Film studio
Summary
A movie studio (aka film studio) is, in the established sense of the term, a company that distributes films. Literally, however, the term denotes a controlled environment for the making of a motion picture. This environment may be interior (sound stage), exterior (backlot), or both. In general parlance, the term is synonymous with "major film production company," due largely to the fact that the leading production companies of Hollywood's "Golden Age"—stretching from the late 1920s to the late 1940s—owned their own studio facilities, as do a few today. However, worldwide (and even in the United States) the majority of production companies have never owned their own studios, but have had to rent space at independently owned facilities that, in many cases, never produce a film of their own.In 1893, Thomas Edison built the first movie studio in the United States when he constructed the Black Maria, a tarpaper-covered structure near his laboratories in West Orange, New Jersey, and asked circus, vaudeville, and dramatic actors to perform for the camera.
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Disney Gambles on Box-Office Wizardry of ‘Oz’
Disney’s movie studio, which has stumbled recently, takes a bold risk with a prequel to the beloved 1939 musical, “The Wizard of Oz. ”.
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Viacom Earnings Up 13% Despite Revenue Drop
Revenue fell more than Wall Street expected at Viacom, which owns the Paramount movie studio and several cable TV channels.
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Walt Disney takes $50m hit from halted film
Walt Disney will record a $50m (£30m) writedown at its movie studio division after shutting down production on an animated film.
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Twitter introduces ads targeting users interests
Twitter is to introduce the ability for advertisers to target users with promoted tweets based on their interests or indications of what they like.
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Sluggish Entertainment and Publishing Results Hurt Time Warner Earnings
The media giant reported a drop in revenue and net income as its Warner Brothers movie studio and Time Inc. publishing division struggled.
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Media Decoder Blog: Sluggish Entertainment and Publishing Results Hurt Time Warner Earnings
The media giant reported a drop in revenue and net income as its Warner Brothers movie studio and Time Inc. publishing division struggled.
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News Corp. Considers Dividing Itself in Two
News Corporation is considering dividing itself in two, cleaving its publishing arm from its far larger entertainment division, a person briefed on the matter told DealBook early on Tuesday. If News Corporation follows through, it would. . .
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Machinima Taps New VP of Media and Entertainment Ad Sales
Machinima has tapped Peter Pouliopoulos, formerly vp of the entertainment category for Univision's client development group, to serve as vp of media and entertainment ad sales at the gamer-centric video entertainment network. The new job will put Pouliopoulos in charge of advertisements from film studios, broadcast and cable TV networks, and music industry clients.
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Auto, Studios Start Upfront
In the wee small hours of Friday morning, a weary network ad sales executive sent a text to a colleague who, earlier that evening, had pinged him to inquire about how the upfront negotiations were faring. Time-stamped June 1, 5:07 a. m. , the message read simply, “Just getting home now. ”.
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Viacom resolves Time Warner Cable dispute
Viacom Inc. , owner of the Paramount film studio and MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central, agreed to resolve a legal dispute with Time Warner Cable Inc. , letting cable customers see its shows on more devices. “All of Viacom's programming will now be available to Time Warner Cable subscribers for in-home viewing via Internet protocol-enabled devices such as iPads,” the companies said Wednesday in a joint statement posted on Viacom's website.
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