The six major studios' combined market share grew by 14 percentage points in the same period.
That compares with the millions that major studios often spend to open a mid-level movie.
Often, the same companies that build screening rooms for the major studios are constructing these spaces.
Based in Venice, California, the Hollywood-centric startup has worked closely with many major studios.
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The competitive offering will feature content from all major studios, music labels and top local broadcast networks.
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Three in five of the 45 people in the company have produced videogames, and most have worked with major studios.
It's probably true that the major studios have fallen into a blockbuster-tentpole syndrome.
Both systems offer pay-per-view HD movies from sources other than the major studios.
The Toshiba-led consortium that backs HD DVD had only one of the major studios -- General Electric Co.
Al Jazeera International will have bureaus ringing the world and four major studios based in Washington, London, Qatar and Malaysia.
Customers can select from more than 500 HD TV shows and movies from major studios and networks including Warner Bros.
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All of the major studios are now owned by huge media conglomerate that include merchandising, TV, publishing and, sometimes, theme parks.
Prima has met with all six major studios as well as several of the smaller, independent ones about licensing their films.
Edward Jay Epstein, you write that the major studios spend millions more dollars on advertising than they actually get back from moviegoers.
The major studios, which control the money, must worry about quarterly earnings.
While building relationships with major studios, Zefr had to convince them that there was a difference between a pirate and a fan.
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Talky dramas are harder to export than cartoons or action flicks, which is partly why the major studios now concentrate on such things.
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The VUDU collection is constantly updated, and newly released movies from major studios are available on the same day as the DVD is released.
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Of the major studios, Sony, Disney, Fox, Lions Gate, and MGM only release titles on Blu-ray, while only Universal is exclusive to HD DVD.
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Rob Woodward, managing director of 4Ventures - the parent company of FilmFour - blamed the studio's failure on the difficulty of competing with major studios.
Warts and all, this is the kind of film that major studios used to release on a regular basis before the rise of the four-quadrant tent-pole.
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Although the world's largest video site has rented and sold movies and TV shows from major studios since late 2008, most people watch videos on YouTube for free.
Whilst major studios seem to be using fewer illustrated posters, in favour of cheaper-looking Photoshop-produced montages of the film's stars - horror studios have persevered with the medium.
The film side is in slightly better shape, at least in the near term, since movies have longer production timetables and major studios have reportedly readied their 2008 scripts in preparation.
Five major studios--MGM, Sony, Paramount, Universal and Warner Bros.
If 3-D can make up for that lost revenue, it will make a big different to the major studios which are divisions of big public companies like Disney, Time Warner, News Corp.
Music Unlimited and Video Unlimited which brings access to the latest Hollywood blockbusters and TV shows from all major studios to rent or buy are available for download from the Google Play store.
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While major studios may be able to create BD-J enhanced discs on their own, the idea is that this package can allow other professionals to make full featured discs without having to learn scripting.
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Given all the machinations Hollywood executives go through to ensure their movies turn in a big opening week, it's no wonder most of the major studios avoided the third weekend in May like a black hole.
Introducing pay channels would also accustom fans of YouTube to paying for content, something the site is not known for, although it has sold and rented movies and TV shows from major studios since late 2008.
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