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Many early antitrust cases are still relevant in defining the way Hol-lywood does business, more than eighty years later. Part I will discuss the history of the American film industry and its early clashes with antitrust law. Part II will address the spe-cific holdings of the New York District Court and the Supreme Court in United States v.
This paper seeks to examine antitrust issues in the motion picture industry, with a. spotlight on the effects of Disney’s acquisition of Fox’s film assets on the market share and. concentration of the domestic box office. Part I will introduce the background on antitrust issues.
Division had had experience with antitrust cases in movie and video markets stretching back to the 1920s, and the Division had recently (1980) brought and won a case challenging a joint venture ("Premiere") that involved movie studios and other entities and that would have created a new pay
This paper will report on one recent antitrust action that could have important consequences for these markets: the merger of Showtime and the Movie Channel, the second and third largest providers of pay pro¬ gramming services for cable viewers. This merger, originally quite complex in its proposed structure, was reviewed by the Antitrust Divi¬
Antitrust and Pricing in the Motion Picture Industry. Barak Y. Orbacht. Since the 1970's, at any given movie theater, one price has been charged for all movies, seven days a week, throughout the year. This Article studies the economic and legal causes that led to the formation of this peculiar phenomenon of uniform pricing for differentiated goods.
Jan 1, 2010 · In this article, I examine how this antitrust ruling affected the movie industry. Production patterns in the US movie industry changed drastically between 1940 and 1960. During these decades, a major event took place: the Paramount antitrust case was resolved by the US Supreme Court in 1948.
Jan 1, 2010 · Production patterns in the US movie industry changed drastically between 1940 and 1960. During these decades, a major event took place: the Paramount antitrust case was resolved by the US...
