Archive for March, 2009

US Box Office Week 10

Source IMDbPro.com

The fanboys came out in droves this weekend. Despite mixed reviews, Zack Snyder’s The Watchmen made a heroic debut at $55.65 million, knocking screen queen Madea down to number two.

Tyler Perry’s Madea goes to Jail pulled in $8.8 million, bringing its three-week total to $76.5 million. Read More »

Blockbuster Denies Bankruptcy

By Erik Gruenwedel | Posted: 03 Mar 2009
egruenwedel@questex.com

Blockbuster is not planning to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, despite hiring a legal firm that specializes in corporate fiscal restructuring, according to spokesperson Karen Raskopf. Read More »

Virgin Megastores to Shutter

By Erik Gruenwedel | Posted: 03 Mar 2009
egruenwedel@questex.com

Entertainment retail took another hit March 3 when Virgin Megastores, the high-profile music-centric packaged media retail chain founded by billionaire Richard Branson, announced it will shutter its North American stores by this summer. Read More »

Two-thirds of the world now mobile connected


Six in ten people around the world now have mobile phone subscriptions, signaling that mobiles are the communications technology of choice particularly in poor countries, according to a U.N. report.
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Foxtel Hurts Free TV Networks

By David Richards | Thursday | 26/02/2009

Foxtel is now getting a 59% share of all TV viewers and is out rating free to air TV in homes that has the Foxtel subscription service. It has also been revealed that the 50% Telstra owned entity is set to sell additional hard drives that consumers can attach to their HD set top box. This will allow them to record both Foxtel and Free to air TV and remove commercials. Read More »

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