It seems that if Vivendi lands the Universal studio and music business it is after, it will inherit a one-time writedown on studio assets, which will have the effect of boosting reported earnings in future years.
Silverman will join NBC Universal television president Marc Graboff as co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio in an attempt to revive the struggling network.
Comcast, the largest cable provider in the U.S., is in negotiations with regulators over its bid to purchase a 51% stake in NBC Universal, giving it control of a major movie studio, Universal Studios, as well as major TV channels.
The film is turning out to be a much-needed hit for General Electric studio Universal Pictures.
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Theme parks, the Universal Pictures movie studio and pay TV networks such as USA and SyFy have grown, too.
General Electric unit NBC Universal, News Corp. studio Fox, Disney network ABC and CBS sued Cablevision, claiming its proposed new DVR system would allow users to violate the studio's copyrights by making digital copies.
Their studio partners currently include: Universal Pictures, Warner Bros.
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HD-DVD had been resting on Universal's shoulders in terms of exclusive studio support.
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It came from an unknown production company (Illumination Entertainment), was being distributed by a studio not known for animated movies (Universal) and it starred a villain.
Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection honors the studio's accomplishments with the most iconic monsters in motion-picture history including Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Phantom of the Opera and Creature from the Black Lagoon.
One of the first people at Universal to read the script was David Kosse, the studio's London-based president.
The movie came from a studio not known for its animated films, Universal, and it was the first film from tiny Illumination Entertainment production company.
Having secured a record contract with Universal Republic in her victory, Pope will soon hit the studio to record her debut solo album.
Now 32, he has just released his fifth studio album, See Me Mama, on his own Universal-distributed label.
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Lacking the money to pay Adair, Anschutz came up with a creative solution: He charged Universal Studios to shoot the firefighters for Hellfighters, a film the studio was making at the time that starred John Wayne.
Spielberg also gets a consistent cut of the ticket sales at Universal Studios amusement parks in addition to the money he earns at DreamWorks studio and his directing fees.
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Lacking the money to pay him, Anschutz came up with a creative solution: He charged Universal Studios to shoot the firefighters for Hellfighters, a film starring John Wayne that the studio was making.
The success of her films, which reportedly saved Universal from bankruptcy in the late 1930s, was estimated to account for 17% of the studio's revenue during the decade.
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