Focus Features (formerly known as USA Films and, in the beginning, Gramercy Pictures) is the speciality films division of Universal Pictures, a division of NBC Universal, the U.S.-based film, television and recreation entity of General Electric. Focus functions both as a producer of low-budget films and as the American distributor of foreign films. Focus releases include: Universal Studios logo Universal Studios is a famous Hollywood movie studio located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, which is in the San Fernando Valley. ... NBC Universal is a media and entertainment conglomerate formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electrics NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment, part of Vivendi Universal. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... The General Electric Company, or GE, (NYSE: GE) is a multinational technology and services company. ...
Focus Features (formerly USAFilms) is the art house films division of NBC Universal's Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distrubutor for foreign films.
Focus was formed from the 2002 divisional merger of USAFilms and Good Machine.
USAFilms was created by Barry Diller in 1999 by combining October Films, Gramercy Pictures, and USA Home Entertainment.
USA was also the home of World Wrestling Entertainment (then called the World Wrestling Federation or WWF)'s flagship cable TV shows from the channel's launch until September 2000, and again since October 2005.
April 1980: The channel changed its name to USA Network after the ownership structure was reorganized under a joint operating agreement by the UA-Columbia Cablevision cable system (now known as Cablevision Systems Corporation) and MCA Inc. (whose assets are currently owned largely by NBC Universal and Vivendi SA).
USA Live (1995-2000), an afternoon program that mixed court shows with live lifestyle segments, hosted by Kathleen Murphy (1995-1998) and later by Bertice Berry (1999-2000).
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