MUMBAI: Johnny Depp has been voted as the number one ‘Money-Making Star of 2007’ in Quigley Publishing Company’s 76th Annual Poll. This poll is an annual survey of motion picture exhibitors conducted since 1932....
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National Amusements buys Imax Theatre
MUMBAI: Imax Corporation and National Amusements have announced Imax’s sale of the Feinstein Imax Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island to National Amusements. Announcing this deal, Imax co-CEOs and co-chairmen Richard L. Gelfond and Bradley...
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CinemaNow content available for TAVI IPTV
MUMBAI: CinemaNow, a provider of digital quality movies and TV shows, has partnered with provider of new media TAVI to offer a customized service that will enable TAVI IPTV Media Player users to directly...
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Warner Bros. picks Blu-Ray over HD-DVD
MUMBAI: Beginning later this year, Warner Bros. Entertainment will release its high-definition DVD titles exclusively in the Blu-ray disc format, Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Barry Meyer and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group president...
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Borris of Warner Bros. promoted to Sr. VP
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. television marketing and promotions executive Sonia Borris has been promoted as Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Marketing senior vice president marketing & operations. Announcing the promotion, Worldwide Marketing Warner Bros. Television Group...
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LG, Netflix to screen film from internet to TV
MUMBAI: Online movie rental service Netflix and LG Electronics are going to develop a set-top box that will allow viewers to view movies downloaded from the internet on their TV screens. This new technology...
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Film 21 to open South by Southwest Film Fest
MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures’ film 21 will open the 15th South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference & Festival on 7 March, 2008. Based on Ben Mezrichs’ popular book Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story...
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San Francisco Opera now showing in Cinemas
MUMBAI: San Francisco Opera has tied-up with The Bigger Picture, a distributor of digital movies, to screen their performances in cinemas. The opera said they have agreed to a world-wide distribution of six operas...
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NBC chooses Mediaport for CES display
MUMBAI: The NBC Agency, advertising agency for the NBC network, has tied up with Mediaport to create the hardware and software solutions required for NBC’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) display. Mediaport will be providing...
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Cookson is prez Sony Pictures Technologies
MUMBAI: Christopher J. Cookson has been named President of Sony Pictures Technologies according to Sony Pictures Entertainment chief executive officer and chairman Michael Lynton and Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal. This is a new...
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