SUBMITTED BY Fred Hill
August 14, 2001 — It seems that there may be a bidding war going on soon over who
gets rights to JP3 on a TV screen near you.
Universal Pictures, finding itself in the rare position of
controlling a hit movie, "Jurassic Park III," with no commitment in
advance to pay TV, would love to ignite a bidding war for the picture
among HBO, Starz! and Showtime.
The negotiations haven't begun yet for the pay TV window, but
the third dino pic is a free ball because it's not part of
Universal's output deal with Starz! Steven Spielberg's Amblin
Entertainment is the producer, and the Amblinmovies that U
distributes are not included in the Starz output. |