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E! Now That's Entertainment
30 August 2007
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E!, which was originally launched on a shoestring 20 years ago showing movie trailers and presenting gossip about movie stars and features about their movies, has finally hit the big time. The channel, now owned by cable provider Comcast, announced Wednesday that it had agreed to pay nearly $40 million for the first network broadcasts of such films as Knocked Up, Evan Almighty, and Man of the Year to begin airing in 2009.
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Universal Sells Broadcast Rights to 11 Movies for $60 Million
7 August 2007
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Universal has struck a $60-million deal with USA networks for 11 movies that will begin airing in 2009. Two of the films, The Bourne Ultimatum and I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, are currently running in theaters and the total amount of the deal could go higher depending on the total domestic box office for each of those films. (USA has agreed to pay 12 percent of the domestic box office for each film.) Chuck & Larry is due to air on UA in December, 2009; Bourne, one month later. Other films in the package include The Good Shepherd, Children of Men, Man of the Year, and Ali G. Indahouse.
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