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	HDNet - Press Release
		Allowing 2929 Entertainment to reap production and promotion efficiencies - streamlining the production and post-production processes; consolidating a film's marketing spend into a single, shorter space; eliminating prints and shipping costs - the approach also caters to the increasing choice-consciousness of consumers in a digital world.
		Commenting on his partnership with 2929 Entertainment, Soderbergh stated, "I'm excited to work with Todd and Mark and appreciate the freedom to create independent films under this new distribution model.
		2929 Entertainment (2929entertainment.com), created by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban, is a diversified media and entertainment company that owns 100% of Rysher Entertainment, Landmark Theatres, and Magnolia Pictures Distribution, and also holds an interest in Lions Gate Entertainment.
	www.hd.net /pressrelease.html?2005-04-29-01.html (762 words)

	2929 Entertainment LP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		2929 Entertainment is owned by business partners Mark Cuban (owner of the Dallas Mavericks) and Todd Wagner, who struck gold when they sold their Broadcast.com business to Yahoo!
		(2929 Entertainment is named after Broadcast.com's address at 2929 Elm St.) The company has ownership stakes in movie (Magnolia Pictures) and TV (Rysher Entertainment) distribution firms, high definition television networks (HDNet and HDNet Movies); and movie exhibition (Landmark Theatres).
		2929 Entertainment also partners with movie studios such as Warner Bros. to release various film and TV projects.
	www.buyblue.org /node/4153/print (110 words)

	'Bubble' plan spells trouble for Hollywood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		2929 might get away with this because "Bubble" is such a small film and its potential theatrical audience is very limited because other exhibitors aren't willing to play the picture.
		Their refusal to book it, of course, has nothing to do with the movie or with Soderbergh but is simply a response to 2929's decision to go day and date on cable and in DVD.
		The only thing to sell here is Soderbergh's reputation and that's what 2929 has tried to do in its small newspaper ads for the film, quoting critics who admire many of Soderbergh's earlier films (as I do, myself).
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001919636 (1886 words)

	Boing Boing: Soderbergh and Cuban, Wagner's 2929: Let's break all the windows. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Cuban said that his distribution company 2929 Entertainment, which he runs with business partner Todd Wagner, saw no point in this delay -- "Let's release everything all at once, and let the consumer decide," their argument goes.
		Earlier this week, news broke that 2929 is doing just that, with Steven Soderbergh.
		The director will release six films through 2929 so that theater release, DVD and pay-TV all occur on the same day.
	www.boingboing.net /2005/05/05/soderbergh_and_cuban.html (894 words)

	FilmStew.com • 2929's New Landmark
		2929 Entertainment is making one mother of a deal, acquiring its parent company, Landmark Theaters, the nation's largest art house theater chain, from investment funds and accounts managed by Oaktree Capital Management, LLC.
		"2929 Entertainment is now able to expand our development and acquisition efforts and create a vertical industry presence.
		In addition to 2929 Entertainment's extensive library and production capabilities, Wagner and Cuban are also partnered in HDNet, an all-high definition national television network.
	www.filmstew.com /Content/DailyNews/Details.asp?ContentID=6870&Pg=1 (456 words)

	More on the 2929 Entertainment distribution plans - The Hollywood News
		2929 Entertainment, the company Cuban founded with partner Todd Wagner, is set on changing the face of the traditional distribution by simultaneously releasing films across theatrical, home video and cable.
		While 2929 plans to produce and then release six Steven Soderbergh films on the three platforms simultaneously.
		But the company faces a formidable roadblock in that many commercial theaters have refused to play product that is released in other formats at the same time as it is offered to theaters.
	www.thehollywoodnews.com /article/27050505.php (201 words)

	WebWire® \| Digital Cinema Gets Top Billing With Sony, Landmark Theatres Alliance
		LAS VEGAS, NV, March, 2004 - Signaling the arrival of digital cinema to the American mainstream, Landmark Theatres, a 2929 Entertainment company, is raising the curtain on a deal that will outfit the movie chain’s properties with Sony’s new digital SXRD projectors.
		2929 Entertainment is a vertically integrated media company co-owned by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban.
		The rollout of digital cinema by Landmark Theatres is part of the company’s strategy to produce and distribute high-definition movies through HDNet Films, another of 2929 Entertainment’s holdings.
	www.webwire.com /ViewPressRel.asp?aId=1863 (609 words)

	Cuban's plan to close windows angers exhibitors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		2929 Entertainment, the company Cuban founded with partner Todd Wagner, is determined to collapse the traditional distribution windows by simultaneously releasing films across theatrical, home video and cable.
		While 2929 announced late last month that it plans to produce and then release six Steven Soderbergh films on the three platforms simultaneously, exhibitors already are saying they will refuse to play the director's new fare.
		But if the company aspires to distribute Soderbergh's product beyond Landmark's 209 screens, it faces a formidable roadblock in that many commercial theaters have refused to play product that is released in other formats at the same time as it is offered to theaters.
	www.amusementbusiness.com /amusementbusiness/industrynews/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000938077 (1366 words)

