Writers strike sends viewers to DVDs, video games
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LOS ANGELES  - The Hollywood writers  strike looks like a boon for the DVD and video game industries.
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The Hollywood writer's strike has ended, but that leaves the question of when favorite shows will return to television
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Â· Actors honour writers picket line in studio strikeÂ· Press conference replaces awards ceremony on TV
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Not everyone in media is being hurt. For some, the writers' walkout means booming business.
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Game publishers and hardware makers will battle for consumers' holiday dollars with a slew of high-profile releases.
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With "American Idol" and Jay Leno back on the air in January, it may seem that all is right with television. But the industry is facing its worst labor crisis in two decades, a crippling writers strike that's reshaping the business of TV and threatening to permanently shift the viewing habits of millions of Americans.
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By Valerie Kuklenski\\ Staff Writer  While angry viewers send e-mails and snail mails, sign petitions and carry signs objecting to language, sex and violence on the big networks, a coalition of pretty powerful advertisers is doing something to improve what's on TV.
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The broadcast networks  have stepped up the stockpiling of scripted series in face of a  potential writers strike after their union&#39;s contract expires  at the end of next month.
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With idled entertainment industry workers and Oscar-nominated actors among the interested observers, striking writers and studios are talking again after weeks of bargaining silence
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Rival video game console makers and leading software designers are in California to show off what they hope will be this year&#39;s blockbuster titles in the multi-billion-dollar industry.
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The stars of the video game industry came out in force on Tuesday night to honor their peers for creative excellence -- taking a page from the Hollywood playbook with red carpets, glittering gems and a live nationwide broadcast.
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Hollywood writers are optimistic the end of the three-month strike is in sight after reviewing a proposed deal from studios that increases their payments for online use of TV shows and movies.
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Electronics companies are at war over next-generation DVDs
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As TV networks post an increasing number of TV shows online, the writers guild is demanding a share in ad revenues.
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The two movie disc formats that are competing to replace the DVD have had a rocky start, with clunky first-generation players and an audience that's been reluctant to buy them for fear of betting on the losing side.
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Viewers may want to brace themselves for a lot of jury-rigged entertainment if writers and producers do not come to an agreement on a new contract by the end of the month.
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Movie and television directors said that they were set to begin contract negotiations, jolting the striking writers.