MUMBAI: After a record-breaking domestic run and continuing success in the overseas markets, Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ The Dark Knight has crossed the $1 billion threshold in worldwide box office revenue with...
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Online University launches Akira Kurosawa School of Film
Globally-acclaimed Japanese film maker Akira Kurosawa, whose award-winning cinematic masterpieces inspired such classic Hollywood movies as Star Wars (The Hidden Fortress), The Magnificent Seven (Seven Samurai) and A Fistful of Dollars (Yojimbo) is being...
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Sam Moore sues Weinsteins, MGM Studios
MUMBAI: The Legendary Soul Man, Sam Moore, surviving half of the 60’s greatest R&B and soul duo of all time, Sam & Dave, his wife Joyce and the SJM Trust have filed suit in...
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Economic downturn to create opportunities for mobile advertising
MUMBAI: Prospects for mobile advertising in 2009 are promising despite the economic downturn, but realism is called for, says Analysys Mason, the global telecoms adviser during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The current economic...
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Autographed guitar from EMI’s post-Grammy event up for auction
MUMBAI: A guitar autographed by some of the world’s biggest musical artists, songwriters and celebrities on Grammy night at EMI’s benefit for Stand Up for a Cure will go to the highest bidder in...
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Paramount extends deal with Montecito & Cold Spring Pictures
MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures has extended its agreement with The Montecito Picture Company and Cold Spring Pictures to run through February 2012. The arrangement gives the studio an exclusive first look at Montecito’s diverse productions,...
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Cinedigm inks deal with Sony Pictures for digital cinema
MUMBAI: Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. has inked an agreement with Sony Pictures Releasing Corporation supporting its "Phase Two" Digital Cinema Deployment Plan for up to 10,000 digital cinema projection systems. Over the next three...
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MPA Asia Pacific anti-piracy ops stems rise of illegal camcording
MUMBAI: Operation ZoomOut, which was launched by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) focusing on the illegal camcording of movie releases timed for the holiday season, successfully concluded at the end of January 2009. The...
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Jaman partners Cinetic Rights Management, expands online catalogue
MUMBAI: Jaman.com is continuing to enhance its collection of independent films by partnering with Cinetic Rights Management, a provider of strategic advisory services to the entertainment and media industries. This collaboration expands Jaman’s catalogue...
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Police crack first Internet piracy case in Thailand
MUMBAI: On 6 February, representatives from Motion Picture Association (MPA) Thailand teamed up with officers from the Economic and Technical Crimes Suppression Division (ECOTEC) of the Royal Thai Police to conduct the first ever...
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