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Warners Wins Dispute Over Old Marketing Materials

November 25, 2016 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

Warner Bros.

Major movie studios are belatedly asserting copyright control over images in marketing materials from old films. A legal summary from a Warner Bros. Entertainment studio lawsuit in U.S. federal district court against a nostalgia-products marketer indicates Warners won a $2.57 million copyright infringement award. "In dispute over merchandise with images taken from old … [Read more...] about Warners Wins Dispute Over Old Marketing Materials

Sony Retains Studio Ad Agency After Review

January 30, 2016 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

Sony Pictures in Culver City CA

Sony Corp. is mostly sticking with incumbent advertising agencies, including Universal/McCann for its Sony Pictures account, after conducting a massive ad agency review across all its businesses. Universal/McCann is a unit of media service giant Interpublic Group. The advertising buying arms of ad agency groups like short, generic-sounding names like UM (for … [Read more...] about Sony Retains Studio Ad Agency After Review

‘Star Wars’ Hardware Shines In Disney Profile

January 6, 2015 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

A cover story in business magazine Fortune says Walt Disney Co. is becoming a hybrid entertainment/tech company and splashes images from the next “Star Wars” around corporate chairman Bob Iger. A Variety” story says the photos in the Fortune profile provide the best shots yet for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which is inked for a Dec.18 premiere distributed by Walt Disney … [Read more...] about ‘Star Wars’ Hardware Shines In Disney Profile

Warners Vows to Trim $2bn Marketing Spend

October 16, 2014 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

Warner Bros.

The $12.3 billion-revenue Warner Bros. movie studio revealed it spends $2 billion a year on marketing, which studio chief Kevin Tsujihara promised to trim during a Wall Street conference. Studio parent Time Warner Inc. wants to slash that expenditure by $200 million, as part of a broader plan to goose up its stock price. This comes after refusing a buyout offer from Rupert … [Read more...] about Warners Vows to Trim $2bn Marketing Spend

Book review: ‘Creating Blockbusters!’

June 11, 2012 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

Sunset Blvd. audiences

A new book provides insightful analysis of the building blocks for successful Hollywood films, from script to promotion to licensed merchandise—all from point of view of marketing to the audience. “Creating Blockbusters!” by consumer researcher Gene Del Vecchio covers movies, TV programs, video games and books. Most film books lean toward arty but “Creating Blockbusters!” is … [Read more...] about Book review: ‘Creating Blockbusters!’

‘Cars 2’ Merchandise Bonanza

June 20, 2011 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

"Cars 2" merchandise

Cars 2” is already a gusher in licensed merchandise for Walt Disney. The Wall Street Journal newspaper estimates that “Cars 2”—which is the G-rated animated movie opening Friday—will surpass the $2.8 billion merchandise haul of “Toy Story 3.” Ira Mayer, publisher of the “Licensing Letter” and EPM Communications (who is also quoted in the book “Marketing to Moviegoers: Second … [Read more...] about ‘Cars 2’ Merchandise Bonanza

Studios Push Fast 60-day VOD Window

March 31, 2011 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

Sunset Blvd. audiences

Hollywood’s major studios are close to deals for a “premium video-on-demand window” to put movies on TV screens just 60 days after theatrical premiere for $30, prompting denunciation from theaters and some in Hollywood.   The timing is odd because studios and theater operators just met in Las Vegas for the CinemaCon convention but the studio premium VOD plans only … [Read more...] about Studios Push Fast 60-day VOD Window

‘Pirates’ Franchise Sells $1.6bn in Merchandise

February 4, 2011 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

Ian McShane

The four installments of “Pirates of the Caribbean” rolled up $1.6 billion at consumer-spend in global sales of licensed merchandise, says Disney Consumer Products. The fourth edition “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” sets sail on its theatrical voyage theaters May 20. Based on standard licensing rates and Disney’s track record, book “Marketing To Moviegoers” … [Read more...] about ‘Pirates’ Franchise Sells $1.6bn in Merchandise

Studio Talk Marketing Cuts (Again!)

November 23, 2009 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

Sunset Blvd. Audiences

Newspaper articles say Hollywood studios are again talking up cuts in marketing expenditures (when will they ever learn?) and movie publicity is becoming increasingly scientific as entertainment marketers purport to measure impact of press stories. “But don’t think that Hollywood believes it can get by with less promotion,” notes a “New York Times” story by Brooks Barnes. … [Read more...] about Studio Talk Marketing Cuts (Again!)

Uni Backpedals From Video Games

September 9, 2009 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

Wanted: Weapons game box

The major studios have increasingly opted to create video games tied to their movies via in-house divisions in recent years. A “Los Angeles Times” article says Universal Pictures is backpedaling, after some poor results. “Based on the 2008 movie of the same name starring Angelina Jolie, the video game [‘Wanted: Weapons of Fate’] sold only 100,000 units in the U.S. in its … [Read more...] about Uni Backpedals From Video Games

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