All Screen articles in 6 August 2000 – Page 4
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Sega to install video-on-demand in game centres
Sega Enterprises plans to equip its Net@ chain of game arcades in Tokyo with video-on-demand (VoD) systems developed by NEC and linked via fibre-optic cable.Each Net@ game centre will be supplied with a server able to store up to 120 hours of films and other video software. Sega claims that ...
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Kinowelt grabs Rings merchandising rights
M.R. Kinowelt Merchandising (MRKM), the recently formed joint venture between German mini-major Kinowelt and Munich-based M.R. Merchandising & Retail, has acquired the German merchandising rights to New Line Cinema's upcoming Lord Of The Rings trilogyThe deal makes MRKM the first Lord Of The Rings licensee outside the US. MRKM CEO ...
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Russian authorities drop charges against Gusinsky
Media Most chief Vladimir Gusinsky left Russia to join his family in Spain last week after the criminal case against him of defrauding the Russian government of $10m was dropped due to lack of evidence.Gusinsky spent four days in prison earlier this year when the charges were first brought against ...
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Nutty Professor II is huge with $42.7m opening
Universal enjoyed a much-needed box office boost - the first since news of its takeover by Vivendi - over the weekend with the opening of Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, one of the summer's more predictable hits. With an estimated $42.7m grossed from Friday to Sunday on 3,243 screens, the ...
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UIP seals distribution pact with Spain's Planeta
United International Pictures (UIP) has added a Spanish link to its rapidly growing chain of international distribution partners, striking a long-term pact with Planeta 2010, the start-up multimedia division of publishing company Grupo Planeta.UIP chairman and chief executive Paul Oneile confirmed that a deal has been concluded with the Spanish ...
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