Slumdog Millionaire has now taken home two more major film industry awards winning the top prizes from Screen Actors Guild & Producers Guild of America....
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Buma/Stemra joins Warner/Chappell Music’s pan-European digital licensing
MUMBAI: Warner/Chappell Music, the global publishing arm of Warner Music Group and Buma/Stemra, the Dutch collecting society, announced that Buma/Stemra is the latest collecting society to join Warner/Chappell’s Pan-European Digital Licensing (PEDL) initiative. Granting...
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Benjamin Button and Valkyrie premiered digitally at Berlin
MUMBAI: Bratt Pitt walked the red carpet at the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, accompanied by Angelina Jolie, and the very next day Tom Cruise was on parade just a few meters away. The popular...
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UK Film Council to screen user-generated film free in the UK
MUMBAI: The UK Film Council is supporting the innovative release of Faintheart, the world’s first fully user-generated film, by providing free film screenings in 46 cinemas across the UK chosen by the public. Faintheart,...
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Sony Pictures begins Blu-Ray Disc manufacturing in China
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE), Sony DADC and manufacturing partner Shanghai Epic Music Entertainment Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Epic) have opened the first Blu-ray Disc replication facility in China. This production facility for BD25...
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Chinese court gives 4 year jail term for fake movie licenses sale
MUMBAI: On 19 January, Chinese authorities confirmed that the Beijing Xuanwu District People’s Court convicted Yang Jianwei, for the sale of false online broadcasting licenses. This was the first criminal case relating to the...
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Imax signs theatre deal in Taiwan
Mumbai: Imax Corporation and Taiwan’s VieShow Cinemas have inked an agreement to open an Imax theatre in its Sun Cinemas multiplex in the city of Taipei. The installation is scheduled to be completed to...
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Paramount Pictures inks direct-to-exhibitors digital cinema deal
MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures has become the first studio to offer digital cinema support directly to exhibitors across the United States and Canada. The move is expected to accelerate the roll-out of digital and 3-D...
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Elton John, David Furnish to host Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party
MUMBAI: The 17th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) Academy Awards Viewing Party hosted by Sir Elton John and David Furnish will be held on Sunday, 22 February, 2009, at the Pacific Design Center...
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20th Century Fox Animation’s Blue Sky Studios relocates to Connecticut
MUMBAI: Blue Sky Studios, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fox Filmed Entertainment, has entered into a lease to occupy approximately 105,000 square feet of studio space in Greenwich, Connecticut, bringing more than 300 jobs...
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