Publication: Home Media Magazine

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Xfinity Comes to Android

By: Comcasts TV Everywhere application Xfinity now is available on Android devices, more than a year after being made available to owners of Apple devices.Available as a free download via the Google Play market, the application is available on devices ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Home Media Magazine ]

Entities: Google Android, Android 2, Google Inc

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

NBC Universal Inc

NBC, CBS Join Fox Litigation Against Dish’s Ad-Skipping DVR

As expected, NBC Universal and CBS Corp. separately filed lawsuits against Dish Network LLC, alleging the satellite TV operator’s AutoHop ad-skipping DVR is illegal.The two networks filed their suits May 24 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles hours ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Home Media Magazine ]

Entities: Litigation, NBC Universal Inc, DISH Network Corp, News Corporation

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 2 Documents

BREAKING NEWS: Fox Files Lawsuit Against Dish’s Ad-Skipping DVR

You are currently subscribed to %%list.name%% as %%emailaddr%%.If you wish to leave this mailing list, simply unsubscribe.Refer to our Privacy PolicyHome Media Magazine is a division of Questex Media Group, LLC.201 Sandpointe Avenue, Suite 500, Santa ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Home Media Magazine ]

Entities: Questex Media Group Inc, Lawsuit, Reproduction

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 2 Documents

Liam Neeson

Director Joe Carnahan Confronts Personal Fears in ‘The Grey’

Early in actioner The Grey , marksman Ottway (Liam Neeson) places his hand on the stomach of an outsized wolf he just shot before it picked off an unsuspecting oil pipeline worker. Ottway’s compassion for the mortally wounded animal supplants his disgust ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Home Media Magazine ]

Entities: Joe Carnahan, Liam Neeson, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Jack London

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Univision

Zinkia Renews Pocoyo Agreement with NCircle

Madrid’s Zinkia Entertainment has renewed its home entertainment agreement with NCircle Entertainment for the animated Pocoyo brand, with NCircle releasing additional Pocoyo DVD titles for the next five years.Pocoyo: Fun & Games and a Halloween-themed ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Home Media Magazine ]

Entities: NCircle, Zinkia Entertainment SA, Planeta, Univision

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Roku Inc

Dish, Roku Ink Deal for New International Programming Service

Dish Network and Roku May 23 said they have signed a deal whereby the satellite TV operator’s nascent DishWorld service is now available for streaming on the Saratoga, Calif.-based manufacturer’s media player.DishWorld is the satellite operator’s platform ... [ Published May 23 2012 by Home Media Magazine ]

Entities: Roku Inc, Cricket, Rede Globo, DISH Network Corp, Costco Wholesale Corporation

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 2 Documents

Lenny Kravitz

Playing 'The Hunger Games'

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Lenny Kravitz is a musician, not an actor. So when he got a call from Hunger Games director Gary Ross about a part in the film, he was more than a little dubious.“I was living under a rock,” said Kravitz, speaking shortly before ... [ Published May 23 2012 by Home Media Magazine ]

Entities: Hunger Games, Lenny Kravitz, Elizabeth Banks, Gary Ross

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Lionsgate Expands Distribution Deal With StudioCanal

By: French media company will distribute “Hunger Games” sequel, “Catching Fire,” in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, while Lionsgate gets 2,000 titles for home entertainment release in the United States. Lionsgate May 23 said it has expanded a previous ... [ Published May 23 2012 by Home Media Magazine ]

Entities: StudioCanal, Video On Demand, Hunger Games

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 2 Documents

Coinstar SVP: Warner Has 'Different View of the World'; Playing 'The Hunger Games'

‘The Grey’ Trots Into Top Sales SpotUniversal Studios’ 'The Grey' and 20th Century Fox’s 'Chronicle' debuted in the two top spots on both national home video sales charts for the week ending May 20: the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart, which ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Home Media Magazine ]

Entities: Coinstar Inc, Hunger Games, First Alert, 20th Century Fox

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

'A Fool and His Money' Cashes in on DVD

Prolific playwright David E. Talbert’s latest stage play, A Fool and His Money , soon will see its home entertainment release.One Village Entertainment, Image Entertainment’s urban division, releases the play on DVD and as a digital download June 5, at ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Home Media Magazine ]

Entities: David E. Talbert, Ann Nesby, Michael Beach, Eddie Griffin, Image Entertainment Inc

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 2 Documents

BREAKING NEWS: 'The Grey' Trots Into Top Sales Spot

Universal Studios’ 'The Grey' and 20th Century Fox’s 'Chronicle' debuted in the two top spots on both national home video sales charts for the week ending May 20: the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart, which tracks overall disc sales, as well ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Home Media Magazine ]

Entities: First Alert, 20th Century Fox, Universal studios

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Verizon Bows Mobile Video Search App

Verizon Wireless has launched a new video service called “Viewdini” that allows Android-based mobile phone users to locate repurposed movies and TV shows available on subscription video-on-demand services and TV and cable websites.The platform, whose ... [ Published May 23 2012 by Home Media Magazine ]

Entities: Verizon Communications Inc, Video On Demand, Dan Mead, NATIONAL CABLE INC, mSpot Inc

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...the same level of consumer excitement generated by the film's theatrical debut," said Ron Schwartz, Lionsgate EVP, GM, home entertainment. "This is far and away the biggest home entertainment launch in Lionsgate's history and, true to a theatrical marketing campaign that incorporated an unprecedented reliance on digital and traditional media alike, our home entertainment launch will involve a similarly innovative and integrated digital and packaged media rollout that we will unveil in the weeks ahead."

‘Hunger Games’ Hits Retail Aug. 18 [Home Media Magazine - May 23 2012]

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