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alfonzos

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Sony buys Dutch production company
« on: June 05, 2008, 05:41:20 PM »
...for $223 million. Gee, the shows I developed would have been much cheaper than that and the money would stayed in the U.S. to bolster the economy.
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davemackey

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Sony buys Dutch production company
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2008, 07:07:20 AM »
[quote name=\'alfonzos\' post=\'187556\' date=\'Jun 5 2008, 05:41 PM\']
...for $223 million. Gee, the shows I developed would have been much cheaper than that and the money would stayed in the U.S. to bolster the economy.
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What makes this story significant is that Sony now owns "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", formerly a production of 2 Way Traffic, which itself acquired original show producer Celador two years ago. And Michael Davies, now developing stuff for Sony, now has a tangible connection to Millionaire once more.

uncamark

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« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2008, 12:31:42 PM »
[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'187588\' date=\'Jun 6 2008, 06:07 AM\']
[quote name=\'alfonzos\' post=\'187556\' date=\'Jun 5 2008, 05:41 PM\']
...for $223 million. Gee, the shows I developed would have been much cheaper than that and the money would stayed in the U.S. to bolster the economy.
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What makes this story significant is that Sony now owns "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", formerly a production of 2 Way Traffic, which itself acquired original show producer Celador two years ago. And Michael Davies, now developing stuff for Sony, now has a tangible connection to Millionaire once more.
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And that's exactly why Sony bought the company.  "That's the Question" and a bunch of call-in-and-lose formats would not garner $223M (among other format holdings) otherwise.

Jimmy Owen

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Sony buys Dutch production company
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2008, 12:37:37 PM »
According to the story, Sony does not have a cable channel.  When did they divest themselves of their portion of GSN?
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goongas

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Sony buys Dutch production company
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2008, 12:54:48 PM »
Michael Davies is still the executive producer of Millionaire, so he has more than just a "tangible connection" to the show.

uncamark

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« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2008, 01:00:30 PM »
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'187596\' date=\'Jun 6 2008, 11:37 AM\']
According to the story, Sony does not have a cable channel.  When did they divest themselves of their portion of GSN?
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They haven't.  The HR story on the GSN board on "TDG/TNG" states that they still own half of GSN.  If Meg James is right, it's only because they don't have *majority* ownership of a cable network.