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Movie Cinema Vs Movie Studio1 min read

10 April 2011 < 1 min read

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Movie Cinema Vs Movie Studio1 min read

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The clash that had to happen, movie cinema’s Vs movie studio, has exploded with two major cinema groups, threatening to black ban first run movies after the studio’s moved to allow online distribution Companies access to movies 60 days after coming out of cinema release.

Earlier this month Warner agreed to a deal with Facebook whereby Warner’s Digital Distribution division begun testing the viability of offering select movies through Warner Bros. Entertainment’s Facebook movie pages.

The Dark Knight, the first trial film, was released in early March and, according to Warner Bros., was so successful that the company decided to introduce five additional movies at the end of the same month: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Yogi Bear, Inception, and Life as We Know It.

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