MUMBAI: Fueled By Ramen recording group Paramore has been nominated as Best New Artist at the upcoming 50th Annual Grammy Awards. The news comes just as ‘RIOT!’, the band’s acclaimed second album, has received...
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EMI to showcase AV content on Apple iPhone
MUMBAI: EMI Records has launched a series of artist marketing campaigns utilising the Apple iPhone and iPod touch platforms to showcase audiovisual content. Initial activity to make use of the devices’ compelling wi-fi experience...
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Nickelodeon, DreamWorks join hands for series
MUMBAI: Nickelodeon, a division of Viacom Inc.’s MTV Networks, and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., have tied for a new, 26-episode, CG animated comedy series tentatively titled The Penguins of Madagascar. The Penguins of Madagascar is...
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Blog aids TV fans speak for striking Hollywood writers
MUMBAI: The networks have walked away again from negotiating a fair deal with the on digital media earnings and TV viewers continue to miss their favorite shows, but now fans have a chance to...
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DIFF’s CEO files multi-million dollar suit
MUMBAI: The founder and former CEO of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against two senior officials of the festival “for their deplorable and despicable behavior,” charging they...
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MPAA, RIAA take efforts to curb piracy
MUMBAI: MPAA and RIAA have kicked-off the holiday shopping season with a multi-state effort to curtail sales of counterfeit CDs and DVDs in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, and New Orleans The...
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VoD, PPV market to burgeon in five years
MUMBAI: A new research released by media analysts Screen Digest reveals how the European TV-based video-on-demand and pay-per-view markets will develop over the next five years and what the industry is worth today. From...
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MGM’s Spivak joins Sony Pictures as SVP
MUMBAI: Jason Spivak has joined Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) as Senior Vice President, Strategic Development. Additionally, Noam Meppen has been promoted to Vice President, Retail Promotions and Merchandising and Jamie Glinsky to Executive...
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Euro D-Cinema base laid for mainstream market
MUMBAI: The latest report from media analysts, Screen Digest, entitled – Digital Cinema: Global and European roll-out, business models and forecasts to 2012, argues that Europe has reached a tipping point for digital cinema...
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Disney’s Sweeney is most powerful woman
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Co., Co-chairman of media networks and Disney-ABC Television Group, president, Anne Sweeney was named the most powerful woman in entertainment on The Hollywood Reporter’s 16th annual Women in Entertainment: Power 100...
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