MUMBAI: The Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), the web’s most comprehensive and authoritative source of information on movies, TV, and celebrities and a subsidiary of Amazon.com announced it has agreed to acquire Without A Box,...
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DivX inks licensing agreement with AMD
MUMBAI: DivX has inked a licensing agreement with semiconductor supplier AMD. This agreement will allow AMD to include DivX video technology with specific AMD Xilleon processors to power a broad range of next-generation digital...
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James W. Barge joins Viacom as EVP
MUMBAI: James W. Barge has joined Viacom as Executive Vice President, Controller, Tax and Treasury. Barge joins the company from Time Warner, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President and Controller. ...
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Haas named VP Europe for Sony Picture Ent
MUMBAI: Maike Haas has joined Sony Pictures Entertainment’s International Motion Picture Production division as vice president international production, Europe. The announcement was made by Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group vice chairman Gareth Wigan and International...
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Ratatouille is critics’ top pick for 2007
MUMBAI: Rotten Tomatoes, the online movie site that aggregates critics’ reviews, tossed out its ninth annual Golden Tomato Awards on Monday, hailing Ratatouille as its best-reviewed wide-release movie of 2007. The Disney/Pixar cartoon scored...
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Quentin Tarantino given visionary award
MUMBAI: Quentin Tarantino has been honored with the 6th Annual Ray-Ban Visionary Award, presented by Ray-Ban and The Creative Coalition, at Harry O’s in Park City, UT. Many of Tarantino’s friends and peers were...
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Report predicts death of music biz in 08
MUMBAI: A new report details emerging music promotion trends to be successful in today’s new music business model. The music business as we know it is dying a fast death and gone are those...
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Striking writers, studios eye informal talks
MUMBAI: The Writers Guild of America (WGA) will hold informal talks with studio CEOs this week in an effort to resume formal negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, the studios’...
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Demand for DVD movie rentals explodes
MUMBAI: DVDPlay a DVD rental kiosk operator and developer, has reached a new milestone with 13 million DVD movie rentals, an indicator that DVD rentals continue to be one of the fastest growing segments...
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WGA, Spyglass Entertainment ink agreement
MUMBAI: The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has reached an independent agreement with Spyglass Entertainment. The company finances, produces, and distributes theatrical motion pictures, which includes The Sixth Sense, Shanghai Noon, Bruce Almighty, Seabiscuit,...
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