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<title>Movie studios sign up for DCDC satellite distribution system</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/03/08/theaters.to.use.satellite.terrestrial.service.for.digital.film.distribution/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1353499003_disneymoviemontage.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Five movie studios have signed an agreement with the Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition (DCDC) to distribute films through its satellite network. &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/280577==http://www.disney.co.uk/" rel='nofollow'&gt;Disney&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/280578==http://www.warnerbros.com/" rel='nofollow'&gt;Warner Bros&lt;...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Comcast completely acquires GE's portion of NBCUniversal</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/02/12/deal.expected.to.complete.with.little.interference.by.end.of.1q/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/comcasttruck-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[&lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/279132==http://www.comcast.com/" rel='nofollow'&gt;Comcast&lt;/a&gt; has announced today that it is acquiring GE's 49 percent common equity share of the NBCUniversal &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/279133==http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/12/01/comcast.poised.to.control.content.from.hulu/" rel='nofollow'&gt;joint ve...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>HBO deal extends Universal Pictures exclusivity deal to 2022</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/01/07/agreement.blocks.netflix.from.universal.content/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1336266414_HBOGoTeaser.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[&lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/276736==http://www.hbo.com/" rel='nofollow'&gt;HBO&lt;/a&gt; has signed a deal with Universal Studios that extends its exclusive rights to Universal Pictures' and Focus Features' films for another ten years. The extension prevents competing video-on-demand services such as Netflix from gaining access to content, keeping it on HBO's TV, mobi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>No deal near for Apple music streaming service, sources say</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/12/05/apple.terms.leaving.record.labels.cold/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1202/itunesmatch.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple is nowhere close to completing a deal with the major record labels for a music streaming service, say music industry sources contacted by &lt;em&gt;CNET&lt;/em&gt;.  The people say that the terms Apple has been offering for the service, nicknamed "iRadio," have left the labels -- Sony, Warner, and Universal -- unsatisfied.  It's &lt;a href="http://macnn.com...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Universal Music gets European approval to take over EMI</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/09/21/european.commission.approves.universal.emi.deal.but.requires.concessions/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1348239947_universalin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The European Commission approved Universal Music's takeover of EMI Music, though it required some concessions. Universal agreed to divest nearly one third of EMI assets, including its Parlophone flagship music label in Europe. There are other stipulations, such as agreeing to a set of market controls that dictate how Universal handles contracts with digital music services....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Briefly: Lovefilm agreement, LA Mobile Arts, NFC Research</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/05/30/lovefilm.to.stream.universal.pictures.films.in.the.uk/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/lovefilmin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[&lt;a href="http://www.lovefilm.com/"&gt;Lovefilm&lt;/a&gt; has signed a multi-year agreement with NBC Universal to stream Universal Pictures films to its Lovefilm Instant users. The addition of Universal extends the roster of films that currently includes movies from Disney, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros, Entertainment One, and Studio Canal. The streaming agreement would he...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 19:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple objects to showing files from Universal dispute</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/04/30/depositions.by.steve.jobs.eddy.cue.at.heart.of.controversy/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hulu intros four new original shows</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sony alliance gets EU approval to buy EMI music publishing</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Universal movies reach iTunes in the Cloud</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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