	Press Releases
		âThis transaction further enhances 2929 Entertainmentâs presence in the industry,â says Wagner.Â â2929 Entertainment is now able to expand our development and acquisition efforts and create a vertical industry presence.
		2929 Entertainment co-financed the film, "Searching for Debra Winger," which was honored at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002.
		Warner Brothers will release the film.Â It is expected that 2929 Entertainment will continue to acquire content and partner with movie studios and other industry leading partners on film and television projects.
	www.2929entertainment.com /Index.cfm?FuseAction=Page&PageID=1000039&ArticleID=11 (274 words)

	Home Movies: Living Room Debuts - Enterprise Technology - MSNBC.com
		The 2929 experiment is eliminating the gap between movie premieres in theaters and releases at home.
		2929 controls everything from the preproduction notes to the butter on the theater popcorn.
		At the same time, 2929 will offer films in digital formats that are easily transferred to laptops, PDAs and mobile phones, and suitable for broadcast on Cuban's HDNet Movies TV Network.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/9621935/site/newsweek (544 words)

	After School All Stars Board of Directors - After School All Stars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Todd Wagner is co-owner and Chief Executive Officer of 2929 Entertainment and founder of the Todd Wagner Foundation. Wagner created 2929 Entertainment to leverage his expertise in digital technology and his passion for the entertainment business.
		In 2003, 2929 Entertainment acquired Magnolia Pictures Distribution and Landmark Theaters, the nation's largest art house exhibition chain. It also holds an interest in Lions Gate Entertainment, a global entertainment company whose recent releases include the Oscar-winning "Monster's Ball", "Frailty" and "Confidence".
		2929 Entertainment co-financed the film "Searching for Debra Winger," which was honored at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, and the thriller "Godsend," starring Robert De Niro, Greg Kinnear, and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos.
	www.afterschoolallstars.org /site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=enJJKMNpFmG&b=854711&ct=1126539 (405 words)

	IT Conversations: The Future of Entertainment
		The increasing availability of broadband, as well as the rise of "user-created content" is changing the nature and distribution of entertainment.
		Much of the debate about the future of entertainment revolves around the ability to use downloading as a delivery method but this panel delves more deeply into the reality of downloadable media.
		Cuban has partnered once again with Todd Wagner to create 2929 Entertainment, an entertainment holding company that owns 100% of Landmark Theaters, Magnolia Pictures Distribution, and Rysher Entertainment, and holds a stake in Lions Gate Entertainment.
	www.itconversations.com /shows/detail854.html (1019 words)

	2929 Entertainment Competitors - Hoover's - Become A Subscriber
		2929 Entertainment competitors are primarily in the Film and Video industry.
		2929 Entertainment also competes in the Television, and Entertainment sectors.
		View more information about 2929 Entertainment and its competitors.
	hoovweb.hoovers.com /free/co/burn.xhtml?ID=121243 (125 words)

	'Akeelah and the Bee' Puts a Spell on Lions Gate Films and 2929 Entertainment
		This marks the second collaboration between Lions Gate Films and 2929 Entertainment, following this spring's thriller "Godsend." "We were so thoroughly impressed and taken with Doug Atchison's winning screenplay that we immediately knew this was a film we wanted to make," said Paseornek.
		Lions Gate Entertainment is the premier independent producer and distributor of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment and video-on-demand content.
		Its prestigious and prolific library of approximately 8000 titles is one of the largest in the entertainment industry.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-29-2004/0002551556&EDATE= (549 words)

	MAVERICKS: Wagner Invests In Mavs
		Todd Wagner is co-owner and CEO of 2929 Entertainment, a vertically-integrated media company with interests in all aspects of the entertainment business, from development and production to distribution and exhibition, spanning film, TV and home entertainment with a specialized niche in digital content.
		Through 2929 Entertainment, Wagner and Cuban own 100% of Rysher Entertainment, Landmark Theaters, and Magnolia Pictures Distribution, and also hold an interest in Lions Gate Entertainment.
		2929 recently announced a partnership with Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh to make six high-definition films that will each be delivered simultaneously over theatrical, television and home entertainment platforms.
	www.nba.com /mavericks/news/wagner_invests_in_mavs_081805.html (359 words)

	Mark Cuban Maverick Mogul
		They've built a vertically integrated mini-empire--2929 Entertainment is the umbrella company--that allows them to "control our own destiny," as Cuban puts it, in the same way that movie studios did in the first half of the 20th century.
		(2929 Entertainment and all of its components are privately held.) But the point is not to rival the big studios, it's to actually achieve the synergy others just jabber about--and, naturally, to make a lot of money (these are the guys, after all, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo for more than $5 billion).
		But Banowsky points out that even if the big studios jump in, 2929 Entertainment has an advantage, not only because its component companies--cable channel HDNet Movies, for instance--will benefit from simultaneous release but because the company also controls its own screens with Landmark.
	www.fastcompany.com /magazine/101/hollywood-cuban.html?partner=rss (2428 words)

