Art_AD
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I think you are jumping the gun with regards to MGM home video and the whole Sony merger. I believe the way the deal is set up it will (at least for a while ) be set up as a joint venture and will still be run as a separate company (at least the home video DVD division. Also the following is from an article in the 9/9 Hollywood Reporter with regards to Green Acres & Mr. Ed:
MGM Home Entertainment has scored well with DVD releases of Sci Fi Channel's "Stargate SG-1" and both seasons of the 1960s sci-fi series "The Outer Limits." The distributor also has released initial volumes of "Mister Ed" and "Green Acres" and plans to unveil sophomore installments of those series in early 2005.
"We did tremendously well (with 'Ed' and 'Acres')," MGMHE senior vp marketing Alex Carloss says. "Combined, we sold more than 200,000 units, targeting the older, more nostalgic audience."
He adds that MGMHE "has so much more classic programming in our library, series like 'thirtysomething,' 'Fame,' 'In the Heat of the Night' (and) 'Cagney & Lacey' — loads of product. Our goal is to drip-feed this stuff out to the marketplace in the years ahead; we really want to get the classic stuff out, just because there's so much demand for it."
MGM Home Entertainment has scored well with DVD releases of Sci Fi Channel's "Stargate SG-1" and both seasons of the 1960s sci-fi series "The Outer Limits." The distributor also has released initial volumes of "Mister Ed" and "Green Acres" and plans to unveil sophomore installments of those series in early 2005.
"We did tremendously well (with 'Ed' and 'Acres')," MGMHE senior vp marketing Alex Carloss says. "Combined, we sold more than 200,000 units, targeting the older, more nostalgic audience."
He adds that MGMHE "has so much more classic programming in our library, series like 'thirtysomething,' 'Fame,' 'In the Heat of the Night' (and) 'Cagney & Lacey' — loads of product. Our goal is to drip-feed this stuff out to the marketplace in the years ahead; we really want to get the classic stuff out, just because there's so much demand for it."