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Cue Entertainment: WrestleMania’s family strategy brings record revenues
The arrival of “WrestleMania 26” on DVD and Blu-ray on July 5 will mark a milestone for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) after the company’s WrestleMania event in Phoenix, Arizona, posted record revenues of $5.8 million.
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DVD & Blu-ray Review: Interview with Exam director Stuart Hazeldine
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DVD & Blu-ray Review: Interview with Heartless director Philip Ridley
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Cue Entertainment: The franchise comes of age
Franchise films have been good news for home entertainment with more planned for 2010, Jody Raynsford looks at what they mean to the market.
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Cue Entertainment: Law & Order: UK
Earlier this year, long running hit US crime show “Law & Order” underwent a very British makeover for broadcast on ITV1. On the eve of its DVD release by Universal Playback, creator Dick Wolf and the cast talk to Jody Raynsford about the show.
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DVD & Blu-ray Review: James Bond producer speaks out on piracy
Film piracy could destroy the film industry: that’s the stark warning from Callum McDougall, executive producers of the latest Bond movie, Quantum Of Solace.
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Cue Entertainment: YouTube needs you
Most of the business at MIPCOM last month was distinctly old school — broadcast and DVD — but the tone of the whole market was set by its accent on broadband distribution. Jody Raynsford reports.
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Cue Entertainment: TV comedy keeps biz smiling
TV comedy on DVD not only makes the British public laugh but consistent, high profile releases have also brought a smile to the face of the home entertainment industry. Jody Raynsford looks at the market.
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Cue Entertainment: IP protection stalled
Delays in implementing recommendations in the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property published more than two years ago are causing real damage to rights holders and the economy, according to the parliamentary IP committee.
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Ranging far and wide
Suddenly, DVDs are on sale everywhere. At least that’s how it seems as distributors and wholesalers find different places and interesting ways to catch the eye of consumers. Jody Raynsford reports.  December 2008
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Lovefilm: The Essential Guide to High Definition
The humble DVD is evolving. The home entertainment format we’ve all come to love so much over the last 10 years has served us well, but unfortunately time’s almost up for the blighters, and that’s because there’s a new format in town and it’s called high definition…
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Journalism.co.uk: Blogging – the new journalism?
They are opinionated, ranting, often incoherent and frequently biased with little regard for accuracy or balance. They are also compellingly addictive and threatening to emerge as a new brand of journalism.
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Health Service Journal: Safe and sound
Refugee nurses can be a vital resource, but early identification of their skills is needed if they are not to be lost altogether, says Jody Raynsford.
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Health Service Journal: Directive action
How do larger trusts expect to cope with the working-time directive, particularly when it comes to junior doctors? Jody Raynsford reports
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Health Service Journal: Wind of change
Jody Raynsford describes a radical framework that encourages individuals to take responsibility for their own actions in the workplace.
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Legal Week: Not seen and not heard
With many law firms facing the obstacles of mergers, upgrades, roll-outs and office moves, IT infrastructure is a major consideration. Jody Raynsford discusses the results of a recent survey of IT directors by Legal Week’s sister title Legal IT
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Legal Week: Knowledge Management – Intellectual capital
Effective management of KM can create and maintain a competitive advantage, produce savings and plug the gaps in a firm’s expertise. Jody Raynsford reports
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Legal Week: A question of security
Responsibility for information and content security regularly falls to the chief information officer or IT director in a law firm. However, this kind of approach begs the question of who takes the obligation at the front-end for protecting the value of…
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Legal Week: Junk mail – the scourge of the 21st century
Law firms are as susceptible to junk e-mails, or spam, as any other business. But, asks Jody Raynsford, are they doing enough to combat the problem?
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