MUMBAI: Vivendi Entertainment Canada (VEC) has entered into an exclusive agreement with Marvel Animation, a division of Marvel Entertainment, to acquire the Canadian home video rights for Marvel Animation’s next slate of animated TV...
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Marvel Entertainment and Hallmark ink licensing deal
MUMBAI: Marvel Entertainment, Inc. has inked a licensing agreement with Hallmark Cards, Inc. covering the social expressions category with products such as greeting cards and party goods. The strategic arrangement with Hallmark furthers Marvel’s...
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ZapMyTV inks VOD & SVOD license deal with Paramount Digital Entertainment
MUMBAI: ZapMyTV, a family- friendly web portal that broadcasts live cable programming via the Internet across multiple social networking platforms and offers theatrical motion picture content on a video-on-demand and subscription video-on-demand basis, today...
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Hasbro deploys new G.I. Joe toys prior to movie release
MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, Inc. have reunited to create the characters from the legendary G.I. Joe VS. Cobra saga. Hitting US theaters on 7 August, 2009, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, from...
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Universal Music SE Asia strengthens digital operations
MUMBAI: Four new key appointments have been made to bolster Universal Music South East Asia’s Digital and Business Development operations, as part of the company’s progressive growth strategy across a 10-country region. With immediate...
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Shakira releases first single from forthcoming new album
MUMBAI: International superstar Shakira has relesased the first single, She-Wolf, from her forthcoming album today (13 July, 2009) on CD and digitally worldwide. Shakira wrote and produced She-Wolf with John Hill (Santogold) and penned...
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Lionsgate reunites with Paul Haggis for The Next Three Days
MUMBAI: Lionsgate is re-teaming with filmmaker Paul Haggis for his latest feature, the thriller The Next Three Days, an adaptation of the French film Pour Elle. Lionsgate has acquired remake rights from Wild Bunch...
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Christian Audigier to buy Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch
MUMBAI: The late pop icon Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch will be bought by French fashion tycoon Christian Audigier. The US based designer, plans to create a Jacko-themed complex similar to Elvis Presley’s Graceland and...
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Lindsay Lohan launches production company
MUMBAI: Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan has joined hands with business partner Kristi Kaylor to start her own production house called Unforgettable Productions.Lohan and Kaylor are planning to create television and movie projects, which may...
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George Clooney parts with Warner; inks deal with Sony Pictures
MUMBAI: George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures are in final negotiations to sign an exclusive two-year theatrical development and production deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment. Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman of Sony Picture Entertainment and...
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