More Articles By John Dempsey

• Court rules in favor of Cablevision
  AUG. 5 | FROM VARIETY: Studios lose appeal in DVR consumer case More
  
• On-Demand big in Warner's corner
  JULY 28 | FROM VARIETY: Studio aims to lure millions more to VOD More
  
• Catacombs to premiere on Fearnet
  SEPT. 12 | FROM VARIETY: Horror pic Catacombs will get its U.S. premiere on Fearnet, the video-on-demand movie service jointly owned by Comcast, Sony Pictures TV and Lionsgate. More
  
• AOL streams free segments of Dissent
  AUG. 27 | FROM VARIETY:  AOL's True Stories Web site will stream 40 minutes of excerpts from the documentary Manufacturing Dissent at no extra cost this week. Sam Mandel, chief operating officer of DVD distributor Liberation Entertainment, said the AOL deal "will help us to maximize the DVD value." More
  
• HBO extends video arm to acquisitions
  HBO Video is buying more independent movies to help compensate for the slowdown in high-octane original series made by its HBO parent. More
  
• IFC films bow on Comcast VOD
  The trend toward making movies available on the same day in theaters, video-on-demand and pay-per-view took a big leap forward Monday with the news that 9 million Comcast digital subscribers will soon have access to two independent movies per month distributed by Chuck Dolan's IFC Entertainment. More
  
• X marks the lawsuit for Tribune, Marvel
  Dispute over Mutant series and its similarities to Fox''s X-Men . More
  
• Big fight on HBO packs powerful PPV punch
  Mosley-De La Hoya bout draws 975,000 subscribers. More
  
• HBO, Cinemax renew with Comcast
  Carriage agreements with sister networks include VOD, HDTV. More
  
• PPV channels make way for In Demand high-def
  Urban, Cinema film fare will be available via VOD. More
  
• DirecTV bows PPV for gay audience
  Goal is to turn Here! service into a 24-hour-a-day cable network. More
  
• Parent can't approve of Sex liking TiVo
  FROM VARIETY: Episode extols DVR, contrary to AOL TW corporate line. More
  
• IFC hopes sex sells, especially for VOD
  Foreign films, documentaries set for Uncensored on Demand. More
  
• Half-million New Yorkers gaining VOD
  Time Warner Cable rolls out movies, cable nets on demand. More
  
• Starz Encore chief makes case for SVOD
  Sie says films would have to be offered before video window. More
  
• Videogame channel has the field all to itself
  But G4 finds the going tough in bid to tap into $9.2 billion biz. More
  
• In Demand adds niche PPV channels
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• Disney testing PPV with A Bug's Life
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• PPV revenues approach $2 billion in 1999
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• Viewer's Choice to push PPV premieres before theatrical window
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