Initially renamed Columbia Studios, Sony spent $ 100 million to refurbish the rechristened Sony Pictures Studios.

Initially, Sony was able to tout several Betamax-only features, such as BetaScan — a high speed picture search in either direction — and BetaSkipScan, a technique that allowed the operator to see where he was on the tape by pressing the FF key ( or REW, if in that mode ): the transport would switch into the BetaScan mode until the key was released.

Initially, Karan wanted her presence in the film to be a surprise, but an accidental slip by Sony Music during the promotional activities led to her discovery.

Initially it was thought that a new driver could solve these problems – instead, Sony issued a full recall at the start of the following year.

The service launched with independent films Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks, and Waterborne, as well as content from media partners CBS, the NBA, The Charlie Rose Show, and Sony BMG. Initially, the content of a number of broadcasting companies ( such as ABC, NBC, CNN ) was available as free streaming content or stills with closed captioning.

Initially, it was believed that low frequency fields that were too weak to cause significant heating could not possibly have any biological effect.

Initially, the Chapel, now non-denominational, was to be specifically Roman Catholic, and during the first three years of the project ( 1964 – 67 ) Rothko believed it would remain so.

Initially, running live sport games was viewed with skepticism as it was believed that fans would rather stay at home if they could watch for free.

Initially, A Long Night at Camp Blood was the working title during the writing process, but Cunningham believed in his " Friday the 13th " moniker, and quickly rushed out to place an advertisement in Variety.

Initially, he was interested in writing a biography, and began research on a biography of Manuel I of Portugal, which he believed was badly treated by other historians.

Initially, Bugs believed Taz to be a dog and kept him as a house pet, to his roommate, Daffy Duck's, discomfort.

Initially, it did not provide information for Chinese provinces other than Guangdong, the province where the disease is believed to have originated.

Initially, the Japanese believed that, due to his Nazi party membership and German ties, Sorge was an Abwehr agent.

Initially, microscopists believed that the thousands of rhythmically beating hair-like structures which cover their surface were cilia, and they placed the opalines in Ciliophora.

Initially, some believed the unreleased cartridge to be a forgery, simply an English fan translation with a few changes.

Initially McDivitt estimated the distance at, while White believed it was closer (" a little over ").

Initially the duke believed him, but later realized that if the empress dowager wanted to restore him, she would send imperial guards to escort him, and therefore realized that there was no edict.

Initially archaeologists believed that they could find archaeological similarities in the ancient cultures of the region that the Bantu were held to have traversed ; while linguists, classifying the languages and creating a genealogical table of relationships believed they could reconstruct both material culture elements, new crops and the like.

Initially the suspension was not considered an issue by Nationalists, who believed independent self-government had finally been granted and that the war was to be a short one.

Initially, General Motors believed that the restyled 1965 Corvair would be an adequate challenger for the Mustang, but when it became clear that the Corvair itself was doomed, the more conventional Chevrolet Camaro was introduced, going on sale for the 1967 model year, at the time the Mustang received its first major redesign.

Initially, no one believed her except Dr. Cliff Warner.

Initially, it was believed that explosives used in road and building construction were the source of this pollutant.

Initially, forecasters believed Alex would remain weak, and on the first advisory the storm was predicted to make landfall as a minimal tropical storm.

Initially, the Assembly announced ( and for the most part probably believed ) itself to be operating in the interests of King Louis XVI as well as those of the people.

Initially the fossils were believed to be simply too large to be the remains of an animal, and due to the state of preservation, believed to be tree trunks.

Initially it was believed that Hill spun off due to oil laid down on the track from overfull oil tanks-as it is common practice for teams to fill the oil tanks prior to the start of the race.

Initially surgeons believed this was caused by an abnormal reaction in response to the cement holding the implant in place.

Initially, the wastewater would be entirely from the shopping center with the domestic sewage from the houses increasing over an 18-month period.

Initially grateful, Jonah's anger returns the next day, when God sends a worm to eat the plant, withering it, and he tells God that it would be better if he were dead.

Initially designed to run on AT & T Hobbit-based hardware, BeOS was later modified to run on PowerPC-based processors: first Be's own systems, later Apple Inc .' s PowerPC Reference Platform and Common Hardware Reference Platform, with the hope that Apple would purchase or license BeOS as a replacement for its then aging Mac OS.

Initially limited frequency space meant that Channel 4 could not be broadcast alongside S4C, though some English Channel 4 programmes would be aired at less popular times on the Welsh variant, a practice that carried on up until the closure of S4C's analogue transmissions in 2010.

Initially, the idea of having Ball and the distinctly Latino Arnaz portray a married couple encountered resistance as they were told that Desi's Cuban accent and Latin style would not be agreeable to American viewers.

Initially the only calling points would be Rotterdam on the way to Amsterdam, and Cologne on the way to Frankfurt.

Initially a kingdom, the Roman Republic was founded in 509 BC, and would grow steadily over the next several centuries until it had supplanted Greek culture as the dominant Mediterranean civilization.

Initially used mainly for war services, this new class of people would form the basis for the later knights, another basis of imperial power.

Initially, interpreted languages were compiled line-by-line ; that is, each line was compiled as it was about to be executed, and if a loop or subroutine caused certain lines to be executed multiple times, they would be recompiled every time.

Initially, the perpetrators ' plan was to go to Riem, which was the international airport near Munich at the time, but the negotiators convinced them that Fürstenfeldbruck would be more practical.

Initially, of course, it had appeared that the war would be a short one settled in Germany's favor.

Initially, the companies agreed that IBM would take over maintenance of OS / 2 1. 0 and development of OS / 2 2. 0, while Microsoft would continue development of OS / 2 3. 0.

Initially, western ballistic missiles could not even reach such targets, which would be located deep within interior of the Sino-Soviet land mass in Asia.

Initially, Folken and Dilandau were a single enemy commander, but as the story fleshed out, the creators felt the series would be more interesting if there were two with very different personalities.

Initially he resisted, because he was determined to write the full score for his next project ( Saturday Night had been aborted ), but Oscar Hammerstein convinced him that he would benefit from the experience, and he accepted.

Initially believing the film would be shot in Spain, Valentino was upset to learn that the studio planned on shooting on a Hollywood back lot.

Initially it would have been a motte and bailey castle, later rebuilt in stone, and refortified and developed over time.

Initially, they focused on cognitive goals, while addressing affective goals indirectly, in the belief that doing so would increase children's self-esteem and feelings of competency.

Initially, those closest to the lords and knights adopted arms, such as persons employed as squires that would be in common contact with the armorial devices.

Initially, Warner Bros. was reluctant to fund the film, but with Prince's assurances it would be a sequel to Purple Rain as well as the involvement of the original members of The Time, the studio greenlit the project.

Initially the Italian government had offered to let the pope keep the Leonine City, but the Pope rejected the offer because acceptance would have been an implied endorsement of the legitimacy of the Italian kingdom's rule over his former domain.

Initially Luns stood alone and he was afraid that French-German cooperation would result in anti-Atlantic and anti-American policies which harmed the interests of the West.

Initially they hoped the American slang name would obscure any reference to the study of nuclear structure ; eventually, the word became a standard unit in particle physics.