MUMBAI: Blockbuster Inc has inked a new agreement that continues to provide immediate availability of Warner Bros. titles, with Academy Award-winning The Blind Side available on 23 March, in Blockbuster stores and by-mail. ...
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Middle East well placed to maximize opportunities in global film industry
MUMBAI: Middle East film financiers, investors and filmmakers are well placed to maximize new opportunities arising from a rapidly evolving film industry, participants at the inaugural FT Business of Film Summit were told by...
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AT&T launches new music experience on mobile handsets
MUMBAI: AT&T has launched a new AT&T Music application that combines the most popular mobile music services – song and album downloads, streaming radio, song match, lyric search and an enhanced music player –...
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Simon Cowell to receive 2010 International Emmy Founders Award
MUMBAI: Simon Cowell will receive the 2010 International Emmy Founders Award. International Academy president and CEO Bruce L. Paisner said that Cowell will accept the Award at the 38th International Emmy Awards Gala, on...
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HK film & television industry contributes HK$33 billion to Hong Kong’s economy
MUMBAI: The Hong Kong(HK) film and television industry contributed HK$33 billion to the local economy and created more than 32,000 jobs in 2008, according to a report commissioned by the International Federation Against Copyright...
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Technicolor Asia appoints Jeffrey Chow as sales manager
MUMBAI: Technicolor Asia has appointed Jeffrey Chow as sales manager to tackle the complexities of the market. Having worked in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand and Mainland China, Chow understands the uniqueness of...
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Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood to screen at the opening of 63rd Festival de Cannes
MUMBAI: Robin Hood, directed by British director Ridley Scott, starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett, will be screened at the Opening of the 63rd Festival de Cannes on 12 May. The film will be...
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UK films take 7 per cent global box office share of $2 billion in 2009
UK films took a 7% ($2 billion) share of the global box office in 2009, in a year when global box office receipts increased by 8% year on year (to $29.9 billion)...
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RAI acquires 100 films from ITV Studios
MUMBAI: RAI Cinema, has acquired one hundred critically acclaimed films to air across their channels. The RAI Cinema deal includes a large portfolio of restored and re-mastered high definition films, including Henry V; starring...
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Fox Home Entertainment to offer MGM films & shows on demand
MUMBAI: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will be offering 27 additional MGM titles, including never-before-released award-winning classic films, made-for-TV movies and television shows via CreateSpace’s DVD on Demand service. Fans can pre-order classic...
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