MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), admitted that it grossly overestimated college students’ contribution to its reported $6.1 billion in annual global piracy losses. The MPAA has claimed for some time now...
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Ratatouille garners 5 Oscar nominations
MUMBAI: Ratatouille, the computer-animated feature from Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios, has received five Academy Award nominations, the most ever for a Disney/Pixar film. The film is nominee for Best Animated Feature Film...
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Biggest movie pirate op in Australia busted
MUMBAI: Three homes raided in Melbourne‘s western suburbs; 170 burners and over 400,000 pirated DVDs seized Australia/Hong Kong – Victoria Police, assisted by the Australian Federal Police and investigators from Australian Federation Against Copyright...
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Miramax gets 21 Academy Award nominations
MUMBAI: Miramax Films is flying high with 21 nominations including eight for No Country For Old Men, four for The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, one for Gone Baby Gone and eight for There...
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Turner, Outblaze to create Web 2.0 Force
MUMBAI: Turner Entertainment Holdings Asia Pacific (Turner) has entered into a strategic partnership with leading web infrastructure company Outblaze Limited (Outblaze), creating a powerful digital partnership, TurnOut Ventures Limited (TurnOut), in the Asia Pacific....
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Mobile ent market to reach $64 bn by 2012
MUMBAI: Music, games and mobile TV will be the major contributors to the global mobile entertainment market which will rise from just over $20 billion in 2007 to more than $64 billion by 2012,...
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Oscars awards face music of WGA strike
MUMBAI: After the Golden Globes faced a dismal reception owing to the Writer’s Guild Association strike, it is now Oscar Academy Awards facing the music. The Golden Globes, held more than a week...
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Imax signs two-theatre deal in Philippines
MUMBAI: Imax Corporation and SM Prime Holdings, the largest mall operator in the Philippines, today announced an agreement to install two Imax digital projection systems at shopping malls in the cities of Manila and...
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Autodesk, EA groom digital media leaders
MUMBAI: Autodesk and Electronic Arts are introducing a new project design workshop for Canada‘s first Masters for Digital Media (MDM) Program at Great Northern Way Campus in Vancouver, British Columbia. As part of the...
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Weinstein Co. grosses over $210 mn in 2007
MUMBAI: The Weinstein Company announced that their 2007 slate of films grossed over $210 million internationally, providing the company with an increase of 170 per cent from its first to its second year in...
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