Science Fiction Versus Fantasy: What Do Moviegoers Love More?
Science fiction and fantasy are both popular genres at the box office, making up a solid portion of the top-grossing films this year — and that’s not even counting the Marvel/DC Comics/superhero films...
View Article5 Heroines Who Dominated the Silver Screen in 2013
According to an Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism annual survey, the percentage of female characters in the 100 top-grossing movies declined to a five-year low of 28.4 percent in...
View ArticleAnimation Isn’t Easy: Pixar and Dreamworks Suffer Complications
The animation industry has had a solid 2013, especially thanks to Walt Disney Animation Studios’ (NYSE:DIS) latest flick, Frozen, but recent reports elucidate that despite this year’s box office boom,...
View ArticleDirecTV: Is NFL Sunday Ticket Worth the Roster Space?
Broadcasting National Football League games is not a cheap proposition. The NFL is big business; viewership is growing, and forty-six of the 50 most-watched television broadcasts of 2013 were NFL...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable Calls Charter Offer ‘Grossly Inadequate’
Wall Street has waited with bated breath for months to see whether any major media company would make an offer for Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) — the second largest United States cable provider, behind...
View ArticleCharter Execs Allege Time Warner Cable Has ‘Failed’
When Liberty Media (NASDAQ:LMCA)(NASDAQ:LMCB)-owned Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) made public its interest in Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) through a letter to Chair and Chief Executive Officer...
View ArticleWill Comcast Join Charter in Dismantling Time Warner Cable?
If Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) is ever acquired, the story of that acquisition will be a convoluted one. When rumors of a possible acquisition were gaining momentum in the later half of 2013, Comcast...
View ArticleNetflix Shareholders Rejoice: Q4 Brought Record Subscriptions
Source: Netflix From Netflix’s (NASDAQ:NFLX) fourth-quarter numbers, it seems subscribers are rushing to the company not only because the number of Internet-connected devices are increasing, but...
View ArticleComcast Earnings Show Cord Cutting Was Alive and Well in 2013
Recording a gain that would make other providers of cable television jealous, Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) added 43,000 new video subscribers in the fourth-quarter — an increase that surpassed expectations...
View ArticleHow Movie Theater Chains May Be Ripping You Off
Mario Tama/Getty Images Grab a $7 bucket of popcorn, because things are about to get entertaining in the entertainment business. If you’ve ever felt like a night out at the movies was more or less a...
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