
According to MarketWatch, an entertainment analyst at Jefferies & Co., Robert Routh, thinks that Viacom may actually merge with Yahoo!.
Why? Well, Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel used to run Warner Bros. and could operate the Paramount division of Viacom. And, of course, he could also take all that cable content and run it through Yahoo!'s multimedia distribution network. Sort of a Google Video on steroids.
Perhaps stock analysts have given up on just doing the old "buy", "hold", and "sell." But Mr. Routh's theory collides with the theory in this...
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AOL today announced partnerships with 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group that will offer consumers downloadable movies through the AOL Video portal. These new partnerships complement the more than 17 video content partnerships and more than 45 on-demand channels that AOL Video announced in July.
"We're very excited to add digital movie downloads and additional TV content to the already wide-variety of content that we offer through the AOL Video portal," said...
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We've all heard the rumors about movie studios potentially releasing films over the Internet, now it's about to become reality with the help of bittorrent.