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MGM Promises James Bond Special Editions on DVD
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• Jul 25, 1999 • 0 comments

Last week, Variety reported that, in celebration of its 75th anniversary, MGM intends to re-release several James Bond classics spanning the last 37 years. The company says it will release 19 of its Bond films as special editions on DVD and VHS in three installments beginning on October 19 of this year, culminating with the DVD release of the newest Bond film, The World is Not Enough, by the end of 2000. The new film, staring Pierce Brosnan as Bond once again, is slated to hit theaters November 19, 1999, in time for the holiday season.
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FCC May Loosen Station Ownership Rules
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Barry Willis • Jul 25, 1999 • 0 comments

Television broadcasters could soon legally own and operate multiple stations within one market, under regulations being considered by the Federal Communications Commission. At present, FCC rules allow only one station per owner per market (a market being defined as a geographical area within transmitter range). The proposed changes were submitted for review by the FCC's Mass Media Bureau to the commissioners on Monday, July 19.
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When We Were Kings Worth the Wait
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Wes Phillips • Jul 25, 1999 • 0 comments

Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, James Brown, B.B. King, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Spike Lee, The Crusaders, The Spinners. Directed by Leon Gast. Aspect ratio: 16:9 enhanced widescreen, 1.33:1 pan&scan. Dolby Digital. 94 minutes. 1997. PolyGram 440 045 847-2. Rated PG. $29.99.
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The Train on DVD
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Lawrence B. Johnson • Jul 18, 1999 • 0 comments

Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Aspect ratio: 1.37:1 (black & white). Dolby Digital monaural. 133 minutes. 1964. MGM 907539. Not rated. $19.98.
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No Austin Powers for Malaysians, Censors Declare
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• Jul 18, 1999 • 0 comments

Austin Powers, the swinging secret agent, is too risqué for Malaysians, censors in that country have decided. The International Man of Mystery's latest comic misadventure, The Spy Who Shagged Me, is too full of sexual innuendoes for the conservative Muslim nation. The ban applies not only to the theatrical release, but to videotapes, discs, and TV broadcasts as well.
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SBC and DirecTV Sign Marketing Agreement
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• Jul 18, 1999 • 0 comments

Last week, telecommunications provider SBC Communications and DirecTV announced a marketing and distribution agreement that will allow SBC to make digital satellite television service available to its 18 million Southwestern Bell, Nevada Bell, and Pacific Bell residential customers. Specific details of the SBC/DirecTV service will be announced later.
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Can't Find That Rare Firesign Theatre Video?
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Jon Iverson • Jul 18, 1999 • 0 comments

Last week, online video retailer Videoflicks.com announced that it has opened Videoflicks.com Auctions "to help people find, discover, buy—and now sell—virtually any video online." The company says that its customers are able to bid immediately in more than eight categories of "rare and unusual" videos.
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After 20-Year Reign, Top Warner Execs Take a Hike
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Barry Willis • Jul 18, 1999 • 0 comments

After 20 years, one of the entertainment industry's most enduring management teams is calling it quits. On July 15, Robert A. Daly and Terry Semel, co-chairmen and co-CEOs of Warner Bros. film studio and Warner Bros. Music, informed Time Warner chief Gerald Levin that they would not renew their employment contracts. The two said they wish to explore other opportunities as "entertainment entrepreneurs."
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Dolby Digital Accepted by DVB Project as Audio Standard
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• Jul 18, 1999 • 0 comments

The Digital Video Broadcasting Project has adopted Dolby Digital as its multichannel audio standard. The DVB Project is a consortium of more than 240 organizations in over 30 countries devoted to establishing worldwide standards for digital broadcasting. Members include broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators, and regulatory committees. The announcement was made July 6, 1999, by San Francisco-based Dolby Labs.
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DVD Disc Sales Top 25 Million for 1999
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• Jul 11, 1999 • 0 comments

As reported last week, more than 1.1 million DVD-Video players were shipped through the first half of 1999. Additional information released by the DVD Video Group puts these numbers in perspective: DVD-Video experienced 300% growth in the second quarter of 1999, when more than 730,000 hardware units were shipped (compared to 170,000 in the second quarter of 1998). Further, the Group says that shipments for the first six months of 1999 constitute an increase of 881,000 units over the same period in 1998, also representing more than 300% growth. (Over 1 million units shipped in the first half of 1999; in the first six months of 1998, slightly more than 260,000 units shipped.)
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