MUMBAI: Mandalay Media announced that it has completed its merger with Twistbox Entertainment. Twistbox is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mandalay Media and its current sole operations as stated under Mandalay Media’s Form 8-K...
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Hollywood writers end strike after 3 months
MUMBAI: The members of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) voted overwhelmingly in favor of lifting the restraining order and ending their 100-day strike that...
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Warner Music artists take home the Grammys
MUMBAI: Warner Music Group artists and distributed recordings earned 27 awards at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles last night. Among the winners were Alejandro Sanz, Calle 13, Eric Clapton, Lupe Fiasco,...
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Sony Pictures promotes Pamela Parker to SVP
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has announced that Pamela Parker has been promoted to senior vice president, business affairs and acquisitions of its international networks group. “Pamela’s significant contributions to the international networks...
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Conkling is EVP, dist at Lifetime Networks
MUMBAI: Lifetime Networks president and CEO Andrea Wong has announced that Lori Conkling, the highly respected executive who has overseen a dramatic expansion in the distribution of Disney and ESPN’s groundbreaking multi-platform services, has...
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Tolkien Charity files case on New Line Cinema
MUMBAI: The trustees of The Tolkien Trust, a British charity, have filed an action against New Line Cinema for its failure to pay a contractually required gross profit participation in the three films based...
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Lionsgate posts Q3 net profit of $2 million
MUMBAI: Lionsgate, the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, continued its growth momentum, reporting revenues of $290.9 million and net income of $2.0 million for the third quarter. The company achieved its best revenue...
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Vivendi rolls Spiderwick Chronicles for mobile
MUMBAI: Vivendi Games Mobile, a division of Vivendi Games, has launched The Spiderwick Chronicles for mobile phones, based on the upcoming theatrical release of the same name by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies. The...
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Canada film board gets Qube across D-cinema
MUMBAI: Qube Cinema is the platform of choice for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and its new digital cinema pilot project in Atlantic Canada. The NFB is working with local partners...
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Oscars’ ‘Night Before’ fundraiser on 23 Feb
MUMBAI: Hollywood will be out in full-force the night before the Academy Awards for the sixth annual ‘Night Before’ fundraiser to benefit the Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF). The event will be held...
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