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1/20/2006 To hear studio chiefs tell it, exclusive release windows are about to go out the window. At CES this month, News Corp. president Peter Chernin announced that 20th Century Fox is developing plans to make movies available via video-on-demand simultaneously with their release on DVD.

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JULY 12 | E3: CULVER CITY, Calif.—Sony Corp. is expanding its PlayStation Portable handheld game console, positioning it more as a gaming unit than a media player.

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APRIL 10 | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is going to market its first BD Live, Web-enabled features slowly. The studio makes little mention of BD Live in TV ads or newspaper circulars for April 8 Blu-ray Disc releases Walk Hard and The Sixth Day, its first with Web connectivity features.

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Since Steve Berkman, a former director of eastern U.S. franchise operations for Blockbuster Inc., joined Palm Beach Tan six years ago, he has enticed enough Blockbuster franchisees to join the tanning chain so that independent Blockbuster owners now operate half of Palm Beach Tan’s stores.

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VOD revenue set to hit $10 billion by 2012

MARCH 3 | FROM VARIETY: Revenue from video-on-demand services look set to top $10 billion by 2012, according to research from the U.K.'s Informa Telecoms & Media.

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All dolled up Fox’s launch party for its Valley of the Dolls Special Edition DVD on June 9 in Hollywood helped to raise $150,000 for the Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services. At the event were (l. to r.

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Nancy Drew goes to VOD, download same day as DVD

MARCH 11 | Bolstering its already aggressive video-on-demand strategy, Warner Bros. Digital Distribution today debuted an exclusive version of Nancy Drew to VOD, pay-per-view and download-to-own platforms the same day the film was released on DVD.

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By Todd Spangler of Multichannel News - 11/14/2007 NOV. 14 | FROM MULTICHANNEL NEWS: In Demand Networks’ male-targeted HD channel Mojo signed a deal to sell its original programming through Amazon.com’s Unbox digital video download service.

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Time Warner Cable expands VOD measurement with Rentrak

MARCH 12 | FROM BROADCASTING & CABLE: Time Warner Cable awarded media-measurement firm Rentrak a multiyear services contract to provide it with video-on-demand measurement and analytical services.

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JUNE 7 | DVD rental retailers are closely watching the next moves of Warner Bros. and other studios in the video-on-demand arena after Warner execs said erasing the VOD window boosted sales in a test with Comcast.

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