Time Warner unit in venture to sell TV shows in China

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Warner Music Group and Wu-Polashock Inc. have launched a joint venture which will distribute and sell TV programs in China. Called China Television Enterprises Inc., the new venture will be based in New York, NY, and Hong Kong. It has already started syndicating programs ranging from Australian police dramas to mixed-language music videos to several Chinese TV stations. China Television Enterprises is the second Time Warner investment in the country.

Motion picture and tape distribution, Motion Picture and Video Distribution, Television Distribution, China, Management, Television broadcasting industry, Joint ventures, Warner Music Group Corp., Wu-Polashock Inc., China Television Enterprises Inc.

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Accord on videodisk format is hailed as winner for consumers, Japan rivals

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Hollywood movie studios, computer manufacturers and consumer electronics companies have agreed to use a single compact-disk format. The new digital videodisk technology will promote the use of five-inch disks that will be compatible with existing CD and CD-ROM players but can store more than 20 times as much information. The videodisk players are expected to render videocassette recorders and laser disk players obsolete.

Household audio and video equipment, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing, Video Home Recorders & Players, Innovations, Compact disc players, Compact disc players and recorders

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CD piracy war's new front: film, music and movie watchdog groups sniff out manufacturers

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The CD production capacity of Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Macao have increased despite the relative inactivity of CD demand worldwide. The development has prompted copyright advocates to closely monitor piracy activities in the Asian region, particularly the manufacturing sector. Pirates fled into other Asian countries after the Chinese government declared war on piracy in 1996.

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Copyright Programs, Supply and demand, Asia, Copyright, Copyrights, Compact disc industry, Compact disk industry

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