MUMBAI: Disney Interactive Studios announced the upcoming release of Disney Stitch Jam, a rhythm-based music and adventure game being developed exclusively for Nintendo DS. Scheduled for release March 2010 in North America, the DS...
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Kinoton installs XL digital 3D cinema systems
MUMBAI: The Cineplex Marburg and the Cinedom Koeln multiplexes are the first German cinemas that offer their audience large scale digital 3D Cinema. In the run-up for the theatrical release of Avatar, both cinemas...
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Warner Bros. appoints Ann Calfas as SVP & chief employment counsel
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Entertainment has appointed Ann Calfas as senior vice president & chief employment counsel. The announcement was made by Warner Bros. executive vice president & general counsel John Rogovin. In her...
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Sandra Bullock to present SAG’s Life Achievement Award to Betty White
MUMBAI: Sandra Bullock, who is nominated this year for her leading role in The Blind Side, will present Screen Actors Guild’s Life Achievement Award to Betty White at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild...
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Warner Home Video to release animated movie Lord of the Rings on Blu-ray
MUMBAI: Warner Home Video will soon release Ralph Bakshi’s 1978 animated movie The Lord of the Rings on Blu-ray on 6 April , tying in with Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The...
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Carmike Cinemas to refinance senior secured debt facilities
MUMBAI: Carmike Cinemas, Inc. is pursuing a refinancing of its senior secured term loan facility that matures in May 2012. The existing term loan facility had a balance of $250.8 million outstanding on 31December,...
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Reed MIDEM appoints Laurine Garaude as TV division director
MUMBAI: Reed MIDEM has appointed Laurine Garaude as the company’s Television Division director, effective immediately. She will have direct management responsibility for Reed MIDEM’s television and digital content events MIPTV, MIPDOC, MIPCOM and MIPJunior....
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Walt Disney Studios to release digital 3D movies on Blu-ray
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Studios plans to start releasing Disney Digital 3D content for the home on Blu-ray Disc beginning in 2010 with Disney’s A Christmas Carol and a special 3D Showcase Disc. Disney’s...
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Netflix partners electronics companies to stream movies & shows to TV
MUMBAI: Netflix has signed agreements with five global consumer electronics companies that will introduce Netflix ready devices later this year. The partners include Funai, which distributes the Philips, Magnavox, Sylvania and Emerson brands in...
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Consumers spent $1.5 billion on Blu-ray in 2009: DEG
Spending on Blu-ray sales and rentals was up 67% to $1.5 billion. Homes with Blu-ray Disc players rose to 17 million, up 76% over 2008. ...
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