MUMBAI: ErGo Media Capital, an entertainment and media investment firm headed by former Cinetic Media co-founder Matt Littin, has launched in New York. The company will provide venture capital and private equity funding...
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AAM opens digital content services facility in Paris
MUMBAI: Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has opened a French digital content services facility in Paris, to complement the end-to-end facility that already exists in London. The lab, which opened for business last week,...
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Universal Music inks recording & publishing partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group and Andrew Lloyd Webber have signed long-term, global recording and music publishing agreements, which renew and expand a long-standing partnership between the two. Under these new arrangements with Lloyd...
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Missouri man sent to prison for camcording The Dark Night
MUMBAI: A Missouri man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Kansas City to 24 months in federal prison for illegally trafficking in counterfeit DVDs after using a recording device to illegally record The...
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Federal Trade Commission warns of P2P file-sharing risk
MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) welcomed an announcement by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about the security risks of using peer-to-peer (P2P) File-Sharing Networks. The FTC said it has notified...
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UK Film Council funding helps Jean-Pierre Jeunet new film to hit more screens
MUMBAI: The new film from director Jean-Pierre Jeunet A Very Long Engagement and Delicatessen, will hit more screens thanks to Lottery funding from the UK Film Council. E1 Entertainment received £100,000 to widen...
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Kodak & Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ink partnership for Oscars
MUMBAI: Kodak and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced an expansion of their long-standing relationship as Kodak becomes the sponsor of several events surrounding the 82nd Academy Awards. This sponsorship...
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CBS halts Two and a Half Men as Charlie Sheen enters rehab
MUMBAI: As actor Charlie Sheen enters rehab, CBS has announced a temporary halt to production of the sitcom Two and a Half Men, starring the actor, until he is ready to return to work....
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Warner Bros. Records Liz Rosenberg to quit
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Records PR Liz Rosenberg who has worked at Warner Bros. Records for the past 39 years, is leaving the company at the end of the month. Rosenberg is forming her...
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Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation appoints Gail Grant as CEO
MUMBAI: Film industry veteran Gail Grant has been appointed CEO of the Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation (IPAF). The purpose of IPAF is to raise public and industry respect for film and television content in...
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