[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.