TCI, Paramount clash over Carolco plan. (Tele-Communications Inc.; Paramount Pictures Corp. ; pre-theatrical showing of Carolco Pictures Inc. films)
Multichannel News, June, 1993
SAN FRANCISCO -- Executives from Tele-Communications Inc. and Paramount Pictures clashed at the National Show here last week over TCI's plan to air Carolco Pictures films in a pre-theatrical window.
At the same session, TCI executive officer Fred Vierra gave the first glimpse into results of TCI's Viewer Controlled Television, saying buy-rates were five times higher for both the near video-on-demand and the video-on-demand tests than is normal for pay-per-view.
On the Carolco plan, Robert Klingensmith, president of Paramount's Video Division, blasted the idea of establishing a one- or two-showing PPV window prior to movies' theatrical exhibition saying that would hurt the studios' ability to market films at the box office.
"Every box-office...
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