Warner licenses Secret for VOD, PPV

AUG. 23 | Still a best-selling book and DVD at retail, The Secret next will be offered on video-on-demand and pay-per-view by Warner Bros. Digital Distribution starting Aug. 31.

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Less InDemand due to PPV squeeze

AUG. 13 | In a sign of the changing times, pay-per-view distributor InDemand has largely eliminated its PPV marketing department and pink-slipped 12 employees. Former marketing VP Sergei Kuharsky has been reassigned to InDemand's high-definition unit.

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Fahrenheit on PPV today only

NOV. 1 | Internet movie download service CinemaNow and satellite TV provider Echostar will offer Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 documentary on a pay-per-view basis today only in separate deals with the Fellowship Adventure Group. The film will be available for streaming through CinemaNow for $9.

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Comcast proposes DVD/VOD service

Like other operators, the cable giant is hell-bent on tapping into the billions of dollars that people spend to buy and rent DVDs -- and one scheme would put movies on Comcast systems the same day they touch down in the video store.

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PPV channels make way for In Demand high-def

AUG. 4 | NEW YORK--Fans of low-budget action movies, foreign films and independent American pictures are losing the two pay-per-view channels, Urban and Cinema, that In Demand created last year as outlets for offbeat movies.

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DirecTV bows PPV for gay audience

Here! Pay Per View will offer four independently produced theatricals each month for a retail price of $3.99 apiece. Although the principals declined to comment on the split, DirecTV will keep about 60% of each retail dollar, with the other 40% going to Here! owners Paul Colichman and Stephen P.

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Pay-per-views: Time Warner seeking vid windows for VOD

, Time Warner has approached the major studios about having feature movies debut on its prototype video-on-demand systems at the same time as the movie's home video release. Sources close to the situation said Time Warner Cable sister company Warner Bros.

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Thomas adds PPV, VOD at MGM

, MGM is able to strategically capitalize on the marketing muscle of its home entertainment group as it crafts aggressive and innovative campaigns for the emerging VOD market," Bishop said. Thomas was promoted to executive VP in June 2000.

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CinemaNow lands Fox online movies

APRIL 3 | Twentieth Century Fox has cut its first online movie distribution deal, signing with CinemaNow to provide first-run films in the pay-per-view window. The first Fox and Fox Searchlight films are now up: Unfaithful and The Good Girl.

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WHAT'S THE DEMAND FOR VOD?

MARCH 2 | Video-on-demand is either going to be a $12.6 billion business within 10 years that accounts for nearly half of all home video rentals or a $3.4 billion business that represents less than 25% of all movie rentals.

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