All Screen articles in 12 December 2000 – Page 4

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    OFT launches new probe into BSkyB

    2000-12-06T10:27:00Z

    BSkyB, the UK's largest pay-TV broadcaster, faces a competition inquiry launched this week by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).The probe, expected to take six months, is to focus on BSkyB's supply of wholesale pay-TV to its rivals - known as bundling. If found guilty, the broadcaster could be fined ...

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    AFMA promotes Gagnon, expands collections unit

    2000-12-06T03:10:00Z

    Janet M Gagnon has been promoted to the position of vice president, collections & European policy for AFMA Collections, a division of the American Film Marketing Association that has now been expanded to non-AFMA members.AFMA Collections was launched in 1994 and provides members with a service to collect and administer ...

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    Web deals for Mary Pickford, early Russian cinema

    2000-12-06T03:06:00Z

    article27, a worldwide online entertainment syndicator, has acquired global streaming rights to five silent feature films starring Mary Pickford and North American streaming rights to a group of early Russian films from New York-based Milestone Film & Video. The Pickford films are Amarillo Of Clothes-Line Alley, Daddy Long-Legs, My Best ...

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    Sundance Premieres, World Cinema complete line-up

    2000-12-06T02:01:00Z

    The Sundance Film Festival followed the announcement yesterday of its dramatic and documentary competition and American Spectrum sections with the high-profile Premiere and World Cinema sections today, as well as Frontier and Midnight Screenings.Opening the festival on Jan 18 is My First Mister, the feature directorial debut of award-winning actress ...

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    Vivendi, Seagram shareholders rubberstamp merger

    2000-12-06T00:57:00Z

    A cheering crowd of 10,000 Vivendi shareholders, gathered beneath the pyramid at the Louvre museum in Paris, approved the company's three-way merger with Universal Studios owner Seagram and Canal Plus by a massive 95%. Seagram's shareholders had previously voted the merger by a 90.4% majority. Canal Plus' shareholders are meeting ...