Entertainment & Sports
Aug. 12, 2015
Dealmakers weigh in on Paramount-AMC deal as theaters take opposing sides
Paramount Pictures is edging into new territory with an unprecedented revenue sharing deal with AMC Theaters but attorneys say it's too soon to tell if this is an experiment or a shift in how distribution agreements are negotiated.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Attorneys stand divided on whether Paramount Pictures Corp.'s recent deal with AMC
Theatres to release two films on digital streaming outlets weeks earlier than normal
in exchange for the theaters' receiving a share of the digital profits is tantamount
to a minor experiment, or the sign of a sea change in how distribution agreements
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