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ABC to Produce "Lost" Spin-Off Episodes for Mobile Phones

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 18, 2005 - 3:25am.
Los Angeles - The producers of the ABC TV drama "Lost" plan to offer a spin-off of the show, "Lost Video Diaries," that will be distributed exclusively to video-capable cell phones early next year, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Lost" executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse will handle production of 20 "mobisodes," set to begin shooting next month, without involvement from ABC or Touchstone Television. The spin-off will introduce two new characters not featured in the TV series. While no carrier partner has been announced, Verizon this week began offering several mobile applications based on content from "Lost" and ABC's "Desperate Housewives." ABC also recently began selling 99-cent full episodes of the two series for download to iPods, PCs and other devices, through Apple's iTunes Store.
tags: Mobile | ABC | Lost | Phones | Episodes | Spin-Off |

WSJ: Time Warner Mulled AOL Spin-Off, But Plans to Stand Pat

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 20, 2005 - 7:11am.
Ashburn, Va. -- At its annual shareholders meeting on Friday, media giant Time Warner said that while it has kicked around plans to spin off America Online, the company has deemed such a move "unnecessary at this point in time," The Wall Street Journal reported. "Right now AOL is currently integrated into our operations. But if it gets to the point where consolidation is happening in the Internet space and, in order to play most efficiently, we need our own currency, the possibility [of an IPO] is out there," Dick Parsons, the company's chairman and CEO, told shareholders. Parsons said that while Time Warner's acquisition of AOL "may not have worked out" exactly how he thought, he reiterated that the unit is a key part of Time Warner.
tags: AOL | WSJ | Time Warner | Spin-Off |

Sony Sets $719 Price Tag for "PSX" PlayStation 2 Spin-off in Japan

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 8, 2003 - 4:52am.
Makuhari, Japan -- Sony Corp. announced that it will begin selling the PSX, a PlayStation 2 equipped with a satellite TV tuner, DVD recorder and hard drive, later this year in Japan with a $719 price tag. Although the company plans to launch the PSX in the U.S. and Europe sometime early next year, Sony has not announced pricing details for those regions. The $719 model features a 160GB hard drive capable of storing 204 hours of TV programs; Sony will also offer a 250GB model for about $911. "There is the game industry and game development and we are trying to fuse the consumer electronics business with games to make a new growth area," Sony CEO Nobuyuki Idei told Reuters.
tags: Sony | Japan | PlayStation 2 | Spin-Off | PSX |

Sony to Unveil "PSX" PlayStation 2 Spinoff in Japan Next Week

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 3, 2003 - 5:13am.
Tokyo -- Sony announced that it will unveil its "PSX," a new all-in-one product featuring a PlayStation 2, TV tuner, DVD recorder and hard drive, at the CEATEC Japan 2003 trade show next week, Reuters reported. The company has said it plans to release the PSX in Japan by the end of the year, and in the U.S. and Europe early next year.
tags: Sony | Japan | PlayStation 2 | Spin-Off | PSX |