U.K.'S SHEPPERTON MOVIE STUDIOS AIDED BY TV

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	BRITAIN'S PINEWOOD AND SHEPPERTON STUDIOS TO EXPAND Aug 17 2005
	Britain's principal studio facilities, Pinewood in Buckinghamshire and Shepperton in Middlesex, have received final approval (more)
	PINEWOOD SHARES DROP 20 PERCENT Jun 20 2005
	Shares in Britain's Pinewood Shepperton studios plummeted 20 percent today (Monday) after it filed a (more)
	PARAMOUNT PULLING OUT OF BRITISH STUDIO Apr 6 2005
	Paramount's new regime under CEO Brad Grey has decided to shut down production of its (more)

U.K.'S SHEPPERTON MOVIE STUDIOS AIDED BY TV
Tuesday, March 27 2007

Britain's venerable Pinewood Shepperton studios, which has been hit hard in recent years by the declining dollar and fewer tax incentives -- making filmmaking in the U.K. more expensive for Hollywood studios -- has been able to partially offset stagnant film business by boosting TV production, the company said today (Tuesday). In a preliminary results statement, the studio group said that revenue from television operations grew 32 percent to $23 million. "Our strategy to diversity further into television has resulted in significant revenue growth from this activity, which increasingly will help to mitigate the effects of more volatile film revenues," studio chief Ivan Dunleavy said.

PINEWOOD SHEPPERTON -- U.K. STUDIO GETS BIG LIFT
Thursday, September 14 2006
Pinewood Shepperton -- Britain's leading film studio -- is expecting a big boost in production next year following the institution of new tax breaks this year that have made Britain a more attractive location, the London Times reported today (Thursday). The newspaper observed that the studio has already begun seeing the benefits of the tax relief system that primarily affects films started on or after last April 1. It said pre-tax profits for the studio (more)

SHUNNED BY HOLLYWOOD, BRITISH STUDIO REPORTS LOSS
Thursday, September 1 2005
Pinewood Shepperton, which operates Britain's two largest film studios, has reported a loss of $204,000 for the first half of 2005 versus a profit of $2.11 million during the same period a year ago. The company said that uncertainty over whether Britain would continue tax breaks for film producers and the weakness of the dollar against the British pound had discouraged Hollywood producers from selecting the site for productions. It noted that only two "significant" (more)

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