	Very Wide Release: Film Premieres at Home? - Newsweek: International Editions - MSNBC.com
		2929 controls everything related to its own films, from the preproduction notes to the butter on the theater popcorn.
		The key change is in releasing movies on one "day and date," meaning simultaneously in theaters, on DVD and on cable, as a way to streamline moviemaking and consolidate ad campaigns, and maximize customer choices in a way that will discourage online piracy.
		With "Bubble," 2929's latest movie, expected for release in theaters in January, the whole industry is watching, worried that the 2929 model will overturn the delicate balance of a business now predicated on a first run in theaters, followed later by release in other formats.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/9378640/site/newsweek (642 words)

	The War Within
		Yet that’s what Magnolia Films and 2929 Entertainment (co-owned by flamboyant billionaire Cuban, who also owns the NBA Dallas Mavericks) have given us with “The War Within,” a film about a sympathetic suicide bomber.
		That 2929 Entertainment would produce a manipulative film shouldn’t come as a surprise.
		Costello could have used this time to explore and analyze the religious basis for suicide bombers’ actions, but that would have required fairness and objectivity, which are apparently words and traits not in the playbook of Costello and Cuban.
	www.tonymedley.com /2005/The_War_Within.htm (1125 words)

	Indiantelevision.com > News Headlines > 2929 Entertainment CEO Wagner in Mipcom’s keynote lineup
		MUMBAI: The television event Mipcom, which takes place in Cannes, France in October has added 2929 Entertainment founder and CEO Todd Wagner to its roster of speakers.
		Wagner will share his vision of the future of the Hollywood film industry and discuss how his companies – which include 2929 Productions, Magnolia Pictures/Home Entertainment, Landmark Theatres, HDNet, HDNet Films and HDNet Movies –; operate within and outside of the Hollywood system.
		Wagner’s work includes the collapsing of release windows, a leadership role in the development and roll-out of digital cinema, as well as a slate of critically lauded films such as Good Night and Good Luck and Akeelah and the Bee.
	us.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k6/july/july346.htm (351 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Soderbergh in digital movie deal
		2929 owns the US Landmark Theaters cinema chain, a nationwide chain geared towards arthouse and independent films where all six films will be released.
		Studios have narrowed the gap between film releases and their release on DVD, but have so far not embraced simultaneous distribution.
		Earlier this month, 2929 released the documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room simultaneously in cinemas and on television, but said it was too soon to know what impact it had on the movie's box office takings.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/4501251.stm (307 words)

	Goodnight Press Release
		Warner Independent will distribute the film in north America, and 2929 International, the foreign distribution arm of 2929 Entertainment, is handling international sales.
		2929 Entertainment produces and finances movies through two production companies: 2929 Productions, which produces films in the $10 - $40 million budget range, and HDNet Films, which produces smaller-budget movies shot exclusively in high definition.
		Wagner and Cuban are also partnered in HDNet and HDNet Movies, two general entertainment high-definition television networks that are available on most major cable and satellite providers.
	www.clooneynetwork.com /articles2/viewarticle.php?articleid=521 (715 words)

	HDNet Films: Todd Wagner
		2929 Entertainment and founder of the Todd Wagner Foundation.
		Current 2929 Productions projects include two films with George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh’s Section Eight Productions - “The Jacket,” starring Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley, and “Criminal, a con movie starring John C. Reilly, Diego Luna and Maggie Gyllenhaal” - with 2929 and Warner Bros. acting as co-financiers on both projects.
		And Good Luck,” directed by and co-starring Clooney, and “Akeelah and the Bee,” starring Lawrence Fishburne.” 2929 Productions’ first major film was the 2004 thriller “Godsend,” a co-production with Lions Gate starring Robert De Niro, Greg Kinnear, and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos.
	www.hdnetfilms.com /about/todd.html (649 words)

	Movie Theaters, Indian Entertainment and Theaters Screening South Asian, Indian Movies for NRIs, and others from ...
		Indian entertainment, theaters and video and movie rentals are present in many states and regions across the US and North America.
		Here is a comprehensive listing of theaters, rentals and others providing entertainment services to Indians and South Asians.
		ATN is a long established Canadian company that has grown in stature along with the fast expanding South Asian population in Canada.
	www.garamchai.com /Theaters.htm (295 words)

	indieWIRE: Magnolia Pictures Launches Home Entertainment Division
		The division, called Magnolia Home Entertainment, is headed by home entertainment industry vet Randy Wells who served as vice president of home entertainment at Miramax.
		The new entity is part of Magnolia parent company 2929 Entertainment's pursuit of a "vertically integrated distribution" plan and will initially release two to four titles per month in its first year.
		Also in the slate are a variety of music, news and entertainment programs from HDNet, including Chick Corea Rendezvous at the Blue Note Live in New York City, True Music, Zippo Hot Tour and special projects from HD Net World Report, all produced in 1080i.
	www.indiewire.com /biz/2005/11/magnolia_pictur.html (955 words)

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