Theaters, Studios At Odds Over Reported Directv Deal

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Thu, 03/31/2011 - 6:52pm

Movie-theater owners responded with outrage to a report that four Hollywood studios signed on with a new video-on-demand proposition from DirecTV, offering movies to rent only 60 days after being released in theaters.

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Topics: directv hollywood movie rental theaters video-on-demand vod

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