Last July a jury ruled against Disney and for Celador International in a case that was billed as a defeat of Hollywood style studio accounting. Disney maintains that they did not owe Celador a share of the profits in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire… Read More »Disney to appeal $319 million Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Lawsuit Judgement
The Walt Disney Company was unable to convince a jury that it’s convoluted accounting practices that strips the profit from any production was just the way of doing business. The result is that they now owe British production company Celedor $270 million as their share… Read More »Disney loses $270 Million Millionaire case, will appeal (duh!)
I haven’t been giving this much ink here, but for the last 6 years there has been a trial underway questioning ABC/Disney’s management of the ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ TV game show and how much of the profits they had to pay its… Read More »Who Wants to Be A Millionaire Trial goes to Jury