes reference to conference sponsor and second quote) By Ronald Grover LOS ANGELES, June 14 (Reuters) - No one...Tags: Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Budgets and Budgeting, Batman Begins (movie), The Hangover (movie)
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'Man of Steel' producer shops for new Legendary studio partner
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - No one has more riding on the outcome of the summer movie season than Thomas Tull, the former investment banker-turned-head of Legendary Pictures and a producer of this weekend's heavily hyped "Man of Steel." Tull, the financier...Tags: Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Batman Begins (movie), The Hangover (movie), Budgets and Budgeting
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Comcast to roll out a new system to compete with Netflix, Apple TV
We have been talking about radical changes in the way we watch for TV for almost a decade now. And a lot of it has been wrong. Remember the buzz three years ago as to how 3-D was going to be in every home? Newsflash: ESPN announced last week that it...
Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Arrested Development (tv program) , Entertainment, PlayStation 4, Robin Wright
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Clearwire urges shareholders to accept Dish offer
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Clearwire Corp's board urged shareholders on Wednesday to accept a tender offer from Dish Network Corp over an earlier deal with majority owner Sprint Nextel Corp to buy out the minority shareholders of the wireless service provider....Tags: Companies and Corporations, Satellite and Cable Service, Verizon Wireless, Marketing, Intel Corp.
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Comcast brings its style to 30 Rock
The Philadelphia InquirerThe global director of food service operations and events at NBCUniversal, Jason Giagrande, was asked several years ago to do something anything! with the commissary in iconic Rockefeller Center, which had been the butt of late-night TV jokes by Johnny...Tags: Entertainment, Rockefeller Center, Midtown, Career and Workplace, Manhattan (New York City)
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Leaked Tennis Channel email compares Comcast to 'brutal captor'
Ken Solomon, chief executive of the small Tennis Channel, regrets the 4 a.m. email blast he sent staff members of the Santa Monica-based network. Solomon composed the email last month from his Paris hotel room, hours after the Court of Appeals for the...
Tags: French Open, Crime, Law and Justice, Entertainment, Career and Workplace, Judges
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Fox, NBC secure ad rate hikes for fall shows: sources
Reuters(Reuters) - U.S. broadcast networks Fox and NBC are close to wrapping up their advance sales for commercial time for the upcoming fall season and have narrowly beaten analysts' expectations with rate increases of as much as 7 percent over last year,...Tags: Entertainment, Bravo (tv network), Marketing, Television, Television Industry
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Fox wraps upfront advertising sales at nearly $1.8 billion
The Fox broadcast network, which suffered a prime-time ratings free-fall during the just completed TV season, has closed out its upfront advertising sales with its total haul falling short of last year's auction. Despite its ratings woes, Fox was able...
Tags: Entertainment, Marketing, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Television, Television Industry
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Disney's ESPN to close 3D cable TV network this year
Reuters(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's TV sports network, ESPN, said it will shut its 3D cable channel in the United States, ending a three-year experiment after sports fans failed to embrace the technology in their homes. ESPN launched the 3D cable channel in...Tags: Agriculture, Entertainment, ESPN2 (tv network), Agricultural Research and Technology, DirecTV Group Inc.
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Fund Screen-Funds betting on the growing amusement park market
ReutersBy David Randall NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - It's the one place where a roller coaster ride is a good thing. Revenue at U.S. theme parks is expected to reach a record $13.4 billion this year, a 2.8 percent gain from 2012, according to market research...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Finance, Morningstar Incorporated, Disneyland Park, Amusement and Theme Parks
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