First-run Friends episodes gain satellite and cable's biggest audiences, regularly drawing over a million viewers.
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Prima would make first-run movies available to a larger audience those willing to pay and would generate revenue for studios.
Vudu has one of the strongest libraries of first-run and new release content.
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Malone then struck that sweetheart deal, giving Starz the capital it needed to buy first-run movies to compete with HBO and Showtime.
The grueling program has been described as "brutal" by first-run students, but in the end they are happy to achieve a full M.
The theatre, remodelled in 2001, is still a top pick for glitzy premieres, but it is also a first-run theatre open to the public.
The Castro began as a venue for silent movies, and after that featured first-run movies for many years until diversifying into festivals and other events.
Financial details of the arrangements were not released, but the Lionsgate UK deal is for exclusive streaming rights to first-run feature films from the studio.
In fact, many first-run handsets lose money at first without these.
When Jobs unveiled a video version of the iPod late last year, the introduction that created the most stir was the TV-show downloading service for first-run episodes within 24 hours.
What began as a prototype built around a tower of Arduino shields is now a small first-run integrated board with spots for connecting XBee radio cards and a small LCD display.
Stephenson said that only 5, 400 first-run issues were printed.
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Commencing with 2005 theatrical releases, Starz has been the exclusive first-run pay television home for the exhibition of Sony Pictures' films including titles from Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, TriStar, and Screen Gems.
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This includes distribution of current and library film and television product, formats and non-scripted programming in the pay, free, and basic cable television markets, as well as the domestic syndication of first-run syndicated TV programs, theatrical and TV movie packages.
Not bad for a first-run hybrid.
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To extend the Bel-Air circuit to a larger group and possibly profit from it, a start-up called Prima Cinema is working with the studios to roll out a service that will make first-run studio films available the day they hit the big screen.
We gadget nerds have to endure unspeakable atrocities in order to slake that early adoption jones: first-run gear shipped DOA, buggy pre-release software, and months of waiting after a product leaks only to be greeted by a jacked-up price premium at launch.
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Domestic Television Distribution (WBDTD) is one of the leading suppliers of entertainment programming to the domestic television marketplace, distributing first-run syndicated series, off-network television programs and theatrical motion pictures to local broadcast television stations, as well as to pay, cable, digital, satellite and broadcast networks throughout the U.S. WBDTD handles the domestic distribution of television series produced by Warner Bros.
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Plans for such a bank - the first state-run one of its kind in India - were announced in the annual budget.
The success of the first privately-run NHS hospital should not be judged in the first months of operation, the company that runs it has insisted.
The Mets' slumping slugger was called for obstructing a runner rounding first base in a three-run first inning and went hitless in three at-bats for New York during a 4-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.
Pearce had an RBI double off Nik Turley during a five-run first, then hit a two-run single against Cody Eppley that made it 7-0 in the second.
The long-standing rivals contested the nation's first ever run-off presidential vote on Sunday after a first round proved inconclusive.
Samson is also happy with his own form since finally getting a first-team run.
And Pakistan's new chief executive has been quick to assuage fears about the world's first military-run nuclear-armed nation.
Bogans didn't waste any time validating Carlesimo's decision, nailing two quick three-pointers to spark a late first-quarter run.
Paige, Hairston and McDonald all hit 3-pointers while the Wildcats were committing five turnovers during North Carolina's first-half run.